Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 17, 2002

Dennis Heller – Avant! Corporation

DENNIS HELLER has served as Head of Marketing at Avant! Corporation since April 2000. He joined the company in February 1994. He has held various management positions at Avant! including three years as the head of the US sales and support team. Prior to joining Avant!, Mr. Heller was the Director of US sales at Sunrise Test Systems and has held sales positions at Synopsys and Ikos Systems. He has more than 15 years of engineering, sales, and management experience in both the EDA and semiconductor industries. Mr. Heller holds MS and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering from The University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. (Editor's note: Avant! was recently acquired by Synopsys, Inc.) Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and a

picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Heller: Avant! is in the electronics design automation business. The

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