Leadership Team
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Executive Leadership

Lip-Bu Tan
Chief Executive Officer
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Lip-Bu Tan
Chief Executive Officer
Lip-Bu Tan has served as CEO of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. since January 2009 and has been a member of the Cadence Board of Directors since February 2004. He served as President of the company from 2009 to 2017. He also serves as chairman of Walden International, a venture capital firm he founded in 1987. Prior to founding Walden, Tan was Vice President at Chappell & Co. and held management positions at EDS Nuclear and ECHO Energy.
He is a member of The Business Council and serves on the board of directors of SoftBank Group Corp., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., Schneider Electric, and Green Hills Software, as well as on the boards of the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance) and the Global Semiconductor Association (GSA). He also serves on the Board of Trustees and the School of Engineering Dean’s Council at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and on the University of California Berkeley’s Engineering Advisory Board. Tan was the recipient of the 2016 GSA Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award.
Tan received a BS from Nanyang University in Singapore, an MS in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.
He is a member of The Business Council and serves on the board of directors of SoftBank Group Corp., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., Schneider Electric, and Green Hills Software, as well as on the boards of the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance) and the Global Semiconductor Association (GSA). He also serves on the Board of Trustees and the School of Engineering Dean’s Council at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and on the University of California Berkeley’s Engineering Advisory Board. Tan was the recipient of the 2016 GSA Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award.
Tan received a BS from Nanyang University in Singapore, an MS in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.

Anirudh Devgan, PhD
President
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Anirudh Devgan, PhD
President
Anirudh Devgan has served as President of Cadence since 2018, overseeing strategy, all research and development for tool and flows, sales, field engineering and customer support, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, and IT. Prior to 2018 he was Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Digital & Signoff and System & Verification groups.
Prior to joining Cadence in 2012, Devgan was General Manager and Corporate Vice President of the Custom Design Business Unit at Magma Design Automation. Previous roles include management and technical positions at IBM, where he received numerous awards including the IBM Outstanding Innovation Award. Devgan is an IEEE Fellow, has written numerous research papers, and holds several patents.
Devgan received a Bachelor of Technology degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and MS and PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Prior to joining Cadence in 2012, Devgan was General Manager and Corporate Vice President of the Custom Design Business Unit at Magma Design Automation. Previous roles include management and technical positions at IBM, where he received numerous awards including the IBM Outstanding Innovation Award. Devgan is an IEEE Fellow, has written numerous research papers, and holds several patents.
Devgan received a Bachelor of Technology degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and MS and PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Tom Beckley
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Custom IC & PCB Group
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Tom Beckley
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Custom IC & PCB Group
Tom Beckley has served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Custom IC and PCB Group (CPG) since 2018, including responsibilities for IC Packaging and System Analysis. Since his joining Cadence in 2004, the group has commercialized multiple next-generation design technologies in analog, mixed-signal, RF, photonics, and wafer-level advanced packaging, and expanded into system analysis and circuit verification.
Beckley joined Cadence via the acquisition of Neolinear, a technology spin-out of Carnegie Mellon University, where he served as President and CEO. Prior to Neolinear, Beckley was head of the Systems Division at Avant! Corporation, President and CEO of Xynetix, and held engineering and management positions at Harris Corporation and General Motors.
Beckley received his BS in mathematics and physics from Kalamazoo College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.
Beckley joined Cadence via the acquisition of Neolinear, a technology spin-out of Carnegie Mellon University, where he served as President and CEO. Prior to Neolinear, Beckley was head of the Systems Division at Avant! Corporation, President and CEO of Xynetix, and held engineering and management positions at Harris Corporation and General Motors.
Beckley received his BS in mathematics and physics from Kalamazoo College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.

Alinka Flaminia
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary
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Alinka Flaminia
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary
Alinka Flaminia has served as our Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary since June 2020. Flaminia is responsible for Cadence worldwide legal operations, covering matters such as commercial transactions, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, employment, export compliance, government affairs, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and stock administration.
Flaminia has served semiconductor and software companies her entire in-house legal career, most recently as SVP, General Counsel, of Mellanox Technologies Ltd. from September 2016 through April 2020 and as VP, General Counsel of PMC-Sierra, Inc. from 2007 to 2016. Flaminia also held in-house counsel roles at Xilinx, Inc. and McAfee (formerly Network Associates). Prior to moving in-house, Flaminia was in private practice for 10 years, mostly litigating chemical product liability matters.
Flaminia is an active member and a past president of the Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and her Juris Doctor degree from Colorado University, School of Law where she was Managing Editor of the school’s law review her final year.
Flaminia has served semiconductor and software companies her entire in-house legal career, most recently as SVP, General Counsel, of Mellanox Technologies Ltd. from September 2016 through April 2020 and as VP, General Counsel of PMC-Sierra, Inc. from 2007 to 2016. Flaminia also held in-house counsel roles at Xilinx, Inc. and McAfee (formerly Network Associates). Prior to moving in-house, Flaminia was in private practice for 10 years, mostly litigating chemical product liability matters.
Flaminia is an active member and a past president of the Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and her Juris Doctor degree from Colorado University, School of Law where she was Managing Editor of the school’s law review her final year.

