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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.7M
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CoWare , Inc. provides system-level EDA software and services to system-on-chip (SoC) designers in convergence product applications who struggle to create the right design right the first time. CoWare's C/C++ and SystemC-based solutions are proven to help companies cut SoC design time in half and get their products to market faster. CoWare's platform-based design methodology, combined with our patented Interface Synthesis technology, helps designers perform architectural exploration, HW/SW co-design, system integration and verification and HW/SW co-verification. CoWare's ConvergenSC product family is the EDA industry's first system-level design solution using a common infrastructure for both design and verification, built expressly for SystemC. CoWare's recently-acquired LISATek technology is a unique solution that makes the development of customer specific embedded cores a fast, cost effective and secure endeavor...

Board Member, Currently, President & CEO, Coware, Inc.
Alan Naumann
Number of Employees 74
Contact Information

1732 N First St

San Jose, California 95112

www.coware.com

1 408 436 4720

NAICS Code Software Reproducing: 334611

Recent Events

  • CoWare and ARM Partner to Enable Rapid Configuration of AMBA NIC-301 Network Interconnect-Based SOC Designs...

    10/24/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • MediaTek Deploys CoWare Solutions to Improve Product Development Cycle

    8/02/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • MediaTek Deploys CoWare Solutions to Improve Product Development Cycle

    7/27/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • NXP Successfully Deploys Integrated CoWare and ARM Cortex Processor-based Solution in its Virtual Prototyping Environment

    7/20/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

News & Analysis

coware inc. - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Nobuyuki Imamura President, Coware K.K.
Karl Van Rompaey Chief Technology Officer
Manuel Correia Chief Operating Officer
Saeid Ghafouri Chief Operating Officer
Scott Kleinberg Chief Financial Officer
Allen Spence Vice President, Worldwide Services
Eshel Haritan Vice President, Engineering
Johannes Stahl Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
Marc Serughetti Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
Mike Faust Vice President, Sales, North America & Europe
Sally Shepard Vice President, Human Resources
Seyul Choe Vice President, Asia Pacific Operations
Andrea Kroll Marketing Director
Patrick Sheridan Director of Marketing
Achim Nohl Principal Solution Specialist
Giovanni De Micheli
Jean Armstrong
Pierre Paulin

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Alan Naumann Board Member, Currently, President & CEO, Coware, Inc.
David N. Strohm Chairman of the Board
Herman Daems Board Member, Currently, Chairman, Gimv Nv (Belgium)
Mr Jan Goodsell Chairman of Coware Kk
David Strohmgeneral Board of Directors
Gilbert Declerck Board Member
Mindy Palmer Board of Directors
Willem P. Roelandts 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

Organization Position Status
Coware, Inc. President, Coware K.K. Current
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. President Former
Empirix Inc. Vice President, Asia, Pacific Operations Former
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Sales Director Former
Teradyne, Inc. Former
Keio University Degree 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.

Organization Position Status
Coware, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Campbell Union School District Board of Directors Current
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Member Current
Montavista Software, Inc. Former
Westmont College M.B.A. Former
Santa Clara University M.B.A. Former
Westmont College B.A. In Economics and Political Science Former

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.

Organization Position Status
Coware, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Services Current
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Current
Andersen Consulting Officer Former
University of Missouri M.B.A. In Corporate Finance Former

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, Engineering Current
Cadence, LLC Former

Organization Position Status
Coware, Inc. Vice President of Marketing and Business Development Current

Organization Position Status
Coware, Inc. Vice President of Marketing and Business Development Current
University of Washington M.S. Former

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.

Organization Position Status
Coware, Inc. Vice President, Sales, North America & Europe Current
Reshape.Com Vice President of Worldwide Sales Former
Coware, Inc. Leading Professional, High Performing Sales Teams Current
University of Illinois M.B.A. Former
Santa Clara University M.B.A. Former
University of Illinois B.S.E.E. Former

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.

Organization Position Status
Coware, Inc. Vice President, Human Resources Current
Exponent, Inc. Vice President of Corporate Human Resources Former
Stanford University B.S. In Mechanical Engineering Former

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
Coware, Inc. Current
Sony Corporation Former

Organization Position Status
Coware, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
Coware, Inc. 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. Chairman of Coware Kk Current
Coware, Inc. President Former
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. Former

Organization Position Status
Internet Security Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Athoc, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Accelchip, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Coware, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Dartmouth College Former

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
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