Dr. Daniel received the Laurea degree summa cum laude in Electronic Engineering from the Universita di Padova, Italy in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2003. In 1997, he collaborated with STMicroelectronics Berkeley Laboratories. In 1998, he was with HP Research Laboratories, Palo Alto. In 2001, he was with Cadence Berkeley Laboratories.