Anirudh Devgan Ph.d.

Biography

Mr. Anirudh Devgan, Ph.D., has been President of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. since November 16, 2017. Mr. Devgan served as Executive Vice President of Research & Development of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. since March 13, 2017 until November 16, 2017. He has been General Manager of Digital & Signoff Group & System & Verification Group at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. since February 11, 2016. He served as Senior Vice President of Research & Development at Cadence Design Systems Inc. since November 2013 until March 13, 2017. He served as a General Manager and Vice President of Custom Design Business Unit at Magma Design Automation LLC (alternate name, Magma Design Automation Inc.). He joined Magma in 2005 and manages product development for its Custom Design Business Unit. Mr. Devgan served as Vice President, Product Development and Custom Design Business Unit of Magma Design Automation. He spent 12 years at IBM in various management and technical positions at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM Server Division, IBM Microelectronics Division and IBM Austin Research Lab. He serves on Program Committees for various international conferences including DAC, ICCAD, ASP-DAC, VLSI Design and ISQED. He has published more than 70 research papers and has 22 U.S. patents either issued or pending on various aspects of electronic design automation and circuit design. He was the recipient of DAC's Best Paper Award in 2005, the IEEE William J. McCalla Best Paper Award in 2003, IBM Microelectronics Division's Excellence Award in 2001, the 2000 IBM Corporate Award and the IBM Outstanding Innovation Award and IBM Outstanding Research Accomplishment Award, both in 1999. He named an IEEE Fellow in 2006. Mr. Devgan received a B. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. Anirudh Devgan, Ph.D., has been President of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. since November 16, 2017. Mr. Devgan served as Executive Vice President of Research & Development of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. since March 13, 2017 until November 16, 2017. He has been General Manager of Digital & Signoff Group & System & Verification Group at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. since February 11, 2016. He served as Senior Vice President of Research & Development at Cadence Design Systems Inc. since November 2013 until March 13, 2017. He served as a General Manager and Vice President of Custom Design Business Unit at Magma Design Automation LLC (alternate name, Magma Design Automation Inc.). He joined Magma in 2005 and manages product development for its Custom Design Business Unit. Mr. Devgan served as Vice President, Product Development and Custom Design Business Unit of Magma Design Automation. He spent 12 years at IBM in various management and technical positions at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM Server Division, IBM Microelectronics Division and IBM Austin Research Lab. He serves on Program Committees for various international conferences including DAC, ICCAD, ASP-DAC, VLSI Design and ISQED. He has published more than 70 research papers and has 22 U.S. patents either issued or pending on various aspects of electronic design automation and circuit design. He was the recipient of DAC's Best Paper Award in 2005, the IEEE William J. McCalla Best Paper Award in 2003, IBM Microelectronics Division's Excellence Award in 2001, the 2000 IBM Corporate Award and the IBM Outstanding Innovation Award and IBM Outstanding Research Accomplishment Award, both in 1999. He named an IEEE Fellow in 2006. Mr. Devgan received a B. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Research Interest

Medical Safety & Global Health