Apache Appoints EDA Veteran as Vice President of Worldwide Sales; Craig Shirley Joins Apache to Lead the Company's Continued Growth.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in physical power integrity solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs, today announced that Craig Shirley Craig Shirley is President and CEO of Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, the public relations, marketing, and government affairs firm he originally founded in 1984. The firm has become internationally recognized over the years among public opinion leaders and the national media with has joined the company as vice president of worldwide sales reporting to Andrew Yang, Apache's chairman and chief executive officer. With the addition of Shirley and the expansion of the executive team, Apache is poised for the next level of growth (see related announcement "Apache Design Solutions Expands Executive Team," April 19, 2006). "Craig brings a wealth of industry experience and knowledge to Apache at this critical juncture of the company, and we are pleased to welcome him to our executive team," said Andrew Yang, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Apache. "Craig will play a pivotal role in continuing our rapid growth and increasing the proliferation of our technology worldwide." Shirley comes to Apache with more than 19 years of EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. industry experience, most recently at Jasper Design Automation where he served as vice president of worldwide sales and support responsible for growing their global business. Before joining Jasper, Shirley was vice president of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. sales at Verisity Design, now a Cadence (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CDNS CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc (stock symbol) CDNS Climatological Data National Summary CDNS Command Data Network System CDNS Customer and Data Network Services (Sprint) ) company, where he was a major contributor to Verisity's initial public offering in March 2001 ("The best performing IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. of 2001," Electronic Business). While at Verisity, Shirley built and managed a sales team of over 50 people and was responsible for the majority of the company's revenue. Prior to Verisity, Shirley held various sales and management positions at Avant!, Aspect Development, Quickturn Design Systems, Ready Systems Corporation, and Viewlogic Systems. Shirley began his career in EDA at Intergraph Corp. where he worked as an application engineer after graduating with honors from Auburn University Auburn University, main campus at Auburn, Ala.; land-grant and state supported; opened 1859 as East Alabama Male College, reorganized 1872 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama; became coeducational 1892; renamed Alabama Polytechnic Institute 1899, , Huntsville Alabama receiving a BS in computer engineering. About Apache Design Solutions Apache is an EDA software supplier of innovative next-generation silicon integrity platforms for low-power, high-performance system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs. By considering all sources of noise that impacts the design, such as power, signal, package / system IO, substrate, and temperature, Apache's silicon integrity platform enables designers of leading networking, wireless, communication, consumer, and semiconductor companies to detect, fix, and prevent design weaknesses that can result in reduced yield or failed silicon. Apache's vendor neutral platforms enable designers to adopt any industry's standard physical design flow for their toughest design challenges. Apache has direct sales and support offices worldwide with over 40 customers, including 7 of the top 10 semiconductor companies. For more information, visit www.apache-da.com. Apache Design Solutions, NSPICE, PsiWinder, RedHawk-SDL, RedHawk-EV, SkyHawk, and Vectorless Dynamic are trademarks of Apache Design Solutions, Inc. |
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