SEMICON West 2016

Michael Chen
Director, Design for Security Business Unit
Mentor Graphics


Michael Chen is currently a Business Unit Director in the System Level Engineering Division at Mentor Graphics, responsible for Design for Security products. Michael’s other positions during his more than 25 years at Mentor include serving as a major account and field marketing manager for Asia Pacific, and business unit director for System Design Management, Automotive and Aerospace Network Design, SoC verifications products, with responsibility for HW/SW integration and electronic system-level design and verification solutions. Prior to joining Mentor, Michael was at Hewlett Packard and Xerox. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and holds several patents. He currently serves as Chair of the T3S TAB committee with the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). Michael holds degrees in EE and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine. He is fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and Japanese and is well versed in both of those cultures.

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