Hogan has spent three decades in the semiconductor, EDA and venture capitalist industries. He also sits on multiple boards in the semiconductor design and manufacturing industries.
"Jim is the quintessential activist board member providing strategic advice in strategy, fundraising, personnel and other issues that are of vast importance to Ponte Solutions at this stage of our development," said Alex Alexanian, Ponte Solutions CEO.
"The dust is settling in manufacturing-aware design technology and working with Ponte Solutions will provide a front-row seat in seeing a new birth of EDA innovation," said Hogan.
Hogan was general partner at Telos Venture Partners and senior vice president of business development of Artisan Components. He also served senior vice president of business development and the senior member of the Office of Chief Technologist at Cadence Design Systems. Hogan was also a Cadence Executive Fellow and held several executive positions during his tenure at Cadence.
In the semiconductor industry he was chief operating officer of Smart Machines, Inc., a semiconductor equipment automation company, and held management positions at National Semiconductor and Philips Semiconductor. Hogan holds a B.A. degree in mathematics, a B.S. degree in computer science and an M.B.A. all from San Jose State University. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the School of Engineering at San Jose State University.
About Ponte Solutions
Ponte Solutions, Inc., the design-for-yield company, manufactures and delivers unique full-chip, model-based software products that are used to predict and enable optimization of semiconductor yields at the design stage. Ponte customers include leading semiconductor manufacturers, foundries and design houses worldwide. Founded in 2002, the company has received funding from Telos Venture Partners, US Venture Partners, Incubic LLC, Silicom Ventures LLC and private individuals. The company has offices in Mountain View, California; Grenoble, France; Tokyo, Japan; and Yerevan, Armenia. More information about the company can be found at www.ponte.com.
Ponte Solutions is a trademark of Ponte Solutions, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
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