Nominations are in and voting for the 2021 - 2023 ESD Alliance Governing Council is open until May 14, 2021. Each ESD Alliance voting member company may submit one ballot.
We have 9 open positions on the ESD Alliance Governing Council and 10 that candidates are running. Each voting member company has up to 9 votes that may be used to select the slate of 9 (although there is no requirement that a company use all 9 votes). No cumulative voting - just one vote per selected candidate.
We have as strong lineup of candidates running for the next 2-year term.
- Aart de Geus - Chairman & co-CEO, Synopsys
- Dean Drako - President & CEO, IC Manage
- Aki Fujimua - CEO and Chairman, D2S
- Maheen Hamid - COO & CFO, Breker Verification
- John Kibarian - CEO and President, PDF Solutions
- Prakash Narain - President & CEO, Real Intent
- Joseph Sawicki - Executive VP, Siemens EDA
- Simon Segars - Chief Executive Officer, Arm
- Babak Taheri - CEO & CTO, Silvaco
- Lip-Bu Tan - CEO, Cadence Design Systems
Each candidate has prepared a statement. Links are below each photo.
Ready to vote? Download the ballot for your company's CEO or designated voter to submit.