Steven Sanders

Owner @ Quicksand

About

Seeing the movie Terminator 2 at age of 15, I suddenly envisioned 2 goals: starting a hi-tech company and traveling the world as a musician. 30 years later, mission accomplished, thx to the fantastic people I daily work with! Happy dad of 2 amazing kids and married to a brilliant business-minded woman Founder of Quicksand micro-electronics, a micro-electronics R&D tech company Ex imec enthousiast, co-patent holder for smallest sensor cube integration worldwide Founder of Spoil Engine, international heavy music band Record deals with Roadrunner, Universal and AE/Nuclear Blast Graspop (4x), Pukkelpop (2x), Alcatraz (2x), Wacken Open Air, MIDI China, 70K Tons of Metal cruise Panamarenko cover art Proud inhabitant of "work hard // play hard" city Roeselare #vanrsl

Country

Belgium

City

Roeselare

Industry

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing

Skill

Wireless, Sensors, Characterization, New Business Development, Firmware, MEMS, Software Design, PCB design, Signal Processing, Integration, Low-power Design, Microcontrollers, Analog Circuit Design, Entrepreneurship, Project Management, Embedded Systems, Product Management, Mixed Signal, Matlab, C

Experience

Owner

Quicksand

2008-10 - Present · 18 yrs

experts in micro-electronics & IoT: * wireless communication gurus * ultra low-power electronic system design * advanced IoT security and authentication * large scale integration & testing pioneers in LPWAN IoT communication: first company worldwide with bi-directional SIGFOX communication in a commercial product Latest low-power wireless designs: - Hydroko smart valve (www.hydroko.be) - SPECTER bike (www.specter.bike) - ENGIE TankU (http://www.laborelec.be/ENG/tanku-tank-level-monitoring-wirelessly/) - IOF2020 Smart Silo (https://www.iof2020.eu/trials/arable/traceability-for-food-and-feed-logistics) - Zembro smart wearable (www.zembro.be) - QW SIGFOX ecosystem (www.lpwan.be) Engineering services: * feasibility study * electronic hardware design * firmware, software & backend design * testing & production support

Technology Transfer Engineer

imec

1999 - 2008 · 9 yrs

Technology transfer from IMEC to Flemish companies: * wireless technology * low power technology * integration technology Co-inventor of the 3D cube, an ultra small integration of an intelligent wireless sensor (patent US2007182012 ) Co-inventor of the McCore, a RISC processor for parallel bus access, optimized for wireless MAC processing (patent WO2004053709).