[July 11, 2005] Zenasis Hires Dennis Harmon as CEO to Extend Leadership in Semiconductor Design Optimization Solutions Tweet CAMPBELL, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- July 11, 2005 -- Zenasis Technologies, Inc. today announced that EDA industry veteran Dennis Harmon has been named President & Chief Executive Officer and appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Harmon will oversee all daily operations to drive the company's aggressive growth strategy. Former CEO and co-founder Jay Roy remains on as Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, overseeing the technology roadmap and product strategy for the company. Mr. Harmon joins Zenasis with more than 20 years of management experience in the electronic design automation industry. Most recently he was co-founder and CEO of Synchronicity, Inc. (recently acquired by MatrixOne, Inc.), the leading provider of design management and collaboration solutions for the global semiconductor industry. Prior to Synchronicity, Mr. Harmon held various corporate management positions at Viewlogic Systems (acquired by Synopsys), including heading up the company's worldwide strategic accounts and corporate applications organizations. "We are pleased to have such a high quality executive as Dennis join the Zenasis team," said Jay Roy, Chairman and CTO of Zenasis. "His extensive experience in corporate development and proven leadership abilities will complement Zenasis' existing strengths. Dennis also brings a deep understanding of the challenges faced by companies designing leading edge semiconductor products. Under his management, the company will continue to execute its aggressive technology leadership strategy, expand its customer base, and strengthen its position as a market leading provider of design optimization solutions for the global semiconductor industry." "I am excited to be joining Zenasis at this stage in its development, coming off a very positive Design Automation Conference and anticipating the latest release of the company's flagship product ZenTime," said incoming CEO Harmon. "Jay and his outstanding team are backed by a very strong board of directors and investors, including strategic investor TSMC. They have built a strong customer base and partnership network, and have developed very unique and powerful design optimization products to enable semiconductor product-development teams to more rapidly achieve design performance targets and shorten time to market. I look forward to working with the team to take Zenasis to the next stage in its development." About Zenasis Zenasis Technologies, Inc. is provider of next-generation design optimization technology for cell-based design, which helps in bridging the gap between ASIC and Custom IC designs. Zenasis' context-specific "Hybrid Optimization" technology operates at the gate, physical and transistor levels for a given design placement, and empowers designers to improve performance, power, area and routing. Zenasis helps cell-based designers to meet the demands for higher performance, faster timing closure and cost-reduction without changing their existing process technology. Corporate headquarters is located at: 1671 Dell Ave, Suite 100, Campbell, CA, 95008. For more information, visit us at http://www.zenasis.com. Zen, Zenasis, ZenCell, ZenCell Factory and ZenTime are trademarks of Zenasis Technologies, Inc. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]