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Presenting the full class of Rising Stars 2026 honorees

By Fierce Sensors, Matt Hamblen Apr 6, 2026 8:00am

Fierce Sensors proudly announces the entire distinguished class of 2026 honorees in the Rising Stars awards program. These 32 individuals will be honored at Sensors Converge being held May 5-7 in Santa Clara, CA.

Fierce Sensors recognizes individuals driving advancements in technology, pushing boundaries and shaping the future of electronics with their creativity, expertise and impact. Honorees were named weekly in small groups in Fierce Sensors in no particular order, and now the following is an alphabetical list by last name with a link to their bios:

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Gleb Akselrod

Rising star 26

CTO and Founder

Lumotive

USA

Tony Alegria

rising star 26 group 7

Product Marketing Engineer

STMicroelectronics

USA

Sean Andrews

for March 23 RS story 26

Vice President, Technology

Obsidian Sensors

USA

Shermin Arab

for 2026 rising stars group 7

Senior Manager

Samsung

USA

Jesse Baker

Jesse Baker rs 26 runs March 16

Systems Engineer, magnetic position sensors

Texas Instruments

USA

Uladzislau Bayouski

for march 23 rising star 26

Senior Director, Engineering

EPAM Systems Inc.

USA

Dwith Chenna

Dwith Chenna for 26rs runs March 16

MTS Product Development Engineer, AI Inference

Advanced Micro Devices

USA

Rob Devlin

rob devlin rs 26 runs march 16

CEO

Metalenz

USA

Joe Fleming

rising star 26

Associate Professor

Coventry University

UK

Taylor Gage

rising star 26 group 7

Automotive ADAS Systems Engineer

Texas Instruments

USA

William Glennon

26 rising star seventh group

Software Engineer

GridVisibility, Inc.

USA

Annie Heble

Senior Research Scientist

Aquagga, Inc.

USA

Jonas Horn

runs march 13 26 jonas horn

Senior Product Manager

Sensirion

Switzerland

Ashley Huffman

for march 23 26 rising star group

Director, Strategic Partnerships

TITAN Haptics

Canada

Apurva Jain

Apurva Jain for March 9 26 rs

VP of Product

Lumotive

Canada

Raymond King

for feb. 23 groupf

CEO

ASC.com

USA

Klajdi Lumani

for march 23 rising stars story

Global Product Manager, Sensors

Molex

USA

Alberto Marinoni

Senior Director Product Marketing Automotive

TDK InvenSense

Italy

Ian McEachern

rising star 26

Owner

Nerdian

USA

Amit Nene

for March 9 26 rising stars

Senior Electrical Architect

Collaborative Robotics

USA

Darien Niamir

for March 9 26 rising stars

Biosensor Manager

Meta

USA

Neeraj Pramodkumar

for march 23 rs story 26

Senior Product Manager

Qualcomm

USA

Mohamed M. Sabry

for feb 23 group

Founder and CTO

EMASS, a Nanoveu business

Singapore

Anthea Sargeaunt

for third group feb. 23

CEO

2S Water Inc.

Canada

Anirudh Sharma

for feb. 23 story

Lead, Spatial AI @ Edge

Amazon Lab 126

USA

Edward Shim

CTO and Co-founder

Brighter Signals BV

Netherlands

Elliot Strand

CEO and Co-founder

PAGE Technologies

USA

Madhura Tapse

rising star 26

Product Marketing Manager

NXP Semiconductors

USA

Cory Todd

for fourth group March 9 26

Senior Embedded Systems Engineer

219 Design

USA

Navya Veeturi

runs march 9 rising stars

Cofounder, WYWA.AI

WYWA.AI

USA

Weier Wan

rising star 26 seventh group

Chief Technology Officer

Aizip

USA

Prasanthi Yerra

runs march 16 26

Systems Applications Engineer

Analog Devices

Italy

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