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Gary Meyers joined the Company as a Director in May 2008. Mr. Meyers has been President and CEO of Synplicity since October 2004. During his tenure Synplicity has re-focused on its core FPGA products improved operating margins from 1% in 2003 to over 10% in 2006 expanded international R&D efforts and grown market share and customer satisfaction. Mr. Meyers joined Synplicity in January 1998 and served as vice president worldwide sales since November 1999. In that role Mr. Meyers was instrumental in increasing sales by more than a factor of ten and expanding the direct sales team throughout North America Europe and Asia.
Prior to joining Synplicity Mr. Meyers was the director of marketing for the Communication Products Division of LSI Logic Corporation. Mr. Meyers also spent seven years at LSI Logic in major account and geographic sales management roles. Before LSI Logic Mr. Meyers worked as an ASIC designer at TRW Inc.
Mr. Meyers holds a BSEE Summa Cum Laude from the University of Maryland and an MBA from UCLA and serves on the board of directors of Synplicity and SpiraTech Ltd. | 