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EVE Names Scott Hayashida to the VP of North American Sales Post

Seasoned Executive Will Help EVE Set Pace for Next Level of Growth

Scott Hayashida today assumed the role of vice president of North America sales at EVE, supplier of the broadest selection of hardware-assisted verification solutions, including hardware description language (HDL) acceleration, fast emulation and easy prototyping. He reports to Keith Hopkins, vice president of worldwide sales, and will be part of EVE-USA's team based in San Jose, Calif.

"Scott is one of the best sales executives I've worked with," says Hopkins. "His relationship skills, along with his ability to map technical solutions to a customer's business challenges, are impressive and unmatched. We welcome him to the EVE team and expect him to help us set the pace for our next level of growth."

As a senior sales executive in increasing responsible positions, Hayashida has worked for ARM (through the Artisan Components acquisition), Cadence Design Systems (through the Verplex acquisition) and Mentor Graphics Corp. Most recently, he was sales director at VisualOn Inc. Hayashida began his career as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) verification engineer within Unisys' Semiconductor Division.

He also is co-inventor and holds the United States patent for: "Multiprocessor Data Processor System Having Non-symmetrical Interconnects." Hayashida holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.