About Benoit Payette

Benoit Payette is located near Montreal, Quebec, Canada and supports local customers as an AMD Field Applications Engineer (FAE) for AVB, ProAV and ISM markets.  Benoit guides engineers through technical solutions and pushes adoption of new techniques and methodologies.  Prior to this, he was a Strategic Apps Engineer (SAE) for 16 years where he worked on custom designs, timing closure and to improve AMD solutions.  Benoit holds two patents, wrote a few application notes, and gained expertise with VCO replacement and video interconnectivity solutions.  Benoit loves to grow his mustache and beard annually during Movember, much to the chagrin of his wife Chantal Racette.  Nevertheless, their relationship still holds strong after 27 years and they are proud parents of three boys and one girl.  The rest of the time, Benoit enjoys cycling/camping, traveling the world, playing adventure games, and he tries to keep up with younger ball-hockey players.