Former Chief Marketing Officer & Senior VP Enterprise Marketing, Synopsys

Former Chief Marketing Officer and Senior VP of Enterprise Marketing and Communications at Synopsys (2020–2023) with 38+ years in EDA, semiconductors, and IP. Progressed from VP of Product Management in the Verification Business Unit (9 years) to VP of Marketing & Strategy in the Design Business Unit, driving cross-functional alignment across product, sales, and engineering. Played a hands-on founding role in building and launching DSO.ai, Synopsys's AI-driven design space optimization platform, from internal business case through market launch and customer adoption, providing firsthand expertise in AI product incubation, EDA enterprise strategy, and competitive positioning against Cadence and Siemens.