Ponte Solutions Adds Jim Hogan as Chairman of the Board.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Ponte Solutions, Inc., the design-for-yield company, today announced that James Hogan has joined its board of directors as chairman, bringing his visionary approach to 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. technology and business models. Hogan has spent three decades in the semiconductor, EDA and venture capitalist Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. industries. He also sits on multiple boards in the semiconductor design and manufacturing industries manufacturing industries npl → industrias fpl manufactureras manufacturing industries npl → industries fpl de transformation . "Jim is the quintessential activist board member providing strategic advice in strategy, fundraising, personnel and other issues that are of vast importance to Ponte Solutions at this stage of our development," said Alex Alexanian, Ponte Solutions 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. . "The dust is settling in manufacturing-aware design technology and working with Ponte Solutions will provide a front-row seat in seeing a new birth of EDA innovation," said Hogan. Hogan was general partner at Telos Venture Partners and senior vice president of business development of Artisan Components. He also served senior vice president of business development and the senior member of the Office of Chief Technologist at Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. . Hogan was also a Cadence Executive Fellow and held several executive positions during his tenure at Cadence. In the semiconductor industry he was chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Smart Machines, Inc., a semiconductor equipment automation company, and held management positions at National Semiconductor and Philips Semiconductor. Hogan holds a B.A. degree in mathematics, a B.S. degree in computer science and an M.B.A. all from San Jose State University. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the School of Engineering at San Jose State University. About Ponte Solutions Ponte Solutions, Inc., the design-for-yield company, manufactures and delivers unique full-chip, model-based software products that are used to predict and enable optimization of semiconductor yields at the design stage. Ponte customers include leading semiconductor manufacturers, foundries and design houses worldwide. Founded in 2002, the company has received funding from Telos Venture Partners, US Venture Partners, Incubic LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Silicom Ventures LLC and private individuals. The company has offices in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. ; Grenoble, France; Tokyo, Japan; and Yerevan, Armenia. More information about the company can be found at www.ponte.com. Ponte Solutions is a trademark of Ponte Solutions, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. |
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