Dr. Raul Camposano joined Synopsys in January 1994 and currently
serves as Chief Technology Officer, Senior Vice President. He previously
served as the General Manager of all Synopsys Design Tools Business Units
and was also Vice president of Engineering. Prior to joining Synopsys,
Dr. Camposano directed the German National Research Center for Computer
Science Design Technology Center and was a Professor of Computer Science
at the University of Paderborn, Germany. Between 1986 and 1991, Dr. Camposano
led the project on high-level synthesis at the IBM T.J. Watson Research
Center. Active in the EDA professional community, he also serves on various
technical program committees and editorial boards worldwide and has published
over 70 articles and three books on electronic design automation. He was
elected an IEEE fellow in 1999. Dr. Camposano holds a B.S. and an M.S.
in E.E. from the University of Chile, and a Ph.D. in computer science from
the University of Karlsruhe.