Synopsys staffs up to deliver the next 10X in productivity for system-on-a-chip design; announces key executive appointments, promotions.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 1997--Synopsys, Inc. (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 :SNPS SNPS Space Nuclear Power System ) today announced several key executive appointments and promotions in senior management, sales, marketing and engineering. The organizational changes reflect Synopsys' continuing commitment to grow the management leadership across the company to deliver the next 10X in productivity to customers for system-on-a-chip design at manufacturing geometries of .25 micron and below. Dr. Chi-Foon Chan has been named 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. , Office of the President. As part of the Office of the President, Dr. Chan continues to share responsibility for running the company with Synopsys Chief Executive Officer Aart J. de Geus. Dr. de Geus is focused on driving the company's technology leadership through the business groups and strategic industry partnerships. Dr. Chan is focused on driving the company's internal operations and worldwide field organization (WWFO WWFO Wild Weasel Follow-On ) to ensure customer success and satisfaction. "Since announcing the formation of the office of the president six months ago, we've made great progress operationally - and successfully executed the merger with EPIC," stated de Geus. "We have an excellent working relationship that's well suited to this new structure. By appointing Chi-Foon to the COO post and solidifying our respective roles, we've been able to begin rapidly evolving the organization to meet the challenges of delivering the next 10X in productivity to our customers for system-on-a-chip design." Key Sales Organizational Changes Synopsys has appointed key executives to lead sales for the Americas and services, Asia Pacific sales, and worldwide operations. The company also announced that Alain Labat, senior vice president of sales and marketing, is departing the company to take a position as executive vice president with Animation Science Corp., a start-up company start-up company A new business. in Sunnyvale, California. Until the end of the quarter, Mr. Labat will support Dr. Chan in his new role with the WWFO. Bob Russo has been promoted to senior vice president of services, and sales for the Americas. Mr. Russo joined the company more than four years ago as vice president of sales for North America. During his tenure with the company, the North American region has grown from $92 million to over $300 million. Mr. Russo has 20-plus years experience in sales, sales management, marketing and support with electronic design automation, supercomputer, computer and telecommunications companies. Prior to joining Synopsys, he held senior-level worldwide management positions in sales and marketing with Cray Research, Stardent Computers and Votan. Andy Huang has been promoted to vice president of sales for Asia Pacific. Prior to Synopsys' merger with EPIC Design Technology, Inc., he served as EPIC's vice president of Asia sales and operations. Mr. Huang brings many years experience in ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. design, engineering management and sales to Synopsys with Digital Equipment Corp., Raytheon and Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. . Before joining EPIC, he served as senior manager for the structured custom IC group of Cadence Design Systems with responsibility for Asia channel sales for strategic accounts and technology partnership programs. He holds a BSEE BSEE abbr. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Worcester Polytech Institute, a CSS (1) See Cascading Style Sheets. (2) (Content Scrambling System) The copy protection system applied to DVDs, which uses a 40-bit key to encrypt the movie. in business administration from Harvard University and an MS in electrical and computer engineering from Northeastern University. In addition to regional appointments and promotions, Synopsys announced that Dick Allen has joined the company as vice president of operations for the worldwide field organization at company headquarters 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. . Mr. Allen brings more than 23 years experience in sales operations, finance and engineering with networking, computer peripherals, machine tools and semiconductor companies. Most recently, he served as vice president of sales operations with UB Networks, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tandem Computers. During his 11-year tenure there, he also held various positions as worldwide sales and marketing controller, director of customer administration, corporate planning manager and corporate controller of a joint venture between UB and General Electric, Industrial Networking, Inc. Prior to that, he served in financial management positions with Qualogy and Intel Corp. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Lawrence Institute of Technology and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration in finance from the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . Business and Market Development Group Formed Synopsys' Senior Vice President Paul Lippe has assumed responsibility for the newly formed business and market development group, which will focus on overall corporate strategy and strategic marketing, business development, market communications, strategic relationships, and legal. Bob Dahlberg has been promoted to vice president of market development, reporting to Mr. Lippe. Mr. Dahlberg, who has been with Synopsys since 1988, brings to his new position more than 20 years of experience in marketing, marketing management, software engineering, services and application engineering with semiconductor and EDA companies such as Intel and Daisy Systems Corp. New VP of Engineering Joins Design Tools Group from Cadence Dr. Antun Domic has been appointed vice president of engineering for Synopsys Design Tools Group (DTG DTG Date-Time Group DTG Digital Television Group (UK trade association) DTG Distance To Go DTG Days To Go DTG Digital Transmission Group DTG Direct Trunk Group DTG Digital Trunk Group DTG Dance Theatre of the Gospel ), reporting directly to DTG General Manager Raul Camposano. Previously, Mr. Domic served as vice president of engineering with Cadence Design Systems, where he led R&D efforts in place-and-route, logic simulation, synthesis and timing for three-plus years. Before that, he was with Digital Equipment Corporation (Hudson, MA.), where he spent 7 years in various senior management positions in CAD development for microprocessor design. Mr. Domic holds a BSEE from the University of Chile “Universidad de Chile” redirects here. For the football club, see Club de Fútbol Universidad de Chile. History Background Higher education in Chile in colonial times dates back to 1622, when on 19 August of that year, the first university in Chile, and a Ph.D in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, . About Synopsys Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) is a leading supplier of 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. ) solutions to the global electronics market. The company provides comprehensive design technologies to creators of advanced integrated circuits, electronic systems, and systems on a chip. Synopsys also provides consulting services and support to its customers to streamline the overall design process and accelerate time to market. Additional information about Synopsys is available at www.synopsys.com . -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Synopsys is a registered trademark of Synopsys, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Synopsys, Inc. Lisa Washington, 415/694-1853 lisaw@synopsys.com or The Hoffman Agency Michelle Herman, 408/975-3033 mherman@hoffman.com |
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