Bruce is a veteran of the electronics industry with close to 40 years experience in semiconductors and electronic design automation (EDA).
Before founding Telos Venture Partners in 1996, Bruce served in a dual management role with Toshiba Corporation. He was President and CEO of Vertex Semiconductor Corporation (a subsidiary of Toshiba America Electronic Components or TAEC), the only Toshiba semiconductor R&D organization located outside of Japan. Under his guidance, Vertex developed EDA software, ASIC technology, and applications specific standard products (ASSPs). He was also Vice President of system IC marketing at TAEC where he was responsible for Toshiba's ASIC business, standard logic families, microprocessors and the silicon foundry business in the U.S. While with Vertex, Bruce refocused the company on the high-end ASIC market and engineered the company's acquisition by Toshiba.
His career includes several years as Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Cadence Design Systems. He played a key role in growing Cadence from a small startup to a major force in the EDA business.
Prior to Cadence, Bruce was with American Microsystems (AMI) for 10 years, where he last served as Vice President of Marketing. At AMI, he was also Vice President of the semi-custom products group, responsible for the AMI gate array and silicon foundry businesses. Prior to his stint at AMI, Bruce spent fourteen years working for a number of electronic systems companies in various engineering and management positions.
Bruce served as Board Chairman and President of the Open Verilog International (OVI) group for two years from its formation in October 1990. He holds a BSEE from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and an MSEE from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Coventor, Inc.
Fyre Storm, Inc.
Integrated Memory Logic
Theta Microelectronics, Inc.
Virtutech, Inc.
Conduct, Inc. [Acquired by Mercury Interactive]
Extricity Software [Acquired by Peregrine Systems]
iReady Corