Dana Curtis

Bio:

Dana Curtis is Senior Director of Marketing at Spirit Electronics, a Phoenix‑based value‑added distributor serving aerospace, defense, and other high‑reliability markets with advanced semiconductors, ruggedized computing, and engineering services. He previously led corporate and strategic communications at Microchip Technology, where he helped transform how a multibillion‑dollar semiconductor leader communicates with customers, partners, and employees worldwide and was an early champion for AI‑enabled marketing workflows. At Spirit, Dana focuses on connecting sensor, compute, and packaging innovations to real mission outcomes in space, avionics, and secure edge applications. As a speaker, he brings a practical, systems‑level viewpoint on how to position complex sensor‑rich solutions, accelerate adoption, and build resilient go‑to‑market engines in technical B2B environments.