{"id":9558,"date":"2021-04-22T17:52:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T21:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/embedded-software\/?p=9558"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:01:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:01:42","slug":"taking-the-baton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/embedded-software\/2021\/04\/22\/taking-the-baton\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the Baton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thank&nbsp;you, Colin Walls,&nbsp;for leading the Embedded Software blog for the past 12 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Here are just a few of Colin\u2019s many accomplishments:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wrote&nbsp;1,000 Mentor\/Siemens blog posts&nbsp;<\/li><li>Contributed\u202f250&nbsp;posts&nbsp;on&nbsp;industry publication&nbsp;blogs&nbsp;posts&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Published&nbsp;more than&nbsp;135\u202farticles and white papers&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Presented 155 conference papers&nbsp;<\/li><li>Participated in&nbsp;more than&nbsp;30 webinars&nbsp;<\/li><li>Published a book&nbsp;<\/li><li>Moved&nbsp;his&nbsp;home to a new\u202fcity\u200b&nbsp;<\/li><li>Got married and acquired 2&nbsp;stepsons&nbsp;<\/li><li>Is enjoying his&nbsp;5 grandchildren&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Wow!&nbsp;Clearly a tough act to follow.&nbsp;&nbsp;However&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m Scot Morrison, General Manager&nbsp;of the Siemens Digital Industry Software Embedded Division and&nbsp;I am&nbsp;taking the baton&nbsp;to run with the&nbsp;Embedded Software blog.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our blog will continue to&nbsp;explore trends and technologies&nbsp;with the goals&nbsp;of&nbsp;inspiring&nbsp;innovation&nbsp;and a rich discourse on embedded topics.&nbsp;&nbsp;From time to time, I\u2019ll invite&nbsp;subject matter expert guest bloggers, who will share their point of view of&nbsp;key&nbsp;topics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are&nbsp;many&nbsp;changes and even disruption taking place in the embedded market right now, including multicore, artificial intelligence,&nbsp;new instruction architectures, increasing security threats and greater regulatory oversight.&nbsp; 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