Wade Appelman

Wade Appelman has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. In 2000, they began their career at Vitesse Semiconductor as the Vice President of Marketing. Wade then moved to Zagros Networks in 2002 as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing, where they were responsible for creating the company’s positioning and securing the first company wins.

In 2004, they held the role of Business Development at Pannaway Technologies, where they were responsible for developing complimentary partnerships. Wade then held the role of Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Stargen, which was acquired by Dolphin Interconnect. In 2007, they joined Lightstorm Networks as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing and the General Manager of US operations. The company was acquired by Broadcom in March 2009. After that, they became the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Harvest Automation Inc., where they were part of the founding team and responsible for customer development activities.

In 2018, they joined ON Semiconductor as the Vice President of the SensL Division and had P&L responsibility for the SensL/Depth Sensing Division. In 2021, they became President and COO of ACEINNA, Inc., a leading MEMS based sensing solutions company. Wade is currently the Chief Business Officer at Owl Autonomous Imaging.