San Jose, Calif. -- January 9, 2009 -- Dave Tarpley today assumed the
role of vice president of Japan sales for Forte Design Systems, a
leading provider of High-Level Synthesis software, reporting to Brett
Cline, Forte's vice president of marketing and sales.
Working from Forte's corporate headquarters in San Jose, Calif.,
Tarpley will be responsible for driving further adoption of Cynthesizer,
Forte's high-level synthesis software, already in use by many
leading-edge systems companies in Japan.
Tarpley brings more than 35 years of management and sales experience
to the position, holding senior executive and sales management positions
for various companies within the electronics and electronic design
automation (EDA) industry. While serving as vice president of Asian
business for Cadence Design Systems Inc. from 1986-1994, Tarpley
initiated its business in Asia, growing it to more than $150 million per
year.
"High-level synthesis has become a mainstream application," says
Cline. "With Dave's record of success as a measure, we fully expect to
expand Forte's reach and bring high-level synthesis to a wider array of
design teams throughout Japan and the world."
Most recently, Tarpley was vice president of sales for NanoNexus Inc.
and president and chief operating officer of ZMOS Technology Inc. He
held the role of vice president of sales at PDF Solutions Inc. from
1996-2004, where, as one of the first 10 employees, he helped initiate
its successful and sustainable business model. Prior to PDF, he was vice
president of Asian sales position for Anagram, which was acquired by
Avant!, now part of Synopsys Inc. Before Anagram, Tarpley worked as vice
president of sales for High Level Design, later acquired by Cadence.
Tarpley holds a Master of Business Administration degree from
California State University at Fullerton and a Bachelor of Science
degree in marketing from the University of California at Berkeley.
Forte Design Systems is a leading provider of software products that
enable design at a higher level of abstraction. Its innovative
high-level synthesis technology allows design teams creating complex
electronic systems from algorithmic designs using ASICs, FPGAs, and SoCs
to significantly reduce their overall design and verification time.
Forte is headquartered at 100 Century Center Court, San Jose, Calif.
95112. For more information, visit
www.ForteDS.com.
Cynthesizer is a trademark of Forte Design Systems.
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