2011 Technology Leadership Award Winners

The votes are in, the plaques have been engraved--the 2011 TLA winners have been announced!

Started in 1988, this program is the longest running competition of its kind in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry. It recognizes engineers and Computer Aided Design (CAD) designers who use innovative methods and design tools to address today’s complex PCB systems design challenges and produce industry-leading products.

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2011 Award Winners

Category: Best Overall Design

Company: Wipro Technologies, India
Design team: Rakesh Raju Nadimetla, Radesh Gupta
Using: Board Station RE, XtremePCB, HyperLynx SI/PI

Category: Consumer Electronics & Handhelds

1st place: LG Electronics, South Korea
Design team: Junhyeok Lee, Inmu Kim, Kun Joo
Using: Expedition Enterprise

2nd place: Avolites, UK
Design team: Alwyn Fernandes
Using: PADS

Category: Computers, Blade & Servers, Memory Systems

1st place: GE Intelligent Platforms, UK
Design team: Mike Tapp, Rob Savage, Bryan Ledger, Stuart Connolly
Using: Expedition PCB, HyperLynx SI/PI

2nd place: PFU, Japan
Design team: Junichi Nakagawa, Yuusuke Amakata, Seiji Yoshinaga, Yasuhide Chigawa
Using: PCB, CES, XtremePCB, HyperLynx SI/PI

Category: Industrial Control, Instrumentation, Security & Medical

1st place: Verigy, Germany
Design team: Oliver Knitterscheidt
Using: Board Station, HyperLynx PI

2nd place: Agilent, China
Design team: Bo Yao
Using: Expedition PCB

Category: Military & Aerospace

1st place: GE Intelligent Platforms, UK
Design team: Jim Rose, Michael Brewin, David Hart
Using: Expedition PCB, HyperLynx SI/PI

2nd place: SELEX Galileo S.p.A., Italy
Design team: Maurizio Pagani, Matteo Seminari, Aldo Boschiroli, Gregorio Vitale
Using: Enterprise, HyperLynx

Category: Telecom, Network Controllers, Line Cards

1st place: Alcatel-Lucent, USA
Design team: Mei Wong, Carboy Zhang Li Bo, Mark Darby, Aydin Cokoyoglu
Using: Board Station RE

2nd place: F5 Networks, USA
Design team: Debra Bandimere, Jarom Daines, Eric Daines, Jerry Canterbury
Using: CES, Expedition PCB

Category: Transportation & Automotive

1st place: Johnson Controls, USA
Design team: Scott Smith, Siddesh Vishwanath, Krzysztof Russa
Using: Expedition PCB, CES

2nd place: Huizhou Desay, China
Design team: Tan Baichuan
Using: Expedition PCB