Dennis Brophy
United States of America

Dennis Brophy

Affiliation
Mentor, a Siemens Business
IEEE Region
Region 06 (Western U.S.)

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Dennis Brophy is director of strategic business development in the Integrated Circuit Verification Solutions Division of Mentor, A Siemens Business where he manages a global interoperability program to promote product integrations with the company’s functional verification products.  He directs group standards strategy and has a long history of successful collaboration with industry peers for end-user benefit.

Dennis has been in the electronic design automation industry for the past 38 years.  He was first with Hewlett-Packard for five years where, as a software engineer, he worked on early PCB design automation systems and later became a product manager and launched HP’s electronic design automation services business.  He then joined Mentor where he has held several positions the past 33 years.

Dennis received a B.S. from the University of California at Davis in electrical engineering and computer engineering.  He received the Accellera Systems Initiative Leadership Award (2012) and IEEE Design Automation Standards Committee Ron Waxman Meritorious Service Award (2014) for leadership in the development of EDA and IP standards.

IEEE CEDA Position History:
  • 2022-Present   Assistant Vice President Standards (Executive Committee)
  • 2022-Present   Member (Standards Committee)
  • 2016-2021   Vice President Standards (Executive Committee)
  • 2016-2021   Chair (Standards Committee)
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