Pete Hansen

Envis Corp. develops software and hardware solutions. Its products will automatically analyze the design and place adaptive control logic and sensors that reduce dynamic power and leakage current. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Avant! Corporation develops, supports integrated circuit {IC} design automation software solutions for the rapid design of multimillion gate products including system on chip {SoC}. Avant! Is a provider of physical foundation IP libraries for IC design and provides a full suite of software for integrated circuit design, process simulation, device modeling, and mask synthesis.

Solido Design Automation, Inc. provides variation analysis and design software solutions for custom ICs. The firm makes variation designer the world’s top CAD software for semiconductor variation analysis and debugging and is used to improve chip yield, improve performance, reduce die area, and reduce power consumption. The company was founded by Amit K. Gupta and Trent Lorne McConaghy in 2005 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.