- Joseph Costello
Joseph Costello is a prominent person in
electronic design automation (EDA) industry.He was president and COO ofSDA Systems from 1987-1988 and CEO ofCadence Design Systems , which became the largest EDA company under his tenure, from 1988–1997.In 2004, he was awarded the
Phil Kaufman Award in recognition of his business contributions that helped grow the EDA industry. [ [http://www.edac.org/htmfiles/KaufmanAward/JoeCostello.htm Joe Costello, 2004 Phil Kaufman Award Honoree] ]Joseph received his B.S. in Physics in 1974 from
Harvey Mudd College . He also has master's degrees in Physics from bothYale andU. C. Berkeley . He started his career atNational Semiconductor , which he soon left to found "Electronic Speech Systems".He entered the EDA industry when
James Solomon invited him to SDA Systems, where rapidly rose to senior management. While Joseph was President of SDA, it merged withECAD to become Cadence Design Systems.In 2001, Joseph gave the
commencement address at Harvey Mudd, two days after the sudden death ofDouglas Adams , who had been scheduled to speak.He is currently the
CEO ofthink3 , aproduct lifecycle management software and consulting company.He also served as chairman of
Barcelona Design ,BravoBrava! ,Soliloquy Learning , Zamba and on the board of directors ofSanta Cruz Networks .References
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