| John B. Shoven |
John B. Shoven is currently the Lead Independent Director at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and a Director at Mountain View LLC. He is also a Professor at Stanford University since 1973. Previously, he served as the Lead Independent Director at Exponent, Inc. from 2007 to 2023, Director at Watson Wyatt & Co. Holdings from 2002 to 2006, and Independent Director at Financial Engines, Inc. from 2010 to 2018. He has also held positions as a Director at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc., Director at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research from 1999 to 2015, Director at the Center for Economic & Policy Research from 1988 to 1993, and Dean at the School of Humanities & Social Sciences from 1993 to 1998. Dr. Shoven holds a doctorate degree from Yale University and an undergraduate degree from the University of California San Diego. |
| John M. Wall |
John M. Wall is currently the Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. He started this position in 2017. Prior to this, he worked as the Director General at Cadence Design Systems SAS. |
| Neil Zaman |
Neil Zaman is currently working as the Chief Revenue Officer & Senior Vice President at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. He started this position in 2020. Prior to his current role, Mr. Zaman completed his undergraduate degree at The California State University. |
| Mary Louise Krakauer |
Mary Louise Krakauer is currently the Chairman at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. She previously served as an Independent Director at Xilinx, Inc., Mercury Systems, Inc., and DXC Technology Co. She also held positions as an Independent Director at Proterra, Inc., Vice President-Services at Compaq Computer Corp., Principal at Corning, Inc., Vice President-Services at Digital Equipment Corp., Chief Information Officer & Executive VP at EMC Corp., Vice President-Services at HP, Inc., and Chief Information Officer & Executive VP at Dell Corp. Ms. Krakauer received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and her MBA from Harvard Business School. |
| Nimish H. Modi |
Nimish H. Modi is currently the Senior Vice President, GM-Strategy & New Ventures at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Prior to this, he was the Vice President-Enterprise Platforms Group at Intel Corp. from 1988 to 2006. He holds a graduate degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, conferred in 1988, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Mumbai, conferred in 1985. |
| Michael Jackson |
Michael Jackson is currently the Director at Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc. and the Vice President-Research & Development at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. He previously worked as the VP-Design Group Marketing & Business Development at Synopsys, Inc. Dr. Jackson received an undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona and a doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. |
| Chin Chi Teng |
Chin Chi Teng is currently working as the SVP & General Manager-Digital & Signoff Group at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. He started this position in 2018. In terms of education, Dr. Teng completed his undergraduate degree at National Taiwan University. He then pursued his graduate and doctorate degrees at the University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign. |
| Anirudh Devgan |
Anirudh Devgan is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. He is also a Director at Global Semiconductor Alliance and Electronic System Design, Inc. Previously, he worked as the Vice President-Custom Design Business Unit & GM at Magma Design Automation LLC. Dr. Devgan holds a graduate and doctorate degree from Carnegie Mellon University and an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi. |
| Ita M. Brennan |
Ita M. Brennan is currently an Independent Director at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., an Independent Director at Planet Labs, Inc., a Director at Arista Networks UK Ltd., and an Independent Director at Planet Labs PBC. Previously, she was an Independent Director at GoTo Group, Inc. and Logmeln, Inc., Vice President-Finance at Maxtor Corp., Chief Financial Officer at Infinera Corp. and QuantumScape Corp., and Senior VP, Chief Financial & Accounting Officer at Arista Networks, Inc. |
| Lewis Chew |
Lewis Chew is an Independent Director at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Arista Networks, Inc. He was previously an Independent Director at Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and PG&E Corp. He also held positions as Director at Foveon, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Senior VP-Finance at National Semiconductor Corp., Chief Financial Officer at Epiphany, Inc., Partner at KPMG LLP, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Dolby Laboratories, Inc., and Vice President-Worldwide Field Operations at Informix Software, Inc. Chew received his undergraduate degree from Santa Clara University. Currently, Chew is an Independent Director at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Arista Networks, Inc. |
| Alberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli |
Alberto Luigi Sangiovanni-Vincentelli founded Synopsys, Inc. in 1987, LifeSignals, Inc. in 2008, and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in 1983, where he is working as Independent Director from 1992. Dr. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli also founded SDA Systems, Inc. Dr. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli also currently works at UltraSoC Technologies Ltd., as Non-Executive Chairman from 2017, Semantic Valley Scrl, as Chairman from 2010, Expert System USA, Inc., as Chairman, Phoelex Ltd., as Chairman from 2020, Phononic Vibes Srl, as Chairman, Quantum Motion Technologies Ltd., as Chairman, Innatera Nanosystems BV, as Chairman from 2021, Sonics, Inc., as Director, KPIT Technologies Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2019, CY4Gate SpA, as Director from 2020, the University of California, Berkeley, as Professor from 1976, Politecnico di Milano, as Advisor, National Academy of Engineering, as Member from 1998, HiQE Capital di Privequit Capital Management SRL SApA, as Partner, ALES Srl, as Partner, Techgate Ltd., as Partner, Exein SpA, as Board Member from 2020, and Berkeley Frontier Fund, as Scientific Advisor. Dr. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli also formerly worked at UPEK, Inc., as Director, Expert.ai SpA, as Independent Director, Birlasoft Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2012 to 2019, Accent SpA, as Director, and Cogisen Sarl, as Director. Dr. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli received his undergraduate degree in 1977 from Politecnico di Milano. |
| James D. Plummer |
James D. Plummer is an Independent Director at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and a Professor-Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He is also a Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. He was also the Dean of Stanford University School of Engineering. Plummer received his doctorate from Stanford University and his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. |
| Young K. Sohn |
Young K. Sohn is the founder of Walden Catalyst Management LLC (2021). He is currently the Chairman of Harman International Industries, Inc. (since 2017), an Independent Director of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (since 2012), a Director of ANYbotics AG, an Advisor of Lakestar Advisors GmbH, a Member-North American Executive Board of MIT Sloan School of Management (since 2011), and an Advisor of Astra Protocol (starting 2023). Mr. Sohn's former positions include Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Oak Technology, Inc. (1999-2003), President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Inphi Corp. (2007-2012), Chairman & President of Asia America MultiTechnology Association (2001-2003), Chairman of nativeX LLC, Board of Director and Chairman of ARM Ltd. (United States) (2006-2015), Director of Cymer, Inc. (2001-2013), Non-Executive Director of SVF Holdco (UK) Ltd. (2007-2012), Non-Executive Director of Nanosys, Inc., and Board Of Director of TD SYNNEX Corp. (2001-2006). He was also a Manager-Business Unit of Intel Corp. (1983-1993) and Co-President & General Manager of Quantum Corp. (1992-1999). He was Co-President & Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (2018-2020) and President-Semiconductor Group of Agilent Technologies, Inc. (2003-2005). He was a Senior Advisor of Panorama Capital LLC (2006-2007), MIT Media Laboratory (2005-2007), and Silver Lake Management Co. LLC (2012-2020). Mr. Sohn received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his graduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| Mark W. Adams |
Mark W. Adams is the founder of Whistle Sports, Inc. (founded in 2014) where he holds the title of Director. He is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (since 2020) and an Independent Director at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (since 2015). Mr. Adams has held several former positions including President & Chief Executive Officer at Coresma, Inc. (2000-2002), Chief Executive Officer & Director at Lumileds Holding BV (2017-2019), Chief Executive Officer at Lumileds, Inc. (2017-2019), Director at Aptina, Inc. (2012-2014), Independent Director at Seagate Technology Holdings Plc (2017-2022), President at Micron Technology, Inc. (2015-2016), and Chief Operating Officer at Lexar Media, Inc. (2006). He also served as Vice President-Sales & Marketing at Creative Labs, Inc. (2002-2006). Mr. Adams completed his undergraduate degree at Boston College and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
| Julia Liuson |
Julia Liuson is currently an Independent Director at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a Director at Cherre, Inc., and the President-Developer Division at Microsoft Corp. |
