Cooper & Chyan Technology appoints new president & CEO.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 1995--Cooper & Chyan Technology Inc. (CCT CCT Circuit CCT Commission Canadienne du Tourisme (Canadian Tourism Commission) CCT Correlated Color Temperature CCT Common Customs Tariff (EU) CCT Certificate of Completion of Training ), the leader in fast circuit place and route software, Friday announced the appointment of Jack Harding, age 39, as president and chief executive officer (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. ). Harding has more than 10 years' experience in the Electronic Design Automation (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. Prior to joining CCT, he was executive vice president of sales and marketing at Zycad Corp. He was instrumental in launching Zycad's initial public offering, and was founder and president of its consulting division which has contributed more than $20 million in annual revenues. Harding has also held sales and sales management positions at TXL TXL - Tree Transformation Language Corp. and IBM in New Jersey. "I am excited to lead a team of proven winners," said Harding. "CCT and its business partners already account for more than 50 percent of worldwide Printed Circuit Board Computer Aided Design (application) Computer Aided Design - (CAD) The part of CAE concerning the drawing or physical layout steps of engineering design. Often found in the phrase "CAD/CAM" for ".. manufacturing". (PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. CAD) revenues. I look forward to an even more dominant position in the marketplace as fast circuit requirements motivate customers to abandon their current routing tools and look to CCT for a solution." CCT also announced that its former president and founder, John Cooper, has been appointed to the newly created position of chief technical officer (CTO). As CTO, Cooper will set the strategic direction for the company's next generation of products. "I will concentrate my efforts on the technical issues of future markets, while Jack will provide the leadership experience to manage the company's growth," said Cooper. CCT has grown at a compounded annual growth rate of more than 60 percent since its founding in 1989. SPECCTRA AutoRoute au·to·route n. An expressway in France and French-speaking countries. [French : auto, automobile; see auto + route, road (from Old French; see route). , CCT's Shape Based PCB autorouter, is recognized worldwide as the premier solution for today's high-density packaging and fast circuit requirements. CCT's installed base has grown steadily to more than 2000 licenses on the UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , DOS, Windows and Windows NT platforms. SPECCTRA AutoRoute is used in the design of a wide range of products from communications equipment to computer workstations. Due to SPECCTRA AutoRoute's success, CCT has been profitable since product introduction in 1990. The company's product line has expanded to now include SPECCTRA AutoPlace, an automatic placement program, and SPECCTRA EditRoute, an auto-interactive PCB wiring editor. All products utilize CCT's Shape-Based architecture to give PCB designers superior productivity over traditional grid-based architectures. CONTACT: Cooper & Chyan Technology Inc., Cupertino Geoffrey Indrajo, 408/366-6966 Lee Public Relations Edwin Lee, 415/363-0142 |
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