Synplicity Appoints Paul Weiskopf to Its Board of Directors
June 13 2007 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), a leading supplier of software for
the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced that
Paul Weiskopf has been appointed to its board of directors
effective June 18, 2007. Mr. Weiskopf, who is vice president of
corporate development at Adobe Systems, brings a wealth of
knowledge in corporate strategy, mergers, acquisitions, and venture
investing to Synplicity�s board of directors. Mr. Weiskopf�s
addition will increase the total number of directors on
Synplicity�s board to eight. �Paul�s contributions and guidance at
Adobe Systems has helped to strengthen the execution of its
business strategies across all product and geographic areas,� said
Alisa Yaffa, chairman of the board at Synplicity. �Paul brings
tremendous strategic and operational talent to our already strong
board, including an extensive background in mergers and
acquisitions. His experience and leadership will be a tremendous
asset to Synplicity and it is an honor to have him join our board
of directors.� Weiskopf added, �Over the last 13 years, Synplicity
has established itself as a leader in the EDA industry, and I look
forward to working to continue the company�s success and its push
into new markets.� Weiskopf joined Adobe Systems in March, 2005 and
played an instrumental role in the acquisition of Macromedia, Inc.,
as well as a number of smaller acquisitions and venture
investments. Prior to Adobe Systems, Weiskopf held the position of
vice president of strategy and corporate development for
Hewlett-Packard. Before HP, Weiskopf served as vice president for
two e-commerce companies, InsWeb and BenefitPoint. Prior to that,
he worked in strategic consulting for Accenture and L.E.K.
Consulting. Weiskopf holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political
economy of industrial societies and a master�s degree in business
administration from the University of California at Berkeley. About
Synplicity Synplicity�, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP) is a leading supplier of
innovative software solutions that enable the rapid and effective
design of Programmable Logic Devices (FPGAs, PLDs and CPLDs) that
serve a wide range of communications, military/aerospace, consumer,
semiconductor, computer, and other electronic systems markets.
Synplicity's tools provide outstanding performance, cost and
time-to-market benefits by simplifying, improving and automating
key design planning, logic synthesis, physical synthesis and
verification functions for FPGA, FPGA-based ASIC verification, and
DSP designers. Synplicity is the number one supplier of FPGA
synthesis solutions and has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction
since 2004 in EE Times' Annual FPGA Customer Survey. Synplicity
products support industry-standard design languages (VHDL and
Verilog) and run on popular platforms. The company operates in over
20 facilities worldwide and is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California. For more information visit http://www.synplicity.com.
Synplicity is a registered trademark of Synplicity Inc. All other
brands or products are the trademarks or registered trademarks of
their owners.
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