Lars-Eric Lundgren joined Synplicity in June 2007 with the acquisition of the Swedish ASIC Prototyping Company; HARDI Electronics AB. Mr. Lundgren is responsible for all hardware development at Synplicity, including the current product line of HAPS (High-performance ASIC Prototyping System) and any future hardware products. The Hardware Platforms Group is located in Lund, Sweden.

Mr. Lundgren co-founded HARDI Electronics AB in 1987 and has 20 years of experience as President and CEO of the company. In the beginning of the company’s history, Mr. Lundgren worked as a hardware design engineer on various ASIC and FPGA design projects. He trained hundreds of engineers in Structured Electronic Design and acted as a reseller of EDA software tools like ModelSim and Synplify. HARDI represented Synplicity in the Nordic region from 1995 to 2003 and the use and sale of the Synplicity Certify software lead to the development of the HAPS ASIC prototyping hardware. In 2003 HARDI focused on hardware and Mr. Lundgren worked with setting up the world wide sales organization. From 2003 to 2006 sales grew by over 100% every year.

Prior to founding HARDI, Mr. Lundgren worked at several Swedish companies as designer and team leader with the task of designing boards, ASICs and FPGAs. Mr Lundgren was well known in Sweden as an advocate for promoting new design techniques. This was one reason why HARDI promoted VHDL very early. The Company developed the world’s first VHDL synthesis tool and trained over 1000 engineers in VHDL.

Mr. Lundgren holds a MS EE from Lund University.