Simon Bloch

Simon Bloch is the vice president and general manager of the Design and Synthesis Division. Bloch is responsible for Mentor Graphics’ field programmable gate array (FPGA) and Electronic System Level (ESL) design and synthesis products. Bloch joined the company in 2002. Prior to Mentor he was founder and CEO of Aristo Technology and held senior management positions at Compass Design, VLSI Technology and Daisy Systems working on integrated circuit (IC) design technologies in the front end and physical design flows. Before he entered the electronic design automation industry, he designed application specific ICs (ASICs) and hardware/software systems in telecommunication applications at Tadiran Electronics. Bloch earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering majoring in microelectronics, computers, and medical equipment from Tel Aviv University.