Luc Burgun, CEO and President

Burgun博士は、ハードウェア/ソフトウェア協調検証のリーダーであるEVEのプレジデント兼CEOです。
また、2011年9月にIntelによって買収された、ESL specificationのリーダーであるCofluentの監査役会のプレジデントでもありました。EVEの共同設立者であるBurgunは、EDA業界において20年の経験を持ち、エンジニアリングとエグゼクティブ・ポジションに従事しておりました。EVE設立以前、Burgunは Mentor Graphicsの100%子会社であるハードウェアエミューレーションを専門としたMeta Systemsのディレクターを務めていました。Burgunは国際的な技術会議で数々の記事を発表し、アクセラレーション、ベリフィケーション分野において６つの著作権を持っています。BurgunはフランスのUniversity Pierre and Marie CURIEで論理合成(Logic Synthesis)の博士号を取得しています。

Venk Shukla

Venk Shukla has had a long and varied career that includes sales, marketing, and general management experience, and a proven track record of leading companies through rapid growth. He was most recently senior vice president of marketing at Magma Design Automation Inc. Before joining Magma, Shukla was CEO and co-founder of Everypath, a leader in enterprise mobile computing. Previously, he was vice president of marketing at Ambit Design Systems, acquired by Cadence Design Systems, and a marketing executive at Cadence. At Systems & Networks, a network planning software company, he was vice president of marketing and sales. He also worked in sales at Teradyne, Inc. In 1990 Shukla helped found the standards organization, Open Verilog International (OVI), which has since become Accellera. He started his career in Civil Service where he was an under-secretary within the Indian federal government. He holds a Master of Science degree in management from MIT's Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Mass.

Robert Eckelmann, Member of the Board of Directors, Consultant

Rob Eckelmann was Vice President of Intel's Sales and Marketing Group and General Manager for Europe, Middle East, and Africa Operations (EMEA). At Intel, Rob opened offices in Asia-Pacific, including China, India and the emerging markets of Southeast Asia. He began his business career at Intel, managing international strategy in the office of then-President Andy Grove. Earlier, he served in the United States government, managing international trade policy and development in the technology sector. Rob works closely with the EVE management team and brings considerable expertise in sales strategy, international expansion, and recruitment. He sits on the board of directors at various public and private technology companies, including Wolfson Microelectronics, Xaar and is chairman of the board at Silecs. Rob holds degrees from Princeton University, the University of Chicago and Williams College.

Ludovic Larzul, Vice President of Engineering

Ludovic is one of the founders of EVE and has 13 years of experience in CAD development. He has worked on numerous projects including the integration between hardware emulators and popular software simulators, efficient interfaces based on transactors, communication between multiple emulation systems, system-level place and route etc... Ludovic holds a Diplome d'Ingenieur de l'Institut de Recherche et d'Enseignement Superieur aux Techniques de l'Electronique (Ecole Polytechnique de Nantes).

Jean-David Chamboredon, Encore Ventures

Jean-David joined the Encore Ventures team as a Venture Partner in 2009. He was previously head of the technology business for 3i Group plc in Paris. He's also the CEO of ISAI, the French internet entrepreneurs' fund. He has more than 24 years of experience in the IT industry. Jean-David started his career at CapGemini, where he worked for 14 years on system integration. Later, he was in charge of Internet related business for Cap Gemini's Telecom & Media global market unit, founding the Cap Gemini Telemedia Lab in Silicon Valley. He then joined the venture capital industry in 2000, first as CTO of Europatweb and then as a partner at Viventures.

He focuses primarily on Software and Internet plays in France and Europe and has served on many start-up boards in France, Sweden and the US. Key deals include Okyz (acquired by Adobe), Netonomy Inc (acquired by Comverse), Screentonic (acquired by Microsoft), Highdeal (acquired by SAP), Priceminister (acquired by Rakuten) and Seloger.com (listed on Euronext). He currently serves on the board of EVE, Dibcom and Ipanema.

Jean-David has a strong network in the system integrator world, as well as numerous connections in the internet community, both in Europe and in Silicon Valley. He attended Ecole Polytechnique.

Philippe Granger, Partner, Auriga Partners

Philippe Granger is a Partner of Auriga Partners, which he joined soon after its creation in 1998. He has been instrumental in a number of investments in the areas of software, EDA, semiconductors, network infrastructure and Internet. He currently serves as a Director on the boards of EVE (France), Innovative Silicon Inc. (USA), Nemerix (Switzerland), Neolane (France). Prior to this, he was a Professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA) in Paris, where he headed the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications. Before, he was an IT researcher specializing in software and hardware verification at the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), Carnegie Mellon University, and the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris). Philippe graduated (1985), and holds a doctorate in Computer Science (1991) from the Ecole Polytechnique.

Michel de Lempdes Investment Director, Crédit Agricole Private Equity

Michel de Lempdes started his career at Crédit Lyonnais Americas, where he was involved in the structuring of LBO operations and the creation of a private equity fund of funds at Crédit Lyonnais' Leverage Finance Sponsor Group in New York. He then joined the Crédit Lyonnais Private Equity (now Crédit Agricole Private Equity) venture department in January 2001, where he is responsible for investments in the area of electronics. Michel serves as a director on the boards of EVE, Avertec, Si Automation, Novaled, and as an observer on the boards of Tronic's and Dibcom. Michel de Lempdes is a graduate of the Reims business school.

Pascal Demichel, Partner, Siparex Ventures - Epicea

Pascal joined Siparex Ventures in May 1998. Since December 2006, he also serves as chairman of Sud-Partners. Pascal started his career as an R&D engineer with the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA). In 1987 he participated to the creation and the development of Epicea, the venture capital arm of the CEA and one of the pioneer investment vehicles in the early stage venture capital industry in France. Pascal is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Céramique Industrielle, of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP) and of the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Paris (IAE).