Mr. Simon Napper

Mr. Simon Napper, President and CEO, joined Synfora in May 2003. From 1999 to 2002, Simon was the CEO of InnoLogic Systems, an EDA company in the formal verification market. At InnoLogic Systems, Simon drove the initial company positioning and sales. He was responsible for setting up the sales channel and focusing product direction. From 1996 - 1999, Simon was VP of Marketing for Aisys, where he was responsible for positioning, product strategy and lead generation. Prior to Aisys, Simon was Vice President of Marketing for EPIC Design Technology. From 1986 to 1992, he was VP Marketing for Tools and Advanced ASIC Products for LSI Logic. Simon holds a BSEE degree from Brunel University in London, England.

Dr. Vinod Kathail

Dr. Vinod Kathail, Founder and CTO, had been the R&D Program Manager and a principal scientist in the Compiler and Architecture Research (CAR) Program at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories and had overall responsibility for the PICO project. Vinod joined Hewlett Packard Labs in 1990 as a member of the team that was working on a new style of parallel computer architecture, now known as EPIC. He co-invented many architectural concepts such as data speculation and a new instruction set for predicated execution. Vinod was the Chief Architect for the research compiler, called Elcor, developed by CAR. He helped invent novel compiler techniques such as critical path reduction techniques for loop and scalar codes. Vinod was the Chief Architect for the PICO system prior to assuming its overall management responsibilities. Vinod received his Doctor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, his M. Tech. Degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), and his B. Tech. degree from Maulana Azad College of Technology.

Mr. Sunil Ashtaputre

Mr. Sunil Ashtaputre, Vice President of Engineering, joined Synfora in January 2006. Sunil joins Synfora from Synplicity, where he served as Vice President of ASIC Synthesis. At Synplicity, Sunil was responsible for all ASIC Synthesis and Physical Synthesis tools. Prior to joining Synplicity, Sunil was Director of EDA Software for the Silicon Architects Group at Synopsys. Before that, he worked on floorplanning, placement, & routing software at VLSI Technology, Compass Design Automation, and Seattle SIlicon. Sunil holds five patents related to techniques for placement and routing of ASIC designs. Sunil holds a B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT-Bombay, and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University.


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