"Kelly brings strong management skills, an exceptional EDA track record, and a rare ability to create highly scaleable programs that deliver outstanding customer value," said Ravi Subramanian, president and chief executive officer. "Kelly will lead the development of the team, know-how, and processes required to help customers rapidly adopt and get the most out of our exceptional analog and RF verification technology."
Perey joins Berkeley Design Automation with more than 20 years of high-tech experience in companies ranging from startups to the Fortune 100. Most recently Perey was corporate vice president at Cadence Design Systems, where she led the company's innovative kits program for solutions delivery. Prior to Cadence, Perey was at Sun Microsystems for 7 years, where she led a 100+ person global organization servicing 16,000 software development partners. From 1991-1995 she held various product marketing management positions at Synopsys, including responsibility for their synthesis product line. Perey's background also includes organizational consulting, marketing consulting, and design engineering. She holds a BSEE from UC Irvine.
"Being involved in analog/RF design methodology for the last several years, I've seen the enormous verification challenges firsthand," said Perey. "It's rare to find a company like Berkeley Design that has such strong technology, ready to fill a tremendous market need. I'm delighted to be a part of it."
About Berkeley Design Automation
Berkeley Design Automation Inc. is the recognized leader in advanced analog/RF verification. Its Precision Circuit Analysis technology combines the accuracy, performance, and robustness needed to verify GHz designs in nanometer-scale silicon. Berkeley Design Automation is the recipient of EDN Magazine's 2006 Innovation Award and the 2006 Red Herring 100 North America Award, making it the first analog and RF EDA company to be honored with either exclusive award in five years. Founded in 2003, the company is funded by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Matsushita Electric Industrial, and NTT Corporation. For more information, see www.berkeley-da.com
Analog FastSPICE, RF FastSPICE, PLL Noise Analyzer, and Precision Circuit Analysis are trademarks and Berkeley Design is a registered trademark of Berkeley Design Automation Inc.
HSPICE is a registered trademark of Synopsys Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS). Spectre is a registered trademark of Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS).
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