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AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS

Conclusion About the authors
The automotive industry is adopting advanced in-cabin Andreas Pellkofer graduated from Technical University of Munich
sensing applications to increase driver and passenger safety. with a Dipl. Ing. in electronic and information technology. He
Consumers demand continuous innovation in user experience joined Analog Devices in 2006 as an applications engineer
and personalised comfort. Sensor fusion is required for working with the Blackfin® processor family. Later he mainly
accurate and robust L2+/L3 driver assist solutions. ADI is dealt with automotive customers for DSP. In 2013 he moved
strongly positioned to address the sensing needs of this market into a system engineer role in the Digital Video Products
and to support these requirements with an ecosystem of Group, focusing on video transport and camera systems for
hardware and software algorithm partners for ToF algorithms automotive. In 2018 he became part of the Emerging Systems
(gesture control, eye tracking, etc.) and VSM (for example, and Technologies Group working on in-cabin vital sign monitoring
ECG analysis). n and hands-on detection solutions. He can be reached at andreas.
pellkofer@analog.com.
Go to analog.com/automotive for more information. Gopal Karnam has been working at Analog Devices for more
than 15 years in various roles. He is currently serving as system
References architect in the automotive division. He holds a bachelor’s degree
1. “Road Deaths in the European Union—Latest Data.” in electronics and communication from REC, Surathkal, India. He
European Transport Safety Council. can be reached at gopal.karnam@analog.com.
2. “European Commission Announces Major Package of Analog Devices is represented in South Africa by Altron
Transport Safety Initiatives.” European Transport Safety Arrow. For more information email Conrad Coetzee at ccoetzee@
Council. December 18, 2020. arrow.altech.co.za or visit www.analog.com

APPOINTMENTS

Commvault Africa appoints channel lead

Gerhard Fourie has been appointed channel lead at Commvault. He will oversee a drive for growth across the company’s
recently expanded region that includes the African continent (excluding Egypt) and the Indian Ocean islands, positioning
the company as the leading data management partner of choice.
Fourie joined Commvault in June 2016 as channel manager for South Africa. While overseeing the Africa region and
the Indian Ocean islands, Fourie will ensure that Commvault creates top of mind awareness within the entire region
about the power of Commvault’s data management platform.
Some of Fourie’s key priorities include aligning Commvault Africa with relevant original equipment manufacturer
(OEM) partners in the region. This is to ensure growth in Africa while supporting its sales team with a skilled partner base.

New system sales manager for Hytec SA

Werner Voigt has been appointed to the position of system sales manager for Hytec South Africa, effective 01 June 2021.
Werner joined Hytec SA as a project technician in July 2013 and over the years has developed sales opportunities for
the company in his roles as a system sales technician, regional system sales engineer and project manager. He brings
extensive sales experience and sales management expertise to his new position.
Hytec SA is a member of the Bosch Rexroth South Africa Group of Companies.

SRK Consulting appoints GM

Leading global firm of engineers and scientists SRK Consulting has appointed Marius van Huyssteen as general manager
in its South African practice.
As partner in SRK’s Durban office since 2019, Van Huyssteen has 17 years of experience in environmental, social and
governance (ESG) and has been a principal environmental scientist at the firm since 2014.
The newly created position of general manager at SRK would be to support SRK SA’s managing director, Vis Reddy,
with the coordination of various day-to-day operational tasks while providing management oversight of SRK’s support
departments. This restructure of management responsibilities seeks to improve operational efficiencies and implement
company-wide strategic initiatives related to internal business processes.
His academic foundation is a BSc in microbiology and biotechnology from the University of Cape Town and a BSc (Hons) in environmental
management from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He holds a range of other qualifications in fields including environmental auditing and project
management and is a practicing environmental assessment practitioner (EAP).

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