Sathish currently leads the product teams for centralized AI team at Siemens EDA and Custom IC division at Siemens. Sathish is an experienced product leader with over 20+ years of experience in EDA industry. Sathish’s focus is on bringing value to semiconductor ecosystem through innovative solutions. Sathish is proficient in scaling product portfolio growth and expansion of market share/revenue through relentless focus on data-based execution and thought leadership. 

Prior to Siemens, Sathish held various product management, strategic business development and corporate development roles for Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys. Sathish received his BS in Electronics & Communication from University of Madras, MS in computer engineering from University of Alabama & MBA from UC Berkeley- Hass School of Business. 

Neel Natekar is a Senior Product Manager at Siemens EDA for Analog/Mixed-signal circuit simulation products. He partners with R&D and customers to shape cutting-edge EDA software for Custom IC verification. He has over 13 years of experience in the semiconductor industry spanning roles in Analog/Mixed-signal IP design and integration as well as EDA product engineering and management.

He has an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley. He is the recipient of 4 US patents in circuit design.

Lih-Jen Hou is a Technical Product Manager at Siemens EDA for Analog and Mixed-signal circuit simulation products. He has over 10 years of experience in the Semiconductor industry with analog design roles in IC development, and pre/post sales application engineering in semiconductor foundry and EDA segments industry. He is currently focused on product marketing of next-generation EDA technologies with Siemens EDA’s Custom IC Verification Division, leveraging his design and customer engagement experiences. He has an M.S. in NanoEngineering from National TsingHua University.

Cooper Robertson is a Technical Product Manager for the Solido Characterization Suite, where he helps drive the development and adoption of advanced characterization and AI-driven solutions for semiconductor design. Prior to his current role, he spent three years as an Applications Engineer supporting Solido Characterization Suite customers and helping them optimize their characterization workflows. His passion is enabling customers to improve efficiency, reduce development time, and accelerate time to market through industry-leading technology. Cooper brings both technical expertise and practical customer experience to his work with design teams around the world. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Physics from the University of Saskatchewan. He also earned a Master of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering from Carleton University. Through his work, Cooper is dedicated to advancing innovative solutions that help customers address increasingly complex design challenges.