ESD Alliance 2023 Governing Council Election

Nominations are in and voting for the 2023 - 2025 ESD Alliance Governing Council is open until April 28, 2023.

Each ESD Alliance voting member company may submit one ballot.

We have 13 candidates for the 9 open positions on the 2023 - 2025 ESD Alliance Governing Council. Each voting member company has up to 9 votes that may be used to select the slate of 9 Governing Council members. (There is no requirement that a company must use all 9 votes). No cumulative voting - just one vote per selected candidate.

We have a strong lineup of candidates running for the next 2-year term.

• Aart de Geus - Chairman and CEO, Synopsys (Incumbent)
• Anirudh Devgan - President and CEO, Cadence Design Systems (Incumbent)
• Dean Drako - President and CEO, IC Manage (Incumbent)
• Niels Faché - Vice President and General Manager, PathWave Software Solutions, Keysight
• Aki Fujimura - CEO and Chairman, D2S (Incumbent)
• Maheen Hamid - COO and CFO, Breker Verification Systems (Incumbent)
• John Kibarian - President and CEO, PDF Solutions (Incumbent)
• John Lee - GM/VP Electronics, Semiconductors and Optics Business Unit, Ansys
• Feng Ling - CEO, Xpeedic
• Prakash Narain - President & CEO, Real Intent (Incumbent)
• Joseph Sawicki - Executive VP, Siemens EDA (Incumbent)
• Babak Taheri - CEO and Board Member, Silvaco
• Jinsong Zhao - CEO, Lorentz Solution

Download the Candidate Statements (PDF).

Ready to vote? Download the ballot for your company's CEO or designated voter to submit.