Niels Faché

Niels Faché

Senior Vice President

Niels Faché is the senior vice president of Keysight’s Design Engineering Software (DES) business. In this role, he oversees the company’s efforts to build a broader multi-physics virtual prototyping and software quality engineering portfolio, enabling design teams to address growing product engineering complexity.

Previously, he served as vice president and general manager of DES, where he spearheaded significant growth in electronic design automation and drove consistent innovation, including several strategic acquisitions.

Before his tenure in DES, Niels led Keysight’s Remarketing Solutions Division (RSD) and Services Portfolio organization within the Global Services Organization. Under his leadership, RSD doubled sales over eight years through a compelling used-equipment strategy, supply-side programs, and a successful eBay eCommerce store.

Throughout his career, he has held a variety of roles at Keysight and its predecessors, including positions in R&D, marketing, and product planning. He has consistently leveraged technology and talented teams to build successful organizations. He played a key role in launching the MXA and PXA signal analyzers and shifted the Mobile Broadband Division’s focus from manufacturing to R&D test, while still securing major 3G production wins.

Niels joined Hewlett-Packard in 1994 after co-founding Alphabit, a startup acquired by HP. Alphabit developed Momentum, a pioneering electromagnetic simulator that remains central to Keysight’s EDA offerings.

He holds master’s and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering (both summa cum laude) from the University of Ghent, a business degree from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and has completed coursework at the Stanford Center for Professional Development.

Luciana Taylor

Marketing, Sr. Director

Luciana Taylor is the Senior Director of Marketing at Keysight Technologies, where she leads a global team of marketers dedicated to driving customer success through Keysight’s Design Engineering Software (DES). With more than 25 years of experience in technology, marketing, and sales leadership, Luciana has held strategic roles spanning field marketing, worldwide sales, and product management for advanced test and measurement solutions.

In her current role, Luciana partners with cross-functional teams to design and execute programs that enhance customer engagement, lead generation, and industry thought leadership. She is recognized for her ability to align go-to-market strategies with organizational objectives, leveraging data-driven insights to position Keysight as a leader in the design engineering software industry. Her leadership emphasizes innovation, collaboration, and inclusion, fostering high-performing teams that deliver measurable business outcomes.

Originally from Brazil, Luciana holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She is passionate about enabling customer success, driving innovation, and cultivating diverse perspectives to strengthen global reach and organizational impact.

Luciana Taylor

Nilesh Kamdar

Nilesh Kamdar

Keysight EDA, Design & Verification, General Manager

Nilesh Kamdar is the General Manager of the Design & Verification Business Unit at Keysight EDA. This includes overseeing various portfolios like RF/Microwave, High Speed Digital, Device Modeling, Systems, and other EDA businesses at Keysight.

Most recently, Nilesh was the Portfolio Manager in the EDA group overseeing strategy and R&D product development. Before this, he led the Software Business & Operations team at Keysight and focused on software business model transformation and license entitlement technologies for the company. Nilesh joined Hewlett-Packard in 1999 as a post-sales technical support engineer in the EEsof EDA division. Over his 25+ year career, he worked in various leadership roles including leading the Learning Products team, Circuit Simulation and Architecture team, Application Engineering team and Customer Success team.

Nilesh believes in partnerships and collaboration to provide compelling value to customers and ensuring customer success. Over his career, Nilesh has a strong track record of providing such value either through breakthrough simulation products, application content, or training. Nilesh holds a Master's in Electrical Engineering from Utah State University and a Bachelor's in Electronics Engineering from Mumbai University, India. He is based in Santa Clara, California.

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Chris Mueth

New Markets, Sr. Manager

Chris Mueth is the Director of New Markets Management for the Keysight EDA Software Solutions business. He leads the new market exploration, strategy development, and market entry efforts for this highly successful design and engineering software business. Chris brings a proven track record of managing research and development, applications, and sales organizations before joining Keysight Technologies. He is also an accomplished research and development engineer having developed hundreds of products for the wireless, aerospace and defense industries as well as the computer industry while working as an ATE test engineer.

Since joining Keysight in 2000, Chris has held leadership roles in product marketing, planning, and world-wide business and sales development. He holds a BSEE degree from California State University Northridge, an MBA from Pepperdine University, and has completed advanced courses from George Washington University. Chris is based in Keysight’s Calabasas, California site and enjoys traveling with his wife in his spare time.

Chris Mueth

Corey Mathis

Corey Mathis

Partnerships and Corporate Development, Sr. Manager

Corey Mathis is the Director of Strategic Partnerships and Corporate Development for Keysight EDA Software Solutions. With the goal of creating more complete workflows for Keysight’s diverse customer base, Corey leads a team that is responsible for building and managing a partner ecosystem for Keysight’s portfolio of design and simulation products, as well as developing inorganic growth opportunities for Keysight’s software business. 

Corey has been part of Keysight for 12 years, where he has held positions in applications engineering, field sales, and sales management. Corey has a BSEE from Union College, and an MBA from Boston University. Corey is located just outside Boston, MA, where he resides with his wife and two energetic children.

Scott Elliott

Business Director, Senior Manager

Scott Elliott currently leads the R&D portfolio for Keysight EDA Design & Test solutions. These software products and services help Keysight’s customers on their journey to Digital Transformation of design and development processes by connecting physical products and systems with their Digital Twins.

Scott has a long history with Keysight and its predecessors. He originally joined HP in Santa Rosa in 1976 as a test application engineer for GaAs devices and circuits in the Microwave Technology Center. He advanced through roles as R&D Project Manager, R&D Section Manager (SAW, mmWave and lightwave devices), and Manufacturing Engineering Manager. He managed the design and construction of the 3" GaAs Fab and ran it as Operations Manager for 8 years.

Scott moved to Europe to work directly with customers as a Test Process Consultant at the HP Amsterdam Marketing Center. He helped many HP customers improve their manufacturing workflows. He returned to Santa Rosa in the capacity of Global Consulting Leader - hiring 20 more TPCs around the world and taking on the Customer Education business and internal AE training.

When Agilient spun out of HP, Scott moved with his group of consultants to HP Consulting where they became the Supply Chain Consulting practice. Next, he started his own technology management firm called TechZecs LLC. In 2014, he began working with Keysight again as a contractor helping to define and manage the Keysight Open-Source Inside program. He rejoined Keysight’s Global Services Organization where he worked in the Services Portfolio Organization to structure the group and manage a program office - training, mentoring, and developing standards for the Program and Project Managers.

Scott received his PhD EE from UC Santa Barbara and BS and MSEE degrees from UC Berkeley.

Scott Elliott

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