Bailey brings extensive industry experience

Virage Logic has strengthened its management team with the appointment of industry veteran Jim Bailey as Vice President of Worldwide Sales.

Virage Logic Corp has strengthened its management team with the appointment of industry veteran Jim Bailey as Vice President of Worldwide Sales.

Bailey will be responsible for driving the company's global sales efforts encompassing direct, indirect and partner distribution channels, field applications engineering and customer support services.

"Jim has a proven track record of delivering results with a strong focus on customer satisfaction", said Adam Kablanian, President and CEO of Virage Logic.

"I'm confident that Jim's extensive industry experience and broad management background will enable him to drive our global sales and customer services activities as we meet our customers' design-for-manufacturability and time-to-volume requirements with our silicon aware IP".

"I'm excited to join a company that is not only known as a proven technology leader, but that is just as importantly known for its commitment to customer satisfaction", said Bailey.

"As customers increasingly rely on Virage Logic's silicon-proven IP and superior customer support services to partner with their internal design teams, I look forward to ensuring they experience the highest level of satisfaction".

Bailey brings more than 20 years of global sales and corporate management experience in the EDA industry, especially in the IC, PCB and embedded software sectors, to Virage Logic.

Previously, Bailey served as president and CEO of Accenia, a provider of embedded systems virtualisation frameworks, where he developed the company's market strategy and recruited key leadership talent.

Prior to Accenia, Bailey served as a General Manager in the Design for Manufacture (DFM) business unit at Cadence Design Systems from 2002 to 2004.

Bailey joined Cadence in 2002 through the acquisition of Simplex Solutions.

While at Simplex Solutions from 2000 to 2002, Bailey held various management positions including vice president and general manager, vice president worldwide sales and sales director for North America.

During his tenure, revenues grew from $10 million to over $100 million.

Prior to joining Simplex Solutions, Bailey held various sales and consulting management positions with Mentor Graphics, Cadence Design Systems and XCAT.

He began his career as software engineer in 1982 at Control Data Corporation/ETA Systems where he was the two-time winner of the Technology Excellence Award.

Bailey graduated Magna Cum Laude from St Cloud State University, St Cloud, Minnesota, with a bachelor of science degree in computer science and a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics.

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