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Mr. Beers joined IBM in Burlington, Vermont as an engineer in the product characterization organization. From 1988 to1992, he managed IBM’s VLSI Electronic Design Automation (EDA) developing the advanced toolset that differentiates IBM’s ASIC products. In 1994, Mr. Beers was named Director of ASIC Products at IBM Microelectronics Division in Burlington, Vermont. Under Mr. Beers’ leadership, the ASICs organization in Burlington became one of the industry leaders in providing ASIC products and customer service and grew to more than $1B in revenue. In recognition of the ASIC success, Mr. Beers was named Vice President in 1998. Mr. Beers’ other industry honors and activities include the following: SI2: Member ASIC General Managers Council, April 1995 through April 2003, Chairman August 1998 through June 2002; Keynote Speaker, VLSI Design/IEEE, Bangalore, India, January 2001, "Advances in System on a Chip;" Keynote speaker, International Test Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, October 2000, "Test: The Accelerator and the Differentiator;"; Editorial Advisory Board, EETimes, September 30, 1998; and Keynote speaker, Synopsys Executive Conference, Carmel, CA, April 1998, "Advances in Si Technology. " | 