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 Blaze DFM Adds Engineering VP to Seasoned Executive Team Sunnyvale, Calif. – January 19, 2007 – Blaze DFM, the electrical DFM company, today announced that Dr. Steffen Rochel has joined the company as vice president of engineering. Dr. Rochel joins Blaze as it continues to build momentum for its groundbreaking suite of electrical DFM products. “Steffen’s experience with both startups and established companies was just what we were looking for,” said Jacob Jacobsson, president and CEO at Blaze. “Having just shipped our second product, we’re counting on Steffen’s leadership and vision during this exciting time as the company expands its customer base and product portfolio.” “During my due diligence, everyone with whom I spoke was extremely positive about Blaze and their electrical DFM approach to maximizing parametric yield,” said Dr. Rochel. “The technology is unique in the industry and offers enormous value to anyone designing advanced semiconductor devices.” Dr. Rochel has over 15 years of development and management experience with successful startups and established EDA companies such as Anacad, Mentor Graphics, Simplex Solutions and Cadence. Prior to Blaze, he managed the research and development teams for a number of product lines and technologies including the X Architecture, Assura RCX, Fire & Ice QX and VoltageStorm at Cadence. He joined Cadence by way of the acquisition of Simplex Solutions where he led the development of the VoltageStorm product line. He has a Ph.D. and Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University Ilmenau in Germany and has co-authored and presented more than 25 conference papers, journal articles and seminars. About Blaze DFM
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