A recent comment about Hehir’s hair chimed with something that has bothered me He is obviously fond of his hair. Vanity in such an unprepossessing person is unsettling. It hints at narcissism. Too much concern for the personal, not so much for the team.
This squares with the unease about staff churn and the lack of any strong endorsements of Hehir’s leadership. BRN is a small company with a limited range of products. An internal succession should be possible. We need an engineer with a deep understanding of Akida and the ability to transfer enthusiasm, with congruent words and gestures, to those wanting to adopt our technology. With a light touch, Not the confected earnestness of a salesman.
Hehir has never seemed to fully understand Akida Early on he dismissed Akida 1 as a mere reference chip, he had a strange idea that Akida 2 might come out in three versions, Pico arrived without any clear definition - (Is it only IP? Does it exist as a micro-chip, 1.8mm square, and if so, who made it?) Now the focus is on Akida 1500, which was originally a stripped down version of 1000, but presumably is now a re-engineered update, meeting client requests