Mitch Heins, vice president of business development, has worked in the semiconductor and EDA industries for over 22 years. Prior to joining Pyxis, Heins was senior director of silicon operations and products for HPL Technologies, Inc., responsible for all business activities of HPL’s test chip division, including product development, marketing, and sales support. Before joining HPL, Heins served as director of applications support and services for Petersen Advanced Lithography. He has also held positions as vice president of strategic third party alliances for Cadence Design Systems and director of ASIC business development for Ambit Design Systems. At the CAD Framework Initiative, Inc., a consortium focused on software standards for plug-and-play EDA tools (now called the Si2, the Silicon Integration Initiative), Heins held the position of director of marketing. From 1983 to 1995, he worked in various positions at Texas Instruments, ending his tenure as EDA strategy and business development manager. |