SANTA CLARA, CA - Emulation and Verification Engineering (EVE) has opened a direct sales office in Hinschu, Taiwan, and appointed Dick Tao, EDA sales executive, to manage the Taiwan office.

With the opening of this office, EVE now has sales offices in Taiwan, Japan, Korea and India.

Tao has more than 20 years experience marketing CAD and EDA tools. Most recently, Tao served as CoWare’s country manager for the Greater China Region, and has been country manager of Cadence Design Systems Taiwan and Mentor Graphics China.  Tao is a graduate of Tamkang University in Taiwan.

“Dick Tao is an accomplished sales executive, skilled at EDA solution selling and relationship building,” remarks Tsugumi Fujitani, EVE’s VP and GM for Asia Pacific and Japan. “His experience is unparalleled, having opened and run sales offices for the largest EDA firms. It’s clear that Dick knows the business and the market, and is well connected. We are delighted to welcome him to EVE.”

“Fast emulation is the only viable option for hardware and software integration and validation,” observes Dick Tao. “EVE is the only provider of very fast emulation systems in the world and I am thrilled to join such fast moving company.”