Wine Down Friday with Power Electronics Expert Ray Ridley In this week’s Wine Down Friday, we sit down with Ray Ridley, CEO of Ridley Engineering and a pioneer whose career in power electronics spans decades of consulting, training, and tool development. From his early days experimenting with switching power supplies in the 1980s to building a globally respected company, Ray shares how hands-on work and practical design remain at the core of engineering excellence.

Wine Down Friday with Ray Ridley, CEO of Ridley Engineering. #wdfmaurizio #winedownfridaymaurizio #winedownfriday

Wine Down Friday with Polar Semiconductor’s Surya Iyer Surya Iyer, President and COO of Polar Semiconductor.

Surya Iyer, President and COO of Polar Semiconductor #winedownfriday #wdfmaurizio

Wine Down Friday with Ferric’s Noah Sturcken Noah Sturcken, founder and CEO of Ferric, a company reshaping power delivery with integrated voltage regulators.

Noah Sturcken, founder and CEO of Ferric, a company reshaping power delivery with integrated voltage regulators. #winedownfriday #wdfmaurizio

Wine Down Friday with Alif Semiconductor’s Reza Kazerounian Wine Down Friday with Reza Kazerounian, President and Co-Founder of Alif Semiconductor.

Wine Down Friday with Reza Kazerounian, President and Co-Founder of Alif Semiconductor. #winedownfriday #wdfmaurizio

Wine Down Friday with Electrification Academy’s Veronika Wright In this Wine Down Friday episode, Veronika Wright, CEO and founder of Electrification Academy, shares her journey from academic research in quantum chemistry to industry work in battery simulation at AVL and ultimately to building a knowledge platform that bridges information gaps in the electrification ecosystem. She reflects on the challenges of scaling battery technologies, the need for stronger strategies in Europe and North America to compete with Asia, and her passion for hands-on projects like dismantling EV packs and converting a Jeep to electric. Veronika also opens up about balancing entrepreneurship with motherhood and her vision for the Academy’s future.

Wine Down Friday with Electrification Academy’s Veronika Wright #winedownfriday #wdfmaurizio #winedownmaurizio

Wine Down Friday with Polaris Semiconductor’s Matthew Lumb Wine Down Friday with Polaris Semiconductor’s Matthew Lumb.

Wine Down Friday with Polaris Semiconductor’s Matthew Lumb #winedownfriday #wdfmaurizio

Wine Down Friday with VueReal’s Reza Chaji Wine Down Friday with Reza Chaji, CEO and Co-founder of VueReal.

Wine Down Friday with Reza Chaji, CEO and Co-founder of VueReal. #winedownfriday #wdfmaurizio