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January 26, 2005


** CFO Sightings **

** Anadigm announced the appointment of Connie Grennan as its CFO, reporting to President and CEO Bill McLean. The company says Grennan succeeds founding CFO Fred Worth, who announced his retirement last month. Grennan has 25+ years of financial management experience. Previously, she was at Andigilog, Inc., Micro-Photonix Integration Corporation, and CalComp.

** MatrixOne, Inc. announced that Gary Hall, the Company's Vice President and Corporate Controller, has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President and CFO. Hall joined MatrixOne in 1999 and is responsible for all aspects of global accounting, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance. Previously, he worked at Deloitte & Touche.

** Nascentric, Inc. announced the appointment of Scott Yore as CFO, reporting to President and CEO Vess Johnson. Previously, he was at Silicon Metrics, and was involved in the acquisition of the company by Magma Design Automation. Prior to Silicon Metrics, he was at CCI/Triad, and Ernst & Young.


** New Business Cards **

** Sequence Design announced the appointment of Mark Goldman to the newly created position of Vice President of Field Operations, responsible for the management of sales and field operations. Goldman has 30+ years experience in high-tech sales. Previously, he was at TriCN as Vice President of Sales. Before that, he was at Cadence and CadMOS, as well as Duet Technology, Avanti, Silicon Architects, and Mentor Graphics.

** EDN Magazine announced that Mike Santarini will serve as Senior Editor at the publication, where he will be responsible for reporting features and news stories on a variety of topics including EDA. The magazine says he will also cover local press events, functions, and conferences in Silicon Valley. Previously, Santarini was a well-known editor at EE Times, covering the EDA industry, technology, and high-tech legal issues. Prior to EE TImes, he was an editor at ISD Magazine. Santarini has a BA from Santa Clara University.


** Good news abounds **

** Apache Design Solutions announced that the company’s sales "grew by over 3X in 2004 compared to the previous year, [and that] Q4 marks the company’s eighth consecutive record quarter." In addition, the company announced that is relocating its headquarters to a new facility in Mountain View, CA.

** eASIC Corp. announced that its Structured eASIC product was selected as a DesignVision Award finalist by The International Engineering Consortium (IEC). Winners of the award, which organizers say honors achievement in electronic design innovation, will be announced at DesignCon on February 1st.