Nader brings twenty-five years of general management, business development, sales and marketing experience in the software and electronics industry to SigmaQuest. Prior to co-founding SigmaQuest, Nader was vice president of worldwide sales operations and emerging markets at IKOS Systems where he was member of the senior management team that led IKOS from a turnaround to a $115M acquisition by Mentor Graphics. Prior to IKOS, he spent seven years at Cadence Design Systems. He was a core member of Cadence Analog startup team which grew that business from introduction to $40M in three years. He headed the Cadence Corporate Programs office which managed the company's quarterly software release process of 30 million lines of software code and also managed platform partnerships including IBM, HP and Sun Microsystems. Nader was also the practice head for Cadence's new support outsourcing business resulting in over $100M in bookings. He previously held various management positions with Dazix (an Intergraph company) and Xerox Microelectronics. Nader has a BSEE and an MSEE from University of Southern California and a business management certificate from UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management.