“The reason for me to join the industry is interest. I was fascinated by how fast the semiconductor industry is evolving and powering the innovation of the entire tech world. I started my career in the memory industry at AMD around 20 years ago, when memory was still a small segment compared with CPU and other ASIC. Since then, the memory industry has been seeing double digit bit growth in each year and has become more critical in each electronic device. As a marketing and sales professional, I love to talk with my customers and partners. At many occasions, the discussion gives me new ideas and inspirations, which helps me define our next new product or technology development trend.” Read More.

As vice president of applications engineering for the Synopsys Silicon Realization Group, Latha Venkatachari is responsible for all of product engineering for Synopsys verification software and as well as an R&D team in the group, among other responsibilities. She is also a champion for inclusion and diversity and founded the Synopsys Women in Networking (WIN) forum. In recognition of her leadership as a role model for up-and-coming women in tech, Latha has been honored with the YWCA Tribute to Women award and a Synopsys Diversity & Inclusion Champion award. Read more.

Tijana Mišić is a Senior Verification Engineer and project manager at Vtool. Her career journey started 15 years ago after graduating from the School of Electrical Engineering. She holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computing. She is interested in new verification methodologies and verification flows. Read more.

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