VaST Adds Leading EDA Industry Marketing Veteran to Executive Team
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Nov. 15, 2004—
VaST Systems Technology today announced that Linda
Prowse Fosler, a longtime EDA industry marketer, has joined the
company as vice president of marketing and business development.
"VaST is well on its way to becoming the leading supplier of
virtual system prototyping tools and simulation models," said Dr.
Graham Hellestrand, founder and CEO of VaST, "and we're ready for a
marketing executive of Linda's caliber to establish us as the
preferred solution for all systems-level embedded applications. She
has the experience and determination to develop a worldwide market for
our products in all the applicable segments -- automotive, wireless,
and consumer electronics, as well as semiconductors."
Prowse Fosler was most recently vice president of marketing and
business development for Esterel Technologies, a French-U.S. start-up
providing software tools and services for the development of
safety-critical embedded systems. Previously, Prowse Fosler was vice
president of marketing and product operations for IKOS Systems, Inc.
(acquired by Mentor Graphics, Nasdaq: MENT) and general manager of the
Verification Solutions and New Technologies Group for the Mentor
Emulation Division. Her marketing experience includes the successful
introduction of the world's leading emulator for system-on-chip design
verification, which grew in market share from zero to 35% in four
years. She was also a key contributor to IKOS when they doubled
revenue in three years, from $35 million to $70 million.
Before IKOS, Ms. Prowse Fosler served as the first vice president
of software quality for Cadence Design Systems (NYSE:CDN), and held
various positions in software engineering at Tandem Corporation and
Hewlett Packard.
About VaST
VaST Systems Technology Corporation provides architectural design
and virtual system prototyping tools and software-simulation-based
models for true concurrent development of the hardware and software
components of complex embedded systems and systems-on-chip (SoCs).
VaST's products deliver both high speed and cycle accuracy under
actual real-time software loads, dramatically improving time to market
and quality, and reducing development costs and risk. Current
customers include world leaders in semiconductors, automotive
electronics, wireless devices, and consumer electronics. VaST is
headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with sales and support offices
worldwide. For more information, visit www.vastsystems.com.
Contact:
Cayenne Communication
Linda Marchant, 919-683-9545
linda.marchant@cayennecom.com
