SILICON VALLEY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (SVTI) ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBER
Business Wire
Published: May 08, 2007
Industry Veteran and Synopsys Executive Rich Goldman Joins SVTI Board
SVTI Loriann Cornwell, 408-573-0100 [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
Silicon Valley Technical Institute (SVTI(TM)), today announced that
Rich Goldman, industry veteran and vice president of strategic
alliances at Synopsys(TM) has joined the Institute’s Board of
Directors.
"Rich brings a tremendous wealth of knowledge and wisdom to SVTI from
working with many leading universities and educational organizations
around the world," said Dr. Ali Iranmanesh, SVTI’s Founder and
Chairman. "Rich is going to be a valuable director and we’re very
excited to have him in our Board."
"SVTI has done an outstanding job serving the industry through
high quality, relevant, and timely educational programs," said Rich
Goldman. "I am looking forward to working with the SVTI Board and
supporting their mission of equipping students with knowledge and
confidence."
Rich Goldman is the Vice President of Strategic Alliances for
Synopsys as well as Chairman of the Board of the Synopsys Outreach
Foundation. Rich is a guest Professor at the Chinese Academy of
Science, and is a Commissioner of the Advanced SOC Design Joint Lab
Academic Committee there. He is a trustee of the State Engineering
University of Armenia. Rich has been active in standards organizations
such as Accellera, EDIF, IEEE, Si2 and OVI for more than 10 years,
including chairing the EDIF technical committee, and serving on
the Board of Directors of Si2. Currently, Rich chairs the EDAC
Interoperability and Quality Committee. Rich served as co-chair of the
RAPID Board of Directors and was a member of the EIA/EDIF Steering
Committee. Rich has a BSCS from Syracuse University and an MBA and
MS Engineering Management from The University of Dallas.
Silicon Valley Technical Institute (_www.svtii.com_
() ), founded in 1998, is a worldwide provider
of educational programs in electronic design, design automation,
semiconductor manufacturing, computing, communications, and Internet
technologies.