Last week was the Synopsys Users Group Silicon Valley 2012 annual meeting. On Monday March 26, Aart de Geus, CEO of Synopsys gave an illuminating and heart felt keynote that reflected on where we have come from and where we are going as a design industry. His mention of meeting Barney Kessel, famous Jazz guitarist, when he was a young man, poignantly told of his respect for the greatness that resides in all of us. Afterwards, I interviewed Aart about the the keynote.