Jacob Greidinger

Silicon Design Systems, Inc. (SDS) develops electronic design automation software. It delivers quantum improvements in chip-area, performance, power consumption and flexibility over the traditional cell-based solutions. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

PeriGen, Inc. provides fetal monitoring solutions employing patented pattern-recognition and obstetric technology that empower perinatal clinicians to make confident and real-time decisions about the mothers and babies in their care. Its PeriGEn Visual Cueing enables users an instant view of the mother?s and baby?s current status and trends. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Monterey Design Systems, Inc. developed and marketed physical design software products. The firm also designed and manufactured silicon chips. The company was founded in 1997 and was headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Part of Synopsys, Inc., Aristo Technology, Inc. develops and markets automated block based design planning and assembly tools for the rapid design of large integrated circuits. The company is based in Cupertino, CA. The company was founded by Simon Bloch. Aristo Technology was acquired by Monterey Design Systems, Inc. on March 13, 2001.

Mentor Graphics Corp. provides electronic design automation systems-advanced computer software and emulation hardware systems, which are used to automate the design, analysis, and testing of electronic hardware and embedded systems software in electronic systems and components. It markets products and services primarily to large companies in the military/aerospace, communications, computer, consumer electronics, semiconductor, networking, multimedia, and transportation industries. The firm operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Europe, Japan, Pacific Rim, and Others. The company was founded on February 4, 1981 and is headquartered in Wilsonville, OR.

Tangent Solutions, Inc. operates as a holding company, which acquires and develops technology based companies. The company's wholly owned subsidiaries include Engineered Business Systems, QuickCredit Corporation and Consumer Guardian, Inc. It currently conducts all business through EBS, develops and markets innovative software applications for the credit reporting, mortgage banking and data security markets. The company's subsidiary CGI provides credit services directly to consumers and to service membership clubs. Tangent's another subsidiary QuickCREDIT Corporation provides consumer credit reports to small credit bureaus and business providing consumer credit. The company was founded in December 2, 1996 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.