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EDA Consortium committees help protect industry companies against: software piracy, export constraints, and proliferation of operating systems, among other important issues of common concern to its member companies. Success of these objectives is driven by experts from within the EDAC member community, with the support of the committee members and the EDAC board of directors.

EDAC member companies are encouraged to participate on these committees to influence and stay abreast of these industry initiatives. If your company would like to have an impact on any of our current committees, or would like to suggest other areas of common interest be addressed by the EDA Consortium, please contact the EDAC directly or any of the individual committee chairmen below.

• Anti-Piracy
• Communications
• Emerging Companies
• Export
• Interoperability
• Market Statistics
• Tradeshow

	Anti-piracy Committee Committee Charter: Drives increased security and license management capabilities for the benefit of the industry. Committee Chair: Dave Graubart, Director, Software Engineering, Synopsys, Inc. Board Sponsor: Dane Collins, CEO, AWR Corporation Recent Activities Email Chair Member Login

Communications Committee Committee Charter: Communicates and provides the vehicles for effectively communicating the goals, activities, and results of EDAC and its committees to EDAC members and the industry. Committee Chair: Rob van Blommestein, Director, Corporate Communications, Jasper Design Automation Board Sponsor: Kathryn Kranen, President & CEO, Jasper Design Automation Recent Activities Email Chair Member Login

	Emerging Companies Committee Committee Charter: Promotes the interests of companies whose annual revenue is less than $5M Committee Chair: Steve Pollock, VP, Business Development, IOTA Computing Board Sponsor: Raul Camposano, CEO, Nimbic Ed Cheng, President and CEO, Gradient Design Automation Recent Activities Email Chair Member Login

	Export Committee Committee Charter: Supports the interests of EDA in matters pertaining to product export. Committee Chair: Larry Disenhof, Group Director, Export Compliance and Government Relations, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Board Sponsor: Ravi Subramanian, President & CEO, Berkeley Design Automation Recent Activities Email Chair Member Login

	Interoperability Committee Committee Charter: Drives EDA standards and Quality for the benefit of the industry. Committee Chair: Rich Goldman, VP, Strategic Market Development, Synopsys, Inc. Board Sponsor: Dean Drako, President and CEO, IC Manage Recent Activities Email Chair Member Login

	Market Statistics Committee Committee Charter: Generates the quarterly EDA revenue report available to subscribers. Committee Chair: Paul Cohen, Member of the Technical Staff, EDA Consortium Board Sponsor: Walden Rhines, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Mentor Graphics Corporation Recent Activities Email Chair Member Login

	Tradeshow Liaison Committee Charter: Represents the interests of EDA companies at the DAC (USA), DATE (Europe) and EDS Fair (Japan) tradeshows. Committee Chair: Tiffany Sparks, Director, Marketing Communications, ARM Board Sponsor: John Kibarian, President & CEO, PDF Solutions  Recent Activities Email Chair Member Login