SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Jan. 13, 2006—
Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq:
SYNP), a leading supplier of
software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today
announced the promotion of Jim Lovas to vice president, worldwide
sales. Previously, Mr. Lovas was Synplicity's vice president, North
American sales. In his new role, Mr. Lovas will oversee Synplicity's
worldwide sales team. His responsibilities will include achieving
Synplicity's worldwide sales objective, continuing the company's
successful penetration into the structured/platform ASIC and DSP
markets, and expanding Synplicity's leading market share position in
FPGA synthesis. Mr. Lovas will continue to report to Gary Meyers,
president and CEO of Synplicity. The promotion is effective
immediately.
"During the past year, and throughout his tenure at Synplicity,
Jim has proven himself supremely capable of leading our worldwide
sales operation," said Gary Meyers. "Jim has done a terrific job
leading our North American sales team and I have complete confidence
in him in this new capacity."
Lovas added, "Synplicity has one of the most talented and seasoned
sales forces in the EDA industry and I am honored and privileged to
lead this group of professionals. Synplicity has a bright future, and
I am excited to be a part of it."
Lovas has more than 20 years of experience in the EDA and
semiconductor industries. He joined Synplicity in 1999 as senior
account manager. In 2002 he was promoted to director, Northeast area
sales, located in Boston, and in 2004 was promoted to vice president,
North American sales. Prior to Synplicity, Lovas was the Eastern area
director at Summit Design, and also held senior sales and AE manager
positions at Zycad Corporation. Lovas began his career as an ASIC
designer at ITT Avionics. He holds a BSEE from the New Jersey
Institute of Technology, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and an
MSCS from the Steven's Institute of Technology.
About Synplicity
Synplicity(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:
SYNP) is a leading supplier of
innovative software solutions that enable the rapid and effective
design of complex, high-performance semiconductors. 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,
DSP, ASIC prototyping, structured/platform ASIC and cell-based ASIC
designers. Synplicity is the first company to deliver customized
physical synthesis, analysis and floorplanning solutions for today's
leading structured/platform ASICs. In addition, the company is the
number one supplier of FPGA synthesis solutions and has been rated #1
in customer satisfaction in 2004 and 2005 in EE Times' Annual FPGA
Customer Survey. Synplicity's products support industry-standard
design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. The
company employs over 300 people 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 respective owners.
Contact:
Synplicity Inc. Nancy Weiss, 408-215-6000 Email Contact or Porter Novelli Steve Gabriel, 408-369-4627 Email Contact