CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
24 April 2008
Company News
Mentor Graphics Names New Vice President
Mentor Graphics Corporation announced the promotion of Simon Bloch to vice president and general manager of the Design and Synthesis Division. Bloch is responsible for Mentor Graphics’ field programmable gate array (FPGA) and Electronic System Level (ESL) design and synthesis products. He is based in Mentor’s San Jose, California offices and reports to the company’s president Gregory K. Hinckley and chief executive officer Walden C. Rhines.
Bloch joined the company in 2002. Prior to Mentor he was founder and CEO of Aristo Technology and held senior management positions at Compass Design, VLSI Technology and Daisy Systems working on integrated circuit (IC) design technologies in the front end and physical design flows. Before he entered the electronic design automation industry, he designed application specific ICs (ASICs) and hardware/software systems in telecommunication applications at Tadiran Electronics. Bloch earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering majoring in microelectronics, computers, and medical equipment from Tel Aviv University.
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