Tina Jones
Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources
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Tina Jones
Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources
Tina Jones has served as Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources since 2007, leading the team and operations around the world. Jones previously served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel. In that position, she advised the company on employment-related issues, policies, and practices, and oversaw litigation ranging from intellectual property and securities matters to commercial disputes.
Prior to joining Cadence in 2003, Jones was a litigator and employment counselor with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Jones received her BA in political science from Stanford University and her Juris Doctor degree from UCLA Law School, where she served as an editor on the UCLA Law Review. Jones then clerked on the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Prior to joining Cadence in 2003, Jones was a litigator and employment counselor with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Jones received her BA in political science from Stanford University and her Juris Doctor degree from UCLA Law School, where she served as an editor on the UCLA Law Review. Jones then clerked on the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Babu Mandava
Senior Vice President and General Manager, IP GROUP
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Babu Mandava
Senior Vice President and General Manager, IP GROUP
Babu Mandava has served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the IP Group (IPG) since 2017. His primary focus is to expand the Cadence IP business, a strategically important market segment that includes all SerDes, memory, and other interface IP development, and Tensilica DSPs and processors.
Prior to joining Cadence in 2017, Mandava was co-founder and CEO of Beceem Communications, Inc., which was acquired by Broadcom in 2010. At Broadcom, he served as VP of Engineering where he led the team that developed Broadcom’s first LTE multi-mode baseband chipset. Prior to Beceem, he was co-founder of Centillium Communications, Inc., where he served in engineering and General Manager roles of increasing responsibility, and CEO of Ineda Systems, a startup developing low-power SoCs for consumer applications.
Mandava holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in electronics and communication engineering from the Regional Engineering College in Tiruchirapalli, India and a Master of Technology degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India.
Prior to joining Cadence in 2017, Mandava was co-founder and CEO of Beceem Communications, Inc., which was acquired by Broadcom in 2010. At Broadcom, he served as VP of Engineering where he led the team that developed Broadcom’s first LTE multi-mode baseband chipset. Prior to Beceem, he was co-founder of Centillium Communications, Inc., where he served in engineering and General Manager roles of increasing responsibility, and CEO of Ineda Systems, a startup developing low-power SoCs for consumer applications.
Mandava holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in electronics and communication engineering from the Regional Engineering College in Tiruchirapalli, India and a Master of Technology degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India.

Nimish Modi
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development
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Nimish Modi
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development
Nimish Modi has served as Senior Vice President of Marketing & Business Development (MBD) since 2013. In this role, he is responsible for corporate and strategic marketing, corporate strategy, industry standards, cloud product offerings, and new business development, including M&A. Prior to this role, he was Senior Vice President of research and development for the System & Software Realization Group at Cadence where he had responsibility for products and solutions in the areas of systems design and verification, package and board design, hardware/software co-development and verification, and SoC integration and verification.
Prior to joining Cadence in 2006, Modi spent 18 years at Intel Corporation, where he was most recently a vice president in the Enterprise Platforms Group with responsibility for the company’s server CPU development.
Modi holds a BE in electrical engineering from the University of Bombay and a MS degree in computer engineering from Virginia Tech.
Prior to joining Cadence in 2006, Modi spent 18 years at Intel Corporation, where he was most recently a vice president in the Enterprise Platforms Group with responsibility for the company’s server CPU development.
Modi holds a BE in electrical engineering from the University of Bombay and a MS degree in computer engineering from Virginia Tech.

Chin-Chi Teng, PhD
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital & Signoff Group
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Chin-Chi Teng, PhD
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital & Signoff Group
Chin-Chi Teng has served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Digital and Signoff Group (DSG) since 2018. Prior to this role, Teng held senior leadership positions in research and development in digital implementation.
Teng joined Cadence in 2002 via the acquisition of Silicon Perspective Corporation and subsequently led various research and development groups. He brought deep technical knowledge and more than 20 years of industry and academic experience to his role as leader of the IC Digital group.
Teng holds a BS in electrical engineering from the National Taiwan University and an MS and PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds seven patents, and has written many EDA papers, several deep learning papers, and a book, Electrothermal Analysis of VLSI Systems.
Teng joined Cadence in 2002 via the acquisition of Silicon Perspective Corporation and subsequently led various research and development groups. He brought deep technical knowledge and more than 20 years of industry and academic experience to his role as leader of the IC Digital group.
Teng holds a BS in electrical engineering from the National Taiwan University and an MS and PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds seven patents, and has written many EDA papers, several deep learning papers, and a book, Electrothermal Analysis of VLSI Systems.

John Wall
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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John Wall
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
John Wall has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 2017. He is responsible for the company’s overall finance, tax, and accounting functions, as well as business operations, enterprise data and analytics, investor relations, and global strategic sourcing. Wall also leads the Real Estate and Workplace organization, which manages over 50 Cadence sites worldwide.
Wall previously served as Corporate Controller and in other positions for more than 20 years, starting in our Dublin, Ireland office before moving to our San Jose Headquarters in 2015. At the beginning of his tenure with Cadence, Wall implemented the company’s international corporate structure, and was instrumental in the creation of several of the company’s sales models and its transition to a recurring revenue model.
Wall is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and holds an NCBS from the Institute of Technology, Tralee in Ireland.
Wall previously served as Corporate Controller and in other positions for more than 20 years, starting in our Dublin, Ireland office before moving to our San Jose Headquarters in 2015. At the beginning of his tenure with Cadence, Wall implemented the company’s international corporate structure, and was instrumental in the creation of several of the company’s sales models and its transition to a recurring revenue model.
Wall is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and holds an NCBS from the Institute of Technology, Tralee in Ireland.

Neil Zaman
Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
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Neil Zaman
Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
Neil Zaman serves as Chief Revenue Officer and has been Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations (WFO) since 2015. As Chief Revenue Officer, Zaman is responsible for the Sales, Services, Field Engineering, and Customer Support teams that manage customer relationships around the world, driving customer success via the Cadence Intelligent System Design strategy. Prior to this role, he held various leadership positions in WFO, driving initiatives to strengthen the company’s relationship and grow business with the top North American strategic accounts.
Prior to joining Cadence in 1999, Zaman held key positions at Phoenix Technologies and IBM.
Zaman attended SUNY Stony Brook and then California State University, Hayward, where he earned his BSc in finance.
Prior to joining Cadence in 1999, Zaman held key positions at Phoenix Technologies and IBM.
Zaman attended SUNY Stony Brook and then California State University, Hayward, where he earned his BSc in finance.
Board Of Directors
John B. Shoven, PhD
Chairman of the Board
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Dr. John B. Shoven
Dr. John B. Shoven has served as a director of Cadence since 1992 and as Chairman of the Board since 2005. Dr. Shoven is the Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, Emeritus at Stanford University and served as the Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research from 1999 to September 2015. He is also a senior fellow and the Chair, Emeritus of the Steering Committee at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Dr. Shoven joined the faculty of Stanford University in 1973, serving as Chairman of the Economics Department from 1986 to 1989, director of the Center for Economic Policy Research from 1988 to 1993, and as Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences from 1993 to 1998. Dr. Shoven also serves as a director of Exponent, Inc. and the Mountain View Board of American Century Funds.
Lip-Bu Tan
Chief Executive Officer
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Lip-Bu Tan
Lip-Bu Tan has served as CEO of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. since January 2009 and has been a member of the Cadence Board of Directors since February 2004. He served as President of the company from 2009 to 2017. He also serves as chairman of Walden International, a venture capital firm he founded in 1987. Prior to founding Walden, Tan was Vice President at Chappell & Co. and held management positions at EDS Nuclear and ECHO Energy.
He is a member of The Business Council and serves on the board of directors of SoftBank Group Corp., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., Schneider Electric, and Green Hills Software, as well as on the boards of the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance) and the Global Semiconductor Association (GSA). He also serves on the Board of Trustees and the School of Engineering Dean’s Council at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and on the University of California Berkeley’s Engineering Advisory Board. Tan was the recipient of the 2016 GSA Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award.
Tan received a BS from Nanyang University in Singapore, an MS in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.
He is a member of The Business Council and serves on the board of directors of SoftBank Group Corp., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., Schneider Electric, and Green Hills Software, as well as on the boards of the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance) and the Global Semiconductor Association (GSA). He also serves on the Board of Trustees and the School of Engineering Dean’s Council at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and on the University of California Berkeley’s Engineering Advisory Board. Tan was the recipient of the 2016 GSA Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award.
Tan received a BS from Nanyang University in Singapore, an MS in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.
Mark W. Adams
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Mark W. Adams
Mark W. Adams has served as a director of Cadence since 2015. Mr. Adams has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SMART Global Holdings, Inc., a specialty memory, storage and hybrid solutions provider, since August 2020. Mr. Adams served as Chief Executive Officer of Lumileds Holding B.V., a light engine technology company, from February 2017 to February 2019. Mr. Adams served as President of Micron Technology, Inc., a semiconductor solutions company, from February 2012 to February 2016. From 2006 to February 2012, Mr. Adams served in a number of positions at Micron Technology, Inc., including interim Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, and Vice President of Digital Media. Prior to joining Micron Technology, Inc., Mr. Adams served as Chief Operating Officer of Lexar Media, Inc. in 2006 and as Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Creative Labs, Inc. from 2002 to 2006. Mr. Adams also serves as a director of Seagate Technology plc and SMART Global Holdings, Inc.
Susan L. Bostrom
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Susan L. Bostrom
Susan L. Bostrom has served as a director of Cadence since 2011 and previously served from 2001 to 2005. Ms. Bostrom served as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Worldwide Government Affairs, of Cisco Systems, Inc., a networking equipment provider, from 2007 to 2011. From 1997 to 2007, Ms. Bostrom served in a number of positions at Cisco Systems, Inc., including Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Worldwide Government Affairs, Vice President of the Internet Business Solutions Group, and Vice President of Applications and Services Marketing. Ms. Bostrom also serves as a director of Anaplan, Inc., Nutanix, Inc., ServiceNow, Inc., and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
Ita Brennan
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Ita Brennan
Ita Brennan has served as a director of Cadence since March 2020. Ms. Brennan has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Arista Networks, Inc., a cloud networking solutions company, since 2015. Ms. Brennan served as Chief Financial Officer of QuantumScape Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of solid-state lithium metal batteries, from March 2014 to May 2015. Prior to joining QuantumScape Corporation, Ms. Brennan served in a number of key finance roles, including Chief Financial Officer, for Infinera Corporation, an intelligent transport networking company, from July 2006 to February 2014. From 1997 to 2006, Ms. Brennan held various roles at Maxtor Corporation, an information storage solutions company, including Vice President of Finance for its Worldwide Operations. Ms. Brennan also serves as a director of LogMeln, Inc.
Lewis Chew
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Lewis Chew
Lewis Chew has served as a director of Cadence since March 2020. Mr. Chew has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dolby Laboratories, Inc., an audio, voice and imaging technology company, since 2012. Mr. Chew served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of National Semiconductor Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of semiconductor components, from 2001 to 2011. Prior to joining National Semiconductor Corporation, Mr. Chew was a partner at KPMG LLP, an accounting firm.
Julia Liuson
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Julia Liuson
Julia Liuson has served as a director of Cadence since 2021. Ms. Liuson has served as Corporate Vice President of Microsoft since 2012. Ms. Liuson has served in several technical and executive roles since joining Microsoft in 1992, and currently sets technology and business strategy, as well as leads the development of products that include Visual Studio, .NET Framework, and developer platform services for Microsoft Azure. Ms. Liuson was the first woman promoted to Corporate Vice President of Development at Microsoft, and is a role model and champion of improving diversity and inclusion in STEM—both at Microsoft and through her charitable work. In 2019, Women in Technology International inducted Ms. Liuson into the Women in Technology Hall of Fame.
James D. Plummer, PhD
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Dr. James D. Plummer
Dr. James D. Plummer has served as a director of Cadence since 2011. Dr. Plummer has been a Professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University since 1978 and served as the Dean of the Stanford School of Engineering from 1999 to 2014. Dr. Plummer has received numerous awards for his research and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Plummer directed the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility from 1994 to 2000.
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, PhD
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Dr. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Dr. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli has served as a director of Cadence since 1992 and was a co-founder of SDA Systems, Inc., a predecessor of Cadence. Dr. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli has been a professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley since 1976. Dr. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1998 and received the Kaufman Award from the Electronic Design Automation Consortium in 2001, the IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Medal for his exceptional impact on the development of electronics and electrical engineering or related fields in 2008, the ACM/IEEE A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award in Electronic Design Automation in 2009, and the EDAA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. Dr. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli also serves as a director of Expert System S.p.A. and KPIT Technologies Ltd.
Young K. Sohn
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Young K. Sohn
Young K. Sohn has served as a director of Cadence since 2013. Mr. Sohn has served as Corporate President and Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung Electronics, a consumer electronics company, since 2012. Mr. Sohn also has served as a senior advisor at Silver Lake Management LLC, a private investment firm, since 2012. Mr. Sohn served as a senior advisor at Inphi Corporation, a provider of high-speed mixed signal semiconductor solutions, from 2012 to 2013, and as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2007 to 2012. Prior to joining Inphi Corporation, Mr. Sohn served as President of Agilent Technologies, Inc.’s Semiconductor Group from 2003 until 2005, as Chief Executive Officer of Oak Technology, Inc. from 1999 until it was acquired by Zoran Corporation in 2003, and in executive positions at Quantum Corporation from 1992 to 1999, including co-President and General Manager.