Chi-Foon Chan

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Born| October 3, 1949 (age 72)

Taipei, Taiwan

Nationality| Taiwanese
Citizenship| Taiwan
Education| Computer Engineering
Alma mater|

* Rutgers University
* Case Western Reserve University

Occupation|

* Business executive
* Engineer

Website| synopsys.com

Chi-Foon Chan (born October 3, 1949) is an American business executive and engineer. Chan is currently co-CEO of Synopsys. Prior to Synopsys, Dr. Chan worked at NEC, where he was general manager of the microprocessor group and responsible for marketing all NEC chip devices in North America. Prior to NEC, Dr. Chan was an engineering manager at Intel.

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Career
* 3 Industry awards
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Early life and education[edit]

Chi-Foon Chan was born in Taipei, Taiwan.

He earned his bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering (Bachelor of Engineering) from Rutgers University in 1972. He then studied Computer Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, earning his Master's degree in 1974 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1977.[1]

## Career[edit]

Chan was recruited to work at Intel Corporation by Marcian Hoff. From 1978 to 1986, he worked in Intel’s Application Research Group as engineering manager, supervising advances in speech recognition technology and development of 2920 DSP application software.[2]

Chan then moved to NEC Corporation, where he served as general manager of the microprocessor group. In this role, he negotiated for NEC to adopt the MIPS processor and marketed all NEC Microprocessor and DSP chip devices in North America.

In 1990, Chan joined Synopsys[3] as Vice President of Applications and Services, developing the Technical Field organization. Chan was then promoted to President and COO, and for the next 14 years he guided internal operations and worldwide field organizations.[4][5][6] In 2012, he was appointed President and co-CEO.[7][8][9]

In this role, he has helped Synopsys enter various markets, including Internet Protocol,[10] software testing[11] and security.[12] Additionally, he facilitated acquisitions of Avanti,[13] Coverity, Virage Logic,[14][15] Codenomicon, Magma Design Automation,[16] Cigital, SpringSoft[17][18][19] and Black Duck.

## Industry awards[edit]

In 2004, Chan was awarded First Industry Fellow by the International Society for Quality Electronic Design.[20]

In 2014, Chan was awarded the Republic of Armenia President's Education Award.[21]

In 2019, Chan was awarded the Distinguished Science and Technology Award at the Asian American Engineer of the Year Award conference.[22]

In 2020, Chan was awarded the State Award of the Republic of Armenia for Global Contribution in IT sphere by Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Arayik Harutyunyan.[23]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ "Biography". cadlab.cs.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
2. ↑ "Passion for work key to success, says Synopsys COO". archive.eetasia.com. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
3. ↑ "Chi-Foon Chan". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
4. ↑ Keatinge, Douglas. "Synopsys to create 75 jobs". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
5. ↑ Kanth, K. Rajani (2011-07-05). "Q&A: Chi-Foon Chan, Global President & COO, Synopsys". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
6. ↑ "Armen Sarkissian received heads of Synopsys and Synopsys Armenia : Gyumri is the right place for the implementation of your projects - Press releases - Updates - The President of the Republic of Armenia". www.president.am. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
7. ↑ "Is De Geus the Most Important Person in EDA History?". EE Times Asia. 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
8. ↑ Nenni, Daniel. "A Brief History of Synopsys". Semiwiki. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
9. ↑ "Synopsys assigns co-CEO to current CEO de Geus". archive.eetasia.com. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
10. ↑ "專訪新思科技總裁暨營運長陳志寬 新思強攻先進製程/SoC IP - 市場話題 - 新電子科技雜誌 Micro-electronics". www.mem.com.tw. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
11. ↑ "Synopsys to expand Indian footprint". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
12. ↑ Shankar, Jay (2017-09-23). "Synopsys eyes software security firms". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
13. ↑ EETimes (2001-12-03). "EETimes - Synopsys to acquire Avanti for $830 million". EETimes. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
14. ↑ DiColo, Jerry A. (2010-06-10). "Synopsys Agrees to Acquire Virage Logic". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
15. ↑ Kanth, K. Rajani (2011-07-05). "Q&A: Chi-Foon Chan, Global President & COO, Synopsys". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
16. ↑ "Synopsys buys chip design software maker Magma for $507M". VentureBeat. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
17. ↑ Clarke, Peter (2012-08-03). "Synopsys to buy SpringSoft for $406 million". EE Times. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
18. ↑ Name (2012-08-06). "Synopsys to acquire SpringSoft for $406m". Tech Monitor. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
19. ↑ "Synopsys to acquire SpringSoft". www.powersystemsdesign.com. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
20. ↑ "isqed04fellow". www.isqed.org. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
21. ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "PRESIDENT RECEIVES AWARDEES OF 2014 RA PRESIDENT'S EDUCATION AWARDS IN IT SPHERE / News / Information center / Republican Party of Armenia". www.hhk.am. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
22. ↑ "AAEOY 2017". www.aaeoy.org. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
23. ↑ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Armenia has much to say and do in the IT sphere - Arayik Harutyunyan bestows State Award of the Republic of Armenia for Global Contribution in IT sphere". www.gov.am. Retrieved 2022-02-23.

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