Gary Meyers
President and Chief Executive Officer

Gary Meyers has been President and CEO of Synplicity since October 2004. During his tenure Synplicity has re-focused on its core FPGA products, improved operating margins from 1% in 2003 to over 10% in 2006, expanded international R&D efforts, and grown market share and customer satisfaction. Mr. Meyers joined Synplicity in January 1998 and served as vice president, worldwide sales since November 1999. In that role, Mr. Meyers was instrumental in increasing sales by more than a factor of ten and expanding the direct sales team throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Prior to joining Synplicity, Mr. Meyers was the director of marketing for the Communication Products Division of LSI Logic Corporation. Mr. Meyers also spent seven years at LSI Logic in major account and geographic sales management roles. Before LSI Logic, Mr. Meyers worked as an ASIC designer at TRW, Inc.

Mr. Meyers holds a BSEE, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Maryland and an MBA from UCLA and serves on the board of directors of Synplicity and SpiraTech, Ltd.