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2019 CIE/USA-DFW Annual Banquet
August 17, 2019 - August 18, 2019
2019 CIE/USA AAEOY |
2019 CIE/USA-DFW International Technology and Leadership Conference |
2019 CIE/USA-DFW Young Achiever Awards |
Evening Program
Dinner Banquet Keynote Speaker
Dr. Chi-Foon Chan, President and co-CEO, Synopsys
As Synopsys’ co-CEO, Dr. Chi-Foon Chan shares responsibility for crafting vision and strategy, leading the company, and ensuring execution excellence in support of our customers’ success. As the company’s President and COO, a role Dr. Chan held for 14 years prior to his 2012 appointment to President and co-CEO, he guided internal operations and worldwide field organizations. Dr. Chan joined Synopsys in 1990 as Vice President of Applications and Services where he helped build the Technical Field organization. He has sponsored several key initiatives such as entering the IP market, and personally facilitated key acquisitions such as Avant!, Virage Logic, Magma Design Automation and SpringSoft. In 2014, he led Synopsys’ entry into the software testing market with the acquisition of Coverity, and the software security market with the acquisition of Codenomicon. Prior to Synopsys, Dr. Chan contributed to industry leading companies like NEC Corporation, where he was General Manager of the microprocessor group, responsible for marketing all NEC chip devices in North America. Prior to NEC, Dr. Chan was an engineering manager at Intel Corporation. Dr. Chan holds an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University; and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University.
