Lecturers
January 19th – 23rd, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM daily
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Tecnológico, 64700 Monterrey, N.L
Joan Santamaría
Joan Santamaría is an Electronic Engineer graduated from Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) in Colombia. He has academic experience in Analog IC design and testing. He joined Synopsys in 2022 as an Applications Engineer, providing customer support for the company’s functional verification tools VCS and Verdi.
Benjamín Villegas
Benjamín Villegas has a Master of Science (MSc.) in Electronic Engineering with a minor in Computers, from the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM) in Valparaiso, Chile. He currently works as a product engineer (PE) at Synopsys since March 2024, supporting Power Analysis capabilities of Synthesis and Place & Route tools. While pursuing his master’s degree, he worked as a research assistant with a focus on microelectronic design, RISC-V and System on Chip (SoC) technology. He has also performed research in topics related to data science, machine learning (ML) and Internet of Things (IoT).
Ronald Valenzuela
Ronald Valenzuela leads a team of Product Engineers at Synopsys, where he specializes in Power Analysis and Optimization within Synthesis and Place & Route flows. His team collaborates closely with customers to deploy best-in-class low-power methodologies and contributes to the planning and validation of EDA tool features. Ronald brings over 15 years of experience in the EDA industry. He holds a degree in Electronics Engineering from Universidad de Concepción (Chile) and a certification in Integrated Circuit Design from Stanford University (California, USA).