DesignCon Unveils 2025 Engineer of the Year

DesignCon, an event for chip, board and systems design engineers, announces the 2025 Engineer of the Year, honoring excellence in engineering and new product advancements at the chip, board or system level, organizers say.

The 2025 DesignCon “Engineer of the Year” is Ben Dannan, founder and chief technologist, Signal Edge Solutions, a service dedicated to bridging the gap between signal integrity, a measure of the quality of an electrical signal, and power integrity, electronic engineering efforts aimed at ensuring that power supply subsystems support the performance of an entire electronic system.

Before starting Signal Edge Solutions, Dannan spent time at Northrop Grumman, Bosch Security Systems and Diversey. Dannan has strong ties to DesignCon as Technical Program Committee member, Best Paper Award Winner in 2024 and 2020 and 40 Under 40 winner in 2024.

Ben is a trained Electronic Warfare Officer in the USAF with deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq and a trained USAF Cyber Operations Officer. He is a dedicated mentor and leader and actively supports the professional development of his colleagues and the broader engineering community. He is a member of the Technical Program Committee, a senior member of IEEE, and an experienced signal and power integrity (SI/PI) design consultant, advancing high-performance ASICs and developing advanced packaging solutions for high-speed digital designs. Ben has twice received the prestigious DesignCon Best Paper Award.

For the $1,000 grant that is part of this award, Ben has designated the recipient to be the Center for Signal Integriy at Penn State Harrisburg.

“For 30 years, DesignCon has been the premier event where we celebrate both the cutting-edge innovations shaping our future and the exceptional contributions that have brought us to where we are today,” says Suzanne Deffree, group event director, Informa Markets Engineering. “All recipients push the boundaries of what's possible and inspire the next generation of engineers. The dedication and innovative spirit of professionals are the driving forces behind the advancements that define our industry and fuel the progress of modern technology.”

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