Governance Synopsys, Inc.

SNPS

US8716071076

Software

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Dec. 03	KeyBanc Adjusts Price Target on Synopsys to $575 From $590, Maintains Overweight Rating	MT
Dec. 02	Software firm Vinci, which speeds up hardware simulation, raises $36 million	RE

Executive Committee: Synopsys, Inc.

Manager

Positions heldSince

Sassine Ghazi

54 year

Chief Executive Officer	2023-12-31
President	2021-10-31

Trey Campbell

Investor Relations Contact

2023-04-30

Ann Minooka

Sales & Marketing

2023-09-27

Jill Larsen

52 year

Human Resources Officer

2023-07-30

Shelagh Glaser

60 year

Director of Finance/CFO

2022-12-01

Jacob Avidan

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

2012-03-31

Sriram Sitaraman

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

2020-06-30

Madeline Chan

Sales & Marketing

2003-12-31

Sudhindra Kankanwadi

54 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2015-08-31

Janet Lee

61 year

General Counsel	2025-06-30
Corporate Secretary	2025-06-30

Composition of the Board of Directors: Synopsys, Inc.

Director

CommitteesSince

Aart de Geus

70 year

Chairman

1998-01-31

Janice Chaffin

71 year

Compensation Committee	2014-12-11
HR Committee
Governance Committee
Governance Committee Chair	2019-11-30
Nominating Committee Chair	2019-11-30
Audit Committee	2019-07-10

Jeannine Sargent

61 year

Audit Committee	2020-07-31
Governance Committee Chair	2018-09-30
Nominating Committee Chair	2018-09-30
Governance Committee
Nominating Committee

Luis Borgen

55 year

Audit Committee
Compensation Committee	2021-11-01
HR Committee	2021-11-01
Audit Committee Chair	2022-05-30

Bruce Chizen

69 year

Compensation Committee
Audit Committee	2010-09-20
Finance Committee	2008-07-24
Governance Committee Chair	2008-07-24

Robert Painter

53 year

Governance Committee	2023-08-30
Nominating Committee	2023-08-30
Compensation Committee Chair

John Schwarz

74 year

Compensation Committee	2010-09-19
HR Committee	2010-09-19

Mercedes Johnson

71 year

Audit Committee Chair	2017-02-13
Audit Committee	2021-08-25

Ajei S. Gopal

63 year

Governance Committee	2024-03-12
Nominating Committee	2024-03-12

Ravi Vijayaraghavan

60 year

Governance Committee	2025-09-16
Nominating Committee	2025-09-16

Sassine Ghazi

54 year

Director/Board Member

2023-08-12

Latest Appointments: Synopsys, Inc.

Nov. 19	Synopsys, Inc. Announces Appointment of Mike Ellow as Chief Revenue Officer, Effective November 20	CI
Nov. 19	Synopsys Names Mike Ellow Chief Revenue Officer	MT
Nov. 04	Synopsys, Inc. Announces Departure of Rick Mahoney as Chief Revenue Officer, Effective November 4, 2025	CI
Sep. 18	Synopsys, Inc. Appoints Vijayaraghavan as Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, Effective September 17, 2025	CI
Jul. 17	Synopsys, Inc. Announces Board Changes	CI
Jul. 17	Synopsys, Inc. Announces Joining of Ajei Gopal and Ravi Vijayaraghavan as Board of Directors, Effective July 17, 2025	CI
Mar. 13	PTC Inc. Appoints Trac Pham to Board of Directors, Effective March 17, 2025	CI

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Former Officers and Directors: Synopsys, Inc.

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Roy Vallee

Director/Board Member	2003-01-31	2025-04-09
Independent Dir/Board Member	2003-01-31	2025-04-09

Deirdre Hanford

Human Resources Officer	-	2023-12-31
Corporate Officer/Principal	2002-12-31	-

Joseph Logan

Corporate Officer/Principal	2021-05-31	2022-10-31
Sales & Marketing	2001-08-31	2021-05-31

Manoj Gandhi

Corporate Officer/Principal

1997-11-30

2022-10-31

Chi-Foon Chan

Director/Board Member	1998-01-31	2022-04-11
Chief Executive Officer	2012-05-23	2022-04-11
Chief Operating Officer	1997-03-31	2012-05-23
President	1998-01-31	2021-10-31

Steven Walske

Director/Board Member	1991-11-30	2021-04-07
Independent Dir/Board Member	1991-11-30	2021-04-07

Paul Lo

Corporate Officer/Principal

2002-05-31

2020-01-31

Deborah A. Coleman

Director/Board Member	1995-10-31	2018-04-04
Independent Dir/Board Member	1995-10-31	2018-04-04

Brian M. Beattie

Chief Administrative Officer	2014-12-03	2017-12-21
Chief Operating Officer	2014-12-03	2017-12-21
Director of Finance/CFO	2005-12-31	2014-12-03

Alfred F. Castino

Director/Board Member	2007-04-30	2017-04-05
Independent Dir/Board Member	2007-04-30	2017-04-05

Esfandiar Naddaf

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2008-02-18

2015-06-25

Brian Cabrera

Compliance Officer	2006-05-31	-
General Counsel	2006-05-31	-
Corporate Secretary	2006-05-31	-

Wolfgang Fichtner

Corporate Officer/Principal

2004-10-31

2007-12-31

Raul Camposano

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	1993-12-31	2006-12-31
Private Equity Investor	1993-12-31	2006-12-31

Arthur Richard Newton

Director/Board Member

1994-12-31

2006-12-31

Rex Jackson

Director of Finance/CFO	2002-12-31	2005-12-31
General Counsel	2002-12-31	2005-12-31

Geoffrey E. Sloma

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	2005-10-30	-
Treasurer	2005-10-30	-

Richard T. Rowley

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	1993-12-31	2005-08-31
Treasurer	1993-12-31	2005-08-31

Nelson Pratt

Sales & Marketing

2005-08-09

Steven Shevick

Director of Finance/CFO	1995-06-30	2005-05-12
General Counsel	1995-06-30	2005-05-12

Andy Bryant

Director/Board Member

1998-12-31

2005-04-30

Jay N. Greenberg

Sales & Marketing

2004-10-31

Michael C. Schroeder

Human Resources Officer

1992-07-31

2000-07-31

Sass Somekh

Director/Board Member

1998-12-31

Harvey Jones

Chief Executive Officer	-	-
Chairman	1987-11-30	1998-01-31

Tammy S. Liu

Director of Finance/CFO

1997-02-28

1997-06-30

Antun Domic

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	-	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	1997-03-31	-

John Chilton

Corporate Officer/Principal

2014-03-09

Joseph J. Raffa

Corporate Officer/Principal

1993-12-31

1995-12-31

Vicki L. Andrews

Sales & Marketing

1993-04-30

Janet Collinson

Human Resources Officer

1990-04-30

Gordon Hoffman

Corporate Officer/Principal

Emil Girczyc

Corporate Officer/Principal

Raymond M. Fritz

Director of Finance/CFO

Atul Sharan

Sales & Marketing

David P. Orecchio

Corporate Officer/Principal

Philippe Hurat

Corporate Officer/Principal

Daniel L. Hillman

Corporate Officer/Principal

Fang Cheng Chang

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

Nitin Deo

Sales & Marketing

Steven H. Cliadakis

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jim D. Higgs

Corporate Officer/Principal

Martin Vlach

Corporate Officer/Principal

William Campbell

Corporate Officer/Principal

Larry Woodson

Sales & Marketing

Becky Oh

Corporate Officer/Principal

Bala Vishwanath

Corporate Officer/Principal

Xerxes F. Wania

Sales & Marketing

Daniel P. Meyer

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ron Nikel

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

Anand Naidu

Corporate Officer/Principal

Thomas Daniel

Corporate Officer/Principal

Mark Milligan

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jeff Roane

Corporate Officer/Principal

Pradeep Fernandes

Corporate Officer/Principal

Sanjiv Kaul

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jeffrey K. Macy

Corporate Officer/Principal

Brian Connors

Corporate Officer/Principal

Joe Hutt

Corporate Officer/Principal

Sales & Marketing

Sales & Marketing

Sales & Marketing

Sales & Marketing

Sales & Marketing

Corporate Officer/Principal

Kyle A. Park

Corporate Officer/Principal

Alak Deb

Corporate Officer/Principal

Taher Abbasi

Corporate Officer/Principal

Paul Estrada

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jiurong Cheng

Corporate Officer/Principal

Mike Gehl

Corporate Officer/Principal

Greg Orzech

Corporate Officer/Principal

Robert Russo

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ankur Ambika Sahu

Corporate Officer/Principal

David C. Bullis

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ron Johnsen

Corporate Officer/Principal

Steve Roddy

Corporate Officer/Principal

Srikanth Jadcherla

Corporate Officer/Principal

Pratap G. Reddy

Corporate Officer/Principal

2010-02-08

Ravi Kumar

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	15
Female	10

Of which Executive Committee

Male	5
Female	5

Of which Directors

Male	8
Female	3

Revisions

Révisions CA 1 an

Révisions CA 4 mois

Révisions CA 1 mois

Révisions BNA 1 an

Révisions BNA 4 mois

ESG MSCI

Environnement

Social

Gouvernance

Polémique

Controverses Ethiques

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Controverses Subventions fiscales

Conforme à la finance Islamique

Synopsys Inc. specializes in the development and marketing of software programs aimed mainly at manufacturers of semi-conductors, computers and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - sale of software and hardware (82%): sale of software for the automation of integrated circuit design, pre-designed circuits for semiconductors, software and hardware for the validation of electronic systems, etc.; - provision of services (18%): consulting, maintenance and technical assistance services in the areas of software security, quality and compliance. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (47.7%), China (15.2%), Korea (10.9%), Europe (10.2%) and other (16%).

Employees

20,000

Sector

Software

Calendar

Dec. 10 - Q4 2025 Earnings Release

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