Decision Makers
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Coware, Inc. |
Board Member, Currently, President & CEO, Coware, Inc. |
Current |
| Hewlett-Packard Company |
vice president, and general manager |
Former |
Co-founder Karl Van Rompaey has served as Chief Technology Officer of the company since May 1998 and managed Engineering since co-founding the company in 1996. Prior to joining CoWare, Mr. Van Rompaey was manager of the research team that developed the CoWare technology at IMEC in Belgium from 1990 to 1996. He was also a founder of Electronic and Software Innovation, a company in Belgium building embedded systems for automation of production processes.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Coware, Inc. |
Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
| Software Innovation, Inc. |
Founder |
Former |
| Coware, Inc. |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| Imec Inc. |
Manager |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Coware, Inc. |
Chief Operating Officer |
Current |
| Averant, Inc. |
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Coware |
Current |
| Coware, Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Averant, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Cadence, LLC |
Vice President of Application Engineering |
Former |
| Infinium Software |
|
Former |
| The State University of New York |
M.S. Degree In Business |
Former |
| Northeastern University |
B.S. Degree In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Coware, Inc. |
Chief Operating Officer |
Current |
With over 17 years of related experience with technology companies and in public accounting, Scott Kleinberg is the chief financial officer of CoWare and responsible for worldwide accounting and financial management for the company. Before joining CoWare, Mr. Kleinberg held executive positions with MontaVista Software, Lutris Technologies and Live Picture, each enterprise software companies. His recent experience has centered on developing and growing finance and operations for these companies. Mr. Kleinberg also held financial management positions with a semiconductor startup and at Electronics for Imaging, a publicly-traded company, and spent seven years with KPMG Peat Marwick in their high technology practice in San Jose. He holds an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Westmont College. Mr. Kleinberg is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is an elected board member of the Campbell Union School District.
Mr. Spence joined CoWare as vice president of worldwide services in August 2006. With more than 25 years experience in consulting services at Cadence Design Systems, Andersen Consulting, and in private practice, Spence is known for driving sales and successful marketing strategies, and for developing sound business practices and processes that increased revenues and profit margins. His experience in many industries gives him a thorough understanding of the fundamental factors required for businesses to perform with excellence. Spence holds a B.A. and an M.B.A. in Corporate Finance from the University of Missouri.
Mr. Haritan is vice president of engineering. He joined CoWare as part of the recent alliance agreement with Cadence in September 2003. Haritan joined the Alta Group of Cadence in 1996. At Cadence, he managed the SPW product line engineering, and since January 2000, he managed the Cadence System-Level Design group engineering, including SPW, VCC, NC-SystemC and Test Builder. He joined Motorola Semiconductors Israel in 1985 and for more than 10 years developed layout, synthesis and simulation tools for internal use.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Coware, Inc. |
Vice President of Marketing and Business Development |
Current |
Mr. Faust has more than 17 years of sales and marketing management experience in the software and semiconductor industries. He comes to CoWare from his position as vice president of worldwide sales, at electronic design automation start-up, Reshape. Previously, he spent six years at Cadence Design Systems where, in his most recent role as director of global account sales, he was responsible for selling all software and services to U.S., Japanese and European major accounts. Faust holds an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and a B.S.E.E. from the University of Illinois.
Ms. Shepard joined CoWare as vice president of human resources in January 2004. She has more than 20 years experience in technology and professional services companies. Prior to joining CoWare she was a human resources management consultant providing organizational development, compensation and executive level support with a variety of companies. She was the VP of Human Resources for Lutris Technologies, a startup software company and prior to that was the VP of Corporate Human Resources for Exponent, Inc., a publicly held engineering consulting firm. Earlier in her career she held management roles in engineering, IT and human resources with subsidiaries of Exponent, Inc. Ms. Shepard has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.
Mr. Seyul Choe began working with CoWare in January 2005 as vice president of Asia Pacific Operations. Prior to joining CoWare, Mr. Choe spent three years as vice president of Asia Pacific for 0-In Design Automation (now part of Mentor Graphics) where he was responsible for Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and India field sales. Prior to 0-In Design Automation, Mr. Choe was COO and president of nTool Corporation which provides network solutions for semiconductor supply chain companies. Mr. Choe spent four years as president of Cadence Korea, Ltd. and eight years as president of Synopsys Korea, Inc. Mr. Choe has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Coware, Inc. |
Vice President, Asia Pacific Operations |
Current |
| Design Automation |
Vice President |
Former |
| San Jose State University |
B.S. In Computer Engineering |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Coware, Inc. |
Marketing Director |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Coware, Inc. |
Director of Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Coware, Inc. |
Principal Solution Specialist |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Greylock Partners |
Partner |
Current |
| Coware, Inc. |
Chairman of the Board |
Current |
| Athoc, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Tabula, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| EMC Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Cuil, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| SuccessFactors, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Edge Dynamics, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Internet Security Systems, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Accelchip, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| DoubleClick Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Legato Systems, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| Octane Software |
Investor |
Former |
| Forte Software |
Investor |
Former |
| Mentor Graphics Corporation |
Investor |
Former |
| Legato Systems, Inc. |
Investor |
Former |
| Decru Incorporated |
Investor |
Former |
| Wily Technology, Inc. |
Investor |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
MBA |
Former |
| Dartmouth College |
BA |
Former |
| Dartmouth College |
Graduate |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Coware, Inc. |
Board Member, Currently, Chairman, Gimv Nv (Belgium) |
Current |
| Gimv |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Gimv |
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Coware, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Coware, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Xilinx, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Applied Materials, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Coware, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Aruba Networks, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Xilinx, Inc., Boulder |
President & CEO |
Former |
| Xilinx, Inc. |
President & CEO |
Former |
| Hewlett-Packard Company |
senior vice president |
Former |
| Hewlett-Packard Company |
service engineer |
Former |