SAN JOSE, CA. - November 19, 2002 - Atrenta Inc., the Predictive Analysis Company, announced that it opened a new office in Paris, France, and appointed a new European sales director, Bruno Geldreich, to accommodate and expand Atrenta's European presence. This move, combined with Atrenta's recent new distribution relationships in Asia and Israel, underscores Atrenta's commitment to provide better sales, support and resources vital to servicing its growing business in Europe and Asia Bruno Geldreich has over 20 years of experience in sales and management in semiconductor and EDA companies in Europe. Prior to joining Atrenta, Bruno led sales for most of Continental Europe for Ikos Systems. Before that, he was in charge of major accounts at AT&T Microelectronics, now Agere Systems. He also served at AMS in sales and management positions for several years. Bruno started his professional career with Intel Corporation. "Atrenta's increased presence in Europe enhances our capacity to provide the essential support and services to the rapidly expanding European customer base for our SpyGlass predictive analysis solutions," said Leslie Landers, vice president of worldwide sales at Atrenta. "Bruno's high degree of commitment to customer satisfaction, extensive EDA experience, and a deep knowledge of the business in Europe will be instrumental in our continuing growth and emerging market position in Europe."
About Atrenta
Atrenta offers a new approach in accelerating the design of complex SoCs, ASICs, and FPGAs through predictive analysis. Its award-winning SpyGlass software is the first tool that performs detailed structural analysis on register-transfer-level Verilog and VHDL code in order to check for complex problems, which include coding styles, RTL-handoff, design re-use, clock/reset requirements, DFT and much more. Its breakthrough and innovative "look-ahead" capability incorporates a fast-synthesis engine, logic evaluator, and testability technologies. Atrenta has over fifty customers, including Agere, Agilent, Apple, ARM, Canon, Compaq, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Motorola, National Semiconductor, Nortel, Olympus, and Toshiba, who are using SpyGlass to achieve shorter overall design cycles, increased design productivity and lower costs. Atrenta is headquartered in San Jose, California, with European offices in England and France, a research and development center in India, and sales and support distributors in India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. For further information, visit the Atrenta website at http://www.atrenta.com or call 408-453-3333.
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Atrenta Inc
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