Sassine Ghazi
co-General Manager Design Group
Corporate Staff
Synopsys, Inc
Portugal
Biography
Sassine is co-general manager of Synopsys’ Design Group, responsible for leading the development and deployment of our physical design, implementation, and analog/mixed-signal product lines. He first joined Synopsys in 1998 and has held several technical and management positions in field operations. Most recently he served as VP of North America Sales, focused on bringing the company's high-value software tools, IP, hardware, and design service solutions to market, and building strategic business relationships to drive customer success. He led a team of R&D program directors and sales executives to collaborate with technology trendsetters to deliver next-generation solutions and profitable growth. Prior to joining Synopsys, Sassine was a design engineer at Intel. Before that, he led a joint research project between the University of Tennessee and the DOD in Variable Structure Control and Reconfiguration Computing at the Oak Ridge National Lab. He received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Lebanese American University and a B.S.E.E from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1993; and an M.S.E.E. from the University of Tennessee in 1995.
Research Interest
Design, implementation, and analog/mixed-signal product lines.