Niels Faché is Vice President & General Manager, Design and Simulation.
Niels is responsible for Keysight’s design and simulation portfolio. In his most recent positions, he was Vice President and General Manager of the Remarketing Solutions Division and then the Keysight Services Portfolio Organization, both part of Keysight’s Global Services Organization (KGSO). Niels joined Hewlett Packard in 1994, when HP acquired Alphabit, a start-up software company in Belgium. He was co-founder and CEO of Alphabit, which developed the electromagnetic simulator Momentum - now part of the PathWave Advanced Design System. During his career, Niels has since held a variety of R&D, marketing, product planning and general management positions at HP, Agilent and Keysight in Electronic Design Automation, Test and Measurement Product Lines and Services. His roles have often involved leveraging technology and talented teams to transform and grow organizations into front-runners. He is based in Santa Clara, CA.
Niels holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. in electrical engineering, both from the University of Ghent, Belgium, where he also served as a part-time professor from 1995 to 1997. He has a business degree from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and has completed coursework at the Stanford Center for Professional Development.