News Release

EVE Forms Consulting Services Division to Support Growing Customer Base

Names Donald Cramb to Lead New Offering as Director of Consulting Services

EVE, the leader in hardware/software co-verification solutions, including hardware description language (HDL) acceleration and extremely fast emulation, today announced it has formed a Consulting Services Division and has named Donald Cramb to lead it.

As Director of Consulting Services, Cramb is responsible for customer services, applications and design solutions to support specific customer requests. He reports to Keith Hopkins, EVE's vice president of worldwide sales, and is part of EVE-USA's team based in Santa Clara, Calif.

"EVE recognizes that consulting services is a key component to maintaining our aggressive growth strategy," says Hopkins. "We welcome Donald's expertise and experience and fully support his efforts to help make our customers successful using ZeBu."

Most recently, Cramb was a partner at ArchSilc Design Automation, a company focused on system-level verification solutions. Earlier in his career, Cramb was director of Services at Quickturn where he helped expand its offerings into key target markets, including wireless, graphics, multi-media and networking. He went on to become vice president of Technical Services for three years at Virtio, and held a similar position at Tharas Systems.

After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh, Cramb spent 11 years employed by Philips in the United Kingdom and Silicon Valley. He began his career as a design engineer.

"My goal is to build an organization that works closely with customers to better understand their business strategies and objectives," remarks Cramb. "Gaining a clear understanding of our customers' needs will help us provide technology-based solutions specifically designed for their businesses."

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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.