People: Synopsys Inc (SNPS.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Aart de Geus	58	2012	Chairman of the Board, Co-Chief Executive Officer
Chi-Foon Chan	63	2012	President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Director
Brian Beattie	59	2006	Chief Financial Officer
Joseph Logan	53	2006	Senior Vice President - Worldwide Sales
Brian Cabrera	47	2006	Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Steven Walske	60	2004	Lead Independent Director
Alfred Castino	60	2007	Independent Director
Bruce Chizen		2001	Independent Director
Deborah Coleman	60	1995	Independent Director
Chrysostomos Nikias	60	2011	Independent Director
John Schwarz	62	2007	Independent Director
Roy Vallee	60	2003	Independent Director
Lisa Ewbank			Vice President - Investor Relations

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Biographies

Name	Description
Aart de Geus	Dr. Aart J. de Geus is Chairman of the Board, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Synopsys Inc. He co-founded Synopsys and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since February 1998 and Chief Executive Officer since January 1994. In May 2012, Dr. Chi-Foon Chan was appointed Co-Chief Executive Officer of Synopsys with Dr. de Geus. Since the inception of Synopsys in December 1986, Dr. de Geus has held a variety of positions, including President, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Senior Vice President of Marketing. He has served as a director since 1986, and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1986 to 1992 and again from 1998 until present. Dr. de Geus has also served on the board of directors of Applied Materials, Inc. since July 2007.
Chi-Foon Chan	Dr. Chi-Foon Chan is President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Director of Synopsys Inc. He has served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer since May 2012 and as the President and a member of the Board of Directors since February 1998. Prior to his appointment as the Co-Chief Executive Officer in May 2012, he served as the Chief Operating Officer since April 1997. Dr. Chan joined Synopsys in May 1990 and has held various senior management positions, including Executive Vice President, Office of the President from September 1996 to February 1998 and Senior Vice President, Design Tools Group from February 1994 to April 1997. Dr. Chan has also held senior management and engineering positions at NEC Electronics and Intel Corporation. Dr. Chan holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
Brian Beattie	Mr. Brian M. Beattie is Chief Financial Officer of Synopsys Inc., since January 2006. From October 1999 to January 2006, he was Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of SupportSoft, Inc. From May 1998 to May 1999, he served as Vice President of Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions of Nortel Networks Corporation. From July 1996 to April 1998, Mr. Beattie served as Group Vice President of Meridian Solutions of Nortel Networks Corporation. From February 1993 to June 1996, Mr. Beattie served as Vice President of Finance, Enterprise Networks, for Nortel Networks Corporation. Mr. Beattie has served on the board of directors of Openwave Systems Inc. since December 2010. Mr. Beattie holds a Bachelor of Commerce and an M.B.A. from Concordia University in Montreal.
Joseph Logan	Mr. Joseph W. Logan is Senior Vice President - Worldwide Sales of Synopsys Inc., since September 2006. Previously, he was head of sales for Synopsys’ North America East region from September 2001 to September 2006. Prior to Synopsys, Mr. Logan was head of North American Sales and Support at Avant! Corporation. Mr. Logan holds a B.S.E.E. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Brian Cabrera	Mr. Brian E. Cabrera is Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Synopsys Inc., since June 2006. From August 1999 to June 2006, he held various positions with Callidus Software, most recently as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and prior to 2004 as General Counsel and Vice President of Operations and Human Resources. Prior to Callidus, Mr. Cabrera held senior legal positions at PeopleSoft, Netscape Communications, and Silicon Graphics. Mr. Cabrera holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, as well as a Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California Law School.
Steven Walske	Mr. Steven C. Walske is Lead Independent Director of Synopsys Inc. He has been a member of Board of Directors since December 1991. Mr. Walske has been Managing Director of Myriad Investments, LLC, a private equity firm specializing in investments in software companies, since June 2000. Mr. Walske served as Chief Business Strategist of Parametric Technology Corporation from June 2000 until June 2005. From 1986 through June 2000, Mr. Walske held several executive-level positions at Parametric Technology Corporation, including Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Walske served on the board of directors of BladeLogic, Inc. from November 2002 to April 2008, holding the Chairman position from September 2005 to April 2008.
Alfred Castino	Mr. Alfred J. Castino is an Independent Director of Synopsys, Inc., since May 2007. Mr. Castino has been an independent business consultant since August 2008. From August 2002 to August 2008, Mr. Castino served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Autodesk, Inc., a provider of design software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Mr. Castino has also held the Chief Financial Officer position at Virage, Inc. and PeopleSoft, Inc. Mr. Castino has served on the board of directors of Digital River, Inc. since July 2010.
Bruce Chizen	Mr. Bruce R. Chizen is an Independent Director of Synopsys, Inc., since April 2001. He is currently an independent consultant and has served as Senior Adviser to Permira Advisers LLP since July 2008. From November 2007 to November 2008, Mr. Chizen served as a strategic adviser to Adobe Systems Incorporated, a provider of design, publishing and imaging software for print, Internet and dynamic media production. From December 2000 to November 2007, he served as Adobe’s Chief Executive Officer and served as its President from April 2000 to January 2005. He previously held various other positions at Adobe dating to 1994. Mr. Chizen has served on the board of directors of Oracle Corporation since July 2008 and served on the board of directors of Adobe from December 2000 to April 2008.
Deborah Coleman	Ms. Deborah A. Coleman is an Independent Director of Synopsys Inc., since November 1995. Ms. Coleman is a general partner of SmartForest Ventures, a venture capital firm, which she co-founded in June 2000. Ms. Coleman has held various senior executive-level positions throughout her career, including Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Merix Corporation, a manufacturer of printed circuit boards, and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations of Apple, Inc. Ms. Coleman served on the board of directors of Applied Materials, Inc. from March 1996 to March 2009.
Chrysostomos Nikias	Dr. Chrysostomos L. Nikias has been appointed as an Independent Director of Synopsys Inc., effective July 11, 2011. Since August 2010, Dr. Nikias has served as President of the University of Southern California (USC). Dr. Nikias previously served as USC’s provost and chief academic officer from 2005 through 2010 and as dean of USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering from 2001 through 2005. From 1996 through 2001, he was the founding director of the NSF-funded Integrated Media Systems Center. Dr. Nikias has worked as a consultant for numerous corporations and the U.S. government, including the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. Nikias is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a charter fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Dr. Nikias served on the board of directors of Tutor Perini Corporation from September 2008 to September 2009.
John Schwarz	Mr. John G. Schwarz is an Independent Director of Synopsys, Inc., since May 30, 2007. Since May 2010, Mr. Schwarz has served as co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Visier Inc., a business analytics software firm. Mr. Schwarz previously served on the executive board of SAP AG from March 2008 to February 2010. From September 2005 through its acquisition by SAP in January 2008, Mr. Schwarz was the Chief Executive Officer of Business Objects S.A., a provider of business intelligence software and services, and he served as the Chief Executive Officer of SAP’s Business Objects unit through February 2010. Mr. Schwarz served on Business Objects’ board of directors from January 2006 until its acquisition. Mr. Schwarz has also served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Symantec Corporation and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Reciprocal Inc. Mr. Schwarz previously spent 25 years at IBM Corporation, where he was most recently General Manager of IBM’s Industry Solutions Unit. Mr. Schwarz has served as a director at Teradata Corporation since September 2010 and at SuccessFactors, Inc. from September 2010 to June 2011.
Roy Vallee	Mr. Roy Vallee is an Independent Director of Synopsys, Inc., since February 2003. From July 2011 to November 2012, Mr. Vallee served as Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Avnet, Inc., a global semiconductor/electronics products and IT distributor. From June 1998 to July 2011, Mr. Vallee served as Avnet’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Vallee also previously served as Avnet’s Vice Chairman, President, and Chief Operating Officer. Since February 2000, Mr. Vallee has served on the board of directors of Teradyne, Inc. Mr. Vallee also serves as a member of the Arizona Commerce Authority Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
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Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Aart de Geus	5,362,000
Chi-Foon Chan	4,303,500
Brian Beattie	2,260,390
Joseph Logan	2,317,230
Brian Cabrera	1,405,220
Steven Walske	--
Alfred Castino	--
Bruce Chizen	--
Deborah Coleman	--
Chrysostomos Nikias	--
John Schwarz	--
Roy Vallee	--
Lisa Ewbank	--

As Of 30 Oct 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Aart de Geus	5,772,991	3,712,309
Chi-Foon Chan	2,949,518	9,033,042
Brian Beattie	121,000	957,450
Joseph Logan	35,772	346,932
Brian Cabrera	23,338	265,315
Steven Walske	0	0
Alfred Castino	0	0
Bruce Chizen	0	0
Deborah Coleman	0	0
Chrysostomos Nikias	0	0
John Schwarz	0	0
Roy Vallee	0	0
Lisa Ewbank	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
BEATTIE BRIAN M	600	$34.63
BEATTIE BRIAN M	100	$34.62
BEATTIE BRIAN M	400	$34.40
BEATTIE BRIAN M	1,000	$34.48
BEATTIE BRIAN M	700	$34.64
BEATTIE BRIAN M	700	$34.44
BEATTIE BRIAN M	100	$34.58
BEATTIE BRIAN M	300	$34.49
BEATTIE BRIAN M	200	$34.59
BEATTIE BRIAN M	300	$34.55
BEATTIE BRIAN M	600	$34.44
BEATTIE BRIAN M	700	$34.39
BEATTIE BRIAN M	100	$34.69
BEATTIE BRIAN M	800	$34.43
BEATTIE BRIAN M	400	$34.50
BEATTIE BRIAN M	800	$34.61
BEATTIE BRIAN M	400	$34.54
BEATTIE BRIAN M	200	$34.73
BEATTIE BRIAN M	500	$34.47
BEATTIE BRIAN M	736	$34.49
BEATTIE BRIAN M	400	$34.70
BEATTIE BRIAN M	200	$34.71
BEATTIE BRIAN M	800	$34.53
BEATTIE BRIAN M	1,400	$34.46
BEATTIE BRIAN M	1,000	$34.57

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