Aart J. de Geus is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Synopsys, Inc.. From the Synopsys website... since co-founding Synopsys in 1986, Dr. Aart de Geus has expanded Synopsys from a start-up synthesis enterprise to a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA). As a technology visionary, he is frequently asked to speak on topics related to the electronics industry. As one of the leading experts on logic simulation and logic synthesis, Dr. Wikipedia
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