Contributors
About the authors
Zachary Lasiuk is a solutions designer at Arm. He specializes in being a systems-oriented thinker,
with a broad understanding of and experience with the full IoT product life cycle in terms of both
hardware and soware. He is a designer at heart, craing products that are easy and enjoyable to
use. Graduating summa cum laude from Boston University with a degree in electrical engineering,
Zach holds several certications in elds ranging from UX Design to Design inking to Humane
Technology. He graduated from the UN Young SDG Innovators Programme and has been an XTC
judge for AI Ethics. He enjoys playing jazz saxophone and piano in his spare time and has toured
with bands and DJ groups across the world. He lives in Austin, Texas with his ancée, Isabella, who
he loves very much.
Pareena Verma is a principal solutions architect at Arm. She works with Arm partners around the world
to design system-level virtual prototyping solutions for early IP evaluation, performance analysis, and
soware bring-up. She has helped soware developers and SoC architects on numerous Arm-based
projects involving the usage of modeling, compilers, debuggers, and simulation tools. Prior to working
at Arm, Pareena worked at a couple of other Electronic Design Automation start-ups, primarily focused
on embedded soware development and FPGA design. Pareena holds a Master of Science degree in
Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida. She lives in the Greater Boston
area with her husband, Birju, and their two amazing children, Leah and Liam.
Jason Andrews is a solutions director and distinguished engineer at Arm. He helps Arm partners
in the areas of IP selection, system architecture, soware development, and performance analysis.
Jason has written hundreds of articles about Arm technology. As a member of the AWS Community
Builders program, he promotes the Arm architecture in cloud and IoT applications. Prior to working
at Arm, Jason worked in various Electronic Design Automation companies, including Cadence Design
Systems. He lives in the Minneapolis area with his wife, Deborah, where they spend time with their
six children and three grandchildren.
