Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Xilinx, Inc. Independent Age: 71 Director Since: 2025 Cadence Committees: Compensation Professional Experience Mr. Gavrielov served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Xilinx, Inc., a technology and semiconductor company that primarily supplied programmable logic devices, from 2008 to 2018. Prior to joining Xilinx, Mr. Gavrielov served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Cadence s verification division from 2005 to 2007, and Chief Executive Officer of Verisity, Ltd. from 1998 to 2005. He also served in a variety of executive management positions at LSI Logic Corporation and engineering and engineering management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation and National Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Gavrielov also serves as a director of NXP Semiconductors N.V. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. Skills & Qualifications Compensation / HCM Corporate Governance Financial Expertise International Marketing Operations Risk Management Strategic Planning Technology / Semiconductor / EDA Mr. Gavrielov has extensive executive leadership and management experience from his roles as a chief executive officer and other management positions at a range of technology companies. Moreover, as a former executive officer of Cadence, Mr. Gavrielov brings to the Board an appreciation of our business and culture. In addition to his executive leadership experience, Mr. Gavrielov contributes to the expertise of our Board from serving and having served as a member of other public company boards.