Naveed Sherwani

Who is Naveed Sherwani?

Dr. Sherwani brings over 19 years of experience

in technical engineering and general management to his position as

President and CEO of Open-Silicon. Prior to co-founding Open-Silicon,

Dr. Sherwani was the founder and General Manager of Intel

Microelectronics Services where he led efforts to promote the use of

disciplined ASIC methodologies to improve design efficiency and

time-to-market.

Naveed co-architected the Intel microprocessor design methodology

and environment that has been used in various leading microprocessors.

Prior to joining Intel, he worked as a consultant for various

telecommunications and computer companies, mainly focusing on ASIC

design flow and cell library design to improve time-to-market. He also

served as a Professor at Western Michigan University, where his

research concentrated on VLSI Physical Design Automation,

combinatorics, and graph algorithms.

Dr. Sherwani is the author of the main textbook on Physical Design,

which is widely used at major universities around the world. In

addition, he has authored or co-authored 3 books and over 100 articles

on various aspects of Physical Design Automation and ASICs.

In last 15 years, he has been a frequent speaker at DAC, ICCAD,

International Conference on VLSI and other major conferences around the

world.

Dr. Sherwani received his Ph.D from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.