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Joe has been a tech executive and CEO for the last 25 years. He became CEO of Cadence Design Systems in 1987 and over the next decade grew the company from $10M to $1B to become the leader in electronic design automation (EDA) – the software used to design all electronic circuits today. In recognition, he received the Phil Kaufman award, the highest accolade in the EDA industry. Joe has also served on the board of dozens of companies like Oracle, Macromedia, Clarify and Mercury Interactive.