Management Team
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Isadore Katz,
President and CEO
Isadore has over 20 years of experience in executive management, marketing and product management in the EDA software and components industry. Most recently, Isadore was CEO and President of Lightchip, a supplier of component and software solutions to the telecommunications and cable industry. Prior to Lightchip, Isadore was CEO and President of Chrysalis Symbolic Design, an EDA software start-up selling to the semiconductor and electronics systems industry. Isadore grew the company to a $20m+ revenue ramp, and sold the company in 1999 to Avant! Isadore has held executive positions at Cadence Design Systems, MetaSoftware and Dataquest. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University and Masters degree from the Sloan School at MIT.
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Lee LaFrance,
Vice President Engineering
Lee has more than 21 years of engineering and software development experience. Most recently, Lee was Director of Product Marketing for VCS at Synopsys, the market leader in simulation. Prior to Synopsys, Lee was Vice President of Engineering for Formal Verification at Avant!, where he led a 48-person team in the development of next-generation equivalence checking and model checking solutions. Lee has also held executive positions at Chrysalis and Cadence Design Systems, as well as engineering positions in processor development at Digital Equipment Corporation and Prime Computer. Lee holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Massachusetts.
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Dr. Joao Geada,
Chief Architect
Dr. Geada shares 15 years of EDA software experience. Most recently, Dr. Geada has been one of the lead architects in the verification and simulation group at Synopsys. Prior to Synopsys, Dr. Geada was a senior researcher at Cadence Design Systems and started his career at the IBM TJ Watson Research Center. Dr. Geada holds a PhD and Bachelor degree in Engineering from the University of Newcastle on Tyne (UK).