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ISQED recognition for Chan and Keating
The International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design has named Synopsys President and Chief Operating Officer Dr Chi-Foon Chan a Distinguished Fellow.
The International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) has named Synopsys President and Chief Operating Officer Dr Chi-Foon Chan a Distinguished Fellow The award was made at the Eighth Annual Symposium on Quality Electronic Design this week in San Jose, California
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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ISQED's Distinguished Fellow is the highest level of recognition bestowed on members who have demonstrated leadership in the area of design for quality and the utmost dedication to ISQED.
Dr Chan is the first recipient of this award.
ISQED also presented Synopsys Fellow Michael Keating with the Quality Award.
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The ISQED Quality Award was established in 2006 in order to recognise individuals with outstanding contributions to quality in electronic design.
"Distinguished Fellow is an important honour, and ISQED is pleased to name Dr Chi-Foon Chan as the first person to receive this important distinction", said Dr Ali Iranmanesh, ISQED founding chair and CEO of the Silicon Valley Technical Institute.
"Chi-Foon has been involved with ISQED since its inception and has shown tremendous leadership in promoting quality in electronic design".
"His continuous support has enabled the ISQED to grow and become a leading forum in design for quality and manufacturing".
"I am indeed honoured that my colleagues at ISQED have named me Distinguished Fellow", said Dr Chan.
"Since its inception, ISQED has provided a forum to present and exchange ideas and to promote research, development and design methodologies that improve the quality of complex integrated circuits".
"I look forward to continuing to work with ISQED to promote these goals and values".
As President and Chief Operating Officer, Chi-Foon Chan shares responsibility for running the company with Synopsys Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dr Aart de Geus.
Dr Chan is focused on driving the company's internal operations and worldwide field organisation.
He joined Synopsys in 1990 as Vice President of Applications and Services.
Previously at NEC Corporation, Dr Chan 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.
He holds an MS and a PhD in computer engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
"We also congratulate Mike Keating on receiving the ISQED Quality Award in recognition of his tireless work to promote excellence in intellectual property (IP) development and design reuse", said Dr Iranmanesh.
"Mike has been a long-time contributor to ISQED".
"He had presented many papers and given many of the ISQED keynote speeches".
Mike Keating is a Synopsys Fellow in the company's Advanced Technology Group.
He has been with Synopsys for 10 years, focusing on IP development methodology, hardware and software design quality and low power design.
He received his BSEE and MSEE from Stanford University, and has more than 20 years experience in ASIC and system design.
Starting with the Reuse Methodology Manual (RMM) which he co-authored, Keating has spent much of the last 10 years focused on improving design methodology with an emphasis on improving quality.
"It's gratifying to be given the Quality Award from a prestigious body dedicated to improving design methodologies, electronic design automation technology and overall quality in circuit design", said Keating.
"ISQED ensures that designers will continue to have access to the latest information on how to achieve success with their increasingly complex designs".
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