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Jim Lovas joined Synplicity in 1999 and has served as Vice President, Worldwide Sales since January 2006. In this role, Mr. Lovas' responsibilities include overseeing Synplicity's worldwide sales team, achieving the company's worldwide sales objective, continuing successful penetration into the ASIC Verification and DSP markets, and expanding Synplicity's leading market share position in FPGA synthesis.
Mr. Lovas has more than 20 years of experience in the EDA and semiconductor industries. He joined Synplicity in 1999 as senior account manager, in 2002 he was promoted to director, Northeast area sales, located in Boston, MA. In this role he was instrumental in transforming the Eastern area sales group into a model of efficiency and proper sales execution. And in October 2004, Mr. Lovas was promoted to Vice President North American Sales.
Prior to joining Synplicity, Mr. Lovas was the Eastern area director at Summit Design, and also held senior sales and AE manager positions at Zycad Corporation. Mr. Lovas began his career as an ASIC designer at ITT Avionics.
Mr. Lovas holds a BSEE from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and an MSCS from the Steven's Institute of Technology. | 