Smith takes charge

Well known EDA executive Robert (Bob) P Smith, has been appointed to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at InTime Software.

Well known EDA executive Robert (Bob) P Smith, has been appointed to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at InTime Software.

He has also been elected to its board of directors.

In addition, board member Steve Ciesinski, a partner at Earlybird Ventures, has been appointed Chairman of the board.

Founder George P Janac continues to serve as the company's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and a member of its board.

"Bob's marketing, sales and business insight is well suited for InTime, making him the perfect choice for the position", says Ciesinski.

"His EDA industry experience is broad as well as deep and his drive, enthusiasm and energy are just what we need to lead InTime through its next phases of growth".

"RTL timing and RTL floorplanning is moving from a technological early adopter phase to a mainstream part of the flow", remarks Janac.

"I am very pleased that Bob has joined the company.

His extensive background in marketing and positioning EDA technology will be a great asset to InTime moving forward".

Adds Smith: "The RTL design space is undergoing tremendous growth as designers look for solutions that allow them to analyse their designs at higher levels of abstraction.

Having the ability to understand timing performance during the RTL design cycle is of very high value to chip design teams.

InTime's RTL timing analysis solution gives designers the capability to rapidly analyse and tune their RTL code prior to handing it off for gate-level and, ultimately, physical implementation.

The market opportunity and InTime's practical approach to delivering RTL timing analysis was what attracted me to the company".

Smith has experience as an executive within the EDA industry that dates back to 1987.

Most recently, he was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Magma Design Automation from 1997-2002.

He joined Magma from LogicVision where he also served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development from 1995.

Prior to LogicVision, he spent six years at Synopsys, here he was Director of Marketing and later Director of Strategic Alliances, responsible for planning, developing and managing Synopsys corporate partnerships.

In addition, Smith has cofounded two companies, one specialising in silicon prototyping and the other in technical documentation.

Smith holds a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Davis.

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