Brian Durwood, Co-Founder and CEO, is former Vice President of Tektronix' Maxtek subsidiary, where he developed Marketing and Sales and managed the largest P&L line. Prior to that, Mr. Durwood was Vice President at Virtual Vision, a technology startup developing head-mounted displays. He was responsible for award-winning marketing and PR and led the Industrial Division. Mr. Durwood is an MBA graduate of Brown and Wharton.

David Pellerin, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Advisor, is a key architect of advances in language-based design for PLDs and FPGAs, and has published five books on the subject of programmable logic and related technologies. Mr. Pellerin earlier founded Accolade Design Automation, where he was the architect of the PeakVHDL™ and PeakFPGA™ advanced products for HDL-based design.

David Buechner, VP of Business Development, is former Vice President of Sales for Harris Corporation Network Support Division, where he managed a worldwide sales team of 80, managed 600 independent representatives and generated annual revenues of $120M. Mr. Buechner has 20 years of experience in executive sales management and marketing of industry-leading products to Fortune 50 customers.