Brice McPherson received his BSEE from the University of Arkansas in 2004.  Following graduation, he started working as an early employee of APEI in Fayetteville as a design engineer focused on novel packaging solutions for extreme environment power electronics using wide-band gap semiconductors. While at APEI, Brice was a key engineer on two R&D 100 winning products in collaboration with the U of A and the Department of Energy, and has written or co-written several awarded SBIR Phase I and Phase II proposals.  APEI was acquired by Wolfspeed in 2015, and Brice remained with the company and team. His responsibilities include the design, development, and manufacturing of performance optimized Silicon Carbide power modules with a focus on the automotive industry. His products are primarily found in drive train inverters and on-board chargers in electric vehicles on the road today – his favorite being formula 1 and formula e race cars. He has more than 60 patents filed or under filing.  Brice wrote what his coworkers jokingly call the ‘Silicon Car-Bible’, a 700+ page presentation covering in-depth of all aspects of Silicon Carbide materials, devices, and packaging – his proudest achievement. He has received several awards and been a featured speaker at a multitude of conferences. In his spare time, he enjoys wood working, machining, lasering, 3D printing, board games and cooking. Brice lives in Springdale, Arkansas with Aryn Hays, a power electronics engineer herself, and their two dogs.