News Release

EVE Names Joseph Rothman Senior Vice President of Business Development

Position Created to Manage Vendor Partner Relations, Major Accounts

SAN JOSE, Calif. –– September 7, 2006 – EVE, provider of the fast, cost-effective hardware-assisted verification family known as ZeBu, today named Joseph Rothman to the newly created position of senior vice president of business development.

Rothman will be based in EVE's U.S. headquarters located in San Jose, Calif. He will be responsible for managing partnerships with embedded processor companies and relationships with EVE's major accounts.

"Joseph impressed all of us at EVE with his results-oriented attitude, high energy and vast experience as an entrepreneur, marketing and sales executive and engineer," says Lauro Rizzatti, general manager of EVE-USA. "He's a welcome and valued addition to our team."

In 1992, Rothman founded and served as chief executive officer of CARDtools Systems, one of the first electronic system level (ESL) companies. Most recently, he held the position of senior vice president of US Business Operations at ProDesign. Earlier in his career, he worked at Ready Systems, Hewlett Packard and GE in product and marketing management positions.

He holds master of science and a bachelor of science degrees in engineering from Columbia University and a master of business administration degree from Santa Clara University.

For more information about EVE and ZeBu, contact Lauro Rizzatti, general manager of EVE USA. He can be reached at (408) 855-3201 or via email at lauro@eve-team.com.