Reno Sanchez is the current Director of the Microsystems, Engineering, Science & Applications Center (Center 5200). In this role, Reno leads a large team in the research, design, and production of Warhead Strategic Radiation Hardened microelectronics for our nation’s Nuclear Deterrence. Reno is also responsible for the research and development of advanced technologies such as Quantum, Neuromorphic, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Photonics, Optoelectrical, Visible and Infrared Space-based Imagers, Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs), etc. Previously, Reno was the Director of the Radio Frequency (RF) and Electronic Systems, supporting a multitude of DOE and DoD national security customers. Reno also had programmatic management responsibility for the Surveillance and Reconnaissance (S&R) program portfolio bringing innovative solutions to the warfighter. He joined Sandia as a manager in 2012 and has served as a Senior Manager in several groups since 2015. Reno has introduced key technologies, including radiation hardened Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), and led the Nanodevices and Microsystems Research Foundation (NMRF) that led Sandia in technical patents and publications. Prior to joining Sandia, Reno was director of engineering at XILINX, Inc., where he started and ran a new embedded processors business. Within three years, the new business became its own division and grew overtime to generate an annual revenue stream of $225 million. Earlier in his career, Reno worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he become one of the youngest employees to be named a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS).