Bridging the Frontier 
Bob Smith, Executive Director
Bob Smith is Executive Director of the ESD Alliance responsible for its management and operations. Previously, Bob was senior vice president of Marketing and Business Development at Uniquify, responsible for brand development, positioning, strategy and business development activities. Bob began his … More » Scenes from the Recent Phil Kaufman Award Ceremony and DinnerFebruary 11th, 2018 by Bob Smith, Executive Director
The Electronic System Design ecosystem community turned out in force for the Phil Kaufman Award Ceremony and Dinner honoring Dr. Rob A. Rutenbar, senior vice chancellor for Research at the University of Pittsburgh. The evening, hosted by the ESD Alliance and the IEEE Council on EDA (CEDA), was sponsored by ACM SigDA, Arm, Cadence, Mentor, a Siemens Business, PDF Solutions and Synopsys. I’ll post more photos in a few days. Meanwhile, here are just a few highlighting the special evening.
 Phil Kaufman Award Ceremony and Dinner attendees.
 Rob Rutenbar, 2017 Phil Kaufman Award recipient.  From left to right: Rob Rutenbar, Shishpal Rawat, past president of CEDA, Bob Smith, ESD Alliance executive director, and Martin Wong, executive associate dean, College of Engineering at the University of Illinois.  Rob Rutenbar with his son Peter. |
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