Sector: Information Technology
Director information for CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Ph.D. | Edgar L. and Harold H. Buttner Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley | 78 | ["Co-founder of SDA Systems, Inc.", "Professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley since 1976", "President of Fondazione Chips-IT since December 2023", "Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1998", "Received the Kaufman Award from the Electronic Design Automation Consortium in 2001", "Received the IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Medal in 2008", "Received the ACM/IEEE A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award in EDA in 2009", "Received the EDAA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012", "Received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers Knowledge Award in 2023"] | ["Audit"] | 2026 |
| Anirudh Devgan, Ph.D. | President and CEO | 56 | ["CEO of Cadence since 2021", "President of Cadence since 2017", "Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Digital & Signoff and System & Verification groups at Cadence", "Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Custom Design Business Unit at Magma Design Automation, Inc.", "Management and technical positions at IBM", "Recipient of the IEEE/SEMI Phil Kaufman Award", "Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering", "IEEE Fellow", "Numerous research papers and several patents"] | [] | 2026 |
| Ita Brennan | Chair of Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee; Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Arista Networks, Inc. | 59 | ["Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Arista Networks, Inc.", "Chief Financial Officer of QuantumScape Corporation", "Chief Financial Officer of Infinera Corporation", "Director of Planet Labs PBC", "Director of Lam Research Corporation", "Director of LogMeln, Inc."] | ["Audit", "Corporate Governance and Nominating (Chair)"] | 2026 |
| James D. Plummer, Ph.D. | John M. Fluke Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University | 81 | ["Compensation / HCM", "Corporate Governance", "Financial Expertise", "Government / Regulatory / Public Policy", "Risk Management", "Strategic Planning", "Technology / Semiconductor / EDA", "Extensive electrical engineering and technical expertise in the broad field of silicon devices and technology", "Deep understanding of the industry and competitive landscape", "Industry recognition and relationships from academic and research roles", "Experience as a director of public company boards"] | ["Audit"] | 2026 |
| John B. Shoven | Lead Independent Director | [] | [] | 2026 | |
| Julia Liuson | President of the Developer Division of Microsoft Corporation | 55 | ["Compensation / HCM", "Corporate Governance", "Cybersecurity", "International", "Marketing", "Operations", "Risk Management", "Strategic Planning", "Technology / Semiconductor / EDA"] | ["Corporate Governance and Nominating"] | 2026 |
| Lewis Chew | Chair of the Audit Committee; Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. | 63 | ["Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dolby Laboratories, Inc.", "Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of National Semiconductor Corporation", "Partner at KPMG LLP", "Director of Arista Networks, Inc. and Intuitive Surgical, Inc.", "Director of PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company from 2009 to 2019", "Extensive financial and accounting expertise", "Executive leadership experience"] | ["Audit"] | 2026 |
| Lip-Bu Tan | Executive Chair | [] | [] | 2026 | |
| Luc Van den hove | [] | [] | 2026 | ||
| Luc Van den hove, Ph.D. | President and Chief Executive Officer | 66 | ["President and Chief Executive Officer of imec since 2009", "Executive vice president and chief operating officer at imec", "Vice president of the silicon process and device technology division at imec", "Department director of unit process step R&D at imec", "Manager of imec\u2019s micro-patterning group", "Director of Proximus PLC", "Compensation / HCM", "Government / Regulatory / Public Policy", "International", "Marketing", "Operations", "Risk Management", "Strategic Planning", "Technology / Semiconductor / EDA"] | [] | 2026 |
| Mark W. Adams | Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Penguin Solutions, Inc. | 61 | ["Compensation / HCM", "Corporate Governance", "Financial Expertise", "International", "Marketing", "Operations", "Risk Management", "Strategic Planning", "Technology / Semiconductor / EDA", "Extensive executive leadership and management experience"] | ["Compensation (Chair)"] | 2026 |
| ML Krakauer | Board Chair; Former Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Dell Corporation | 69 | ["Compensation / HCM", "Corporate Governance", "Cybersecurity", "Financial Expertise", "International", "Marketing", "Operations", "Risk Management", "Strategic Planning", "Technology / Semiconductor / EDA", "Extensive executive leadership in technology and IT", "Experience from roles at prominent information technology companies", "Served as a director of multiple public company boards"] | ["Corporate Governance and Nominating"] | 2026 |
| Moshe Gavrielov | Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Xilinx, Inc. | 71 | ["President and Chief Executive Officer of Xilinx, Inc.", "Executive Vice President and General Manager of Cadence\u2019s verification division", "Chief Executive Officer of Verisity, Ltd.", "Executive management positions at LSI Logic Corporation", "Engineering management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation", "National Semiconductor Corporation", "Director of NXP Semiconductors N.V.", "Director of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd."] | ["Compensation"] | 2026 |
| Susan L. Bostrom | [] | [] | 2026 | ||
| Young K. Sohn | Managing Partner, Walden Catalyst Management LLC | 70 | ["Senior Advisor at Samsung Electronics", "Founding Managing Partner at Walden Catalyst Management LLC", "Corporate President and Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung Electronics", "Senior Advisor at Silver Lake Management LLC", "President and Chief Executive Officer of Inphi Corporation", "President of Agilent Technologies, Inc.\u2019s Semiconductor Group", "Chief Executive Officer of Oak Technology, Inc.", "Executive positions at Quantum Corporation", "Director of Arm Holdings plc", "Director of Cymer, Inc."] | ["Compensation"] | 2026 |
