It is not often that I am impressed by press releases saying that a company has hired a new VP of sales or marketing, but when I saw this release, my head immediately popped up and that shows the value that a name can have in this industry. What am I talking about – well GateRocket has just managed to attract Jim Hogan and Jim Wagner to their company. Adding Hogan is huge in terms of the image they will gain from this appointment and in addition he has a lot of knowledge anout the industry and what makes start-ups successful. Couple this with a seasoned new sales person and this could be the start of a good run for GateRocket.

Hogan has worked in semiconductor design and manufacturing for more than 35 years.  He is currently Managing Partner of Vista Ventures LLC, and an active strategic consultant to public and private technology companies.   Prior to Vista, he was General Partner at Telos Venture Partners, and Senior Vice President of Business Development at Artisan Components.  In a long and colorful career he held senior engineering, marketing and executive management positions at Cadence, National Semiconductor and Phillips Semiconductor.

“Gate Rocket’s approach to FPGA design is positioned exactly where the market is going in terms of the complexity and performance needs of the fast-moving FPGA market,” Hogan said.  “GateRocket is an ideal company for me to be involved with because they have a game-changing technology to serve a large and growing market.”

Sensing the same opportunity brought Wagner to GateRocket.  He has 25 years of EDA industry experience both at large and startup companies.   His sales career has spanned semiconductor and PCB design and design verification, signal integrity, and physical verification, and he grew accustomed to managing top-tier accounts with GenRad, Cadence, Viewlogic/Innoveda, Mentor Graphics, Sigrity, and Valor Computerized Systems.

“We have a great opportunity to improve and streamline the design process for complex FPGA designers,” Wagner said.  “I am very excited to be here at the perfect time to really help this company grow.”

So good luck guys and I look forward to seeing big things ahead for GateRocket.

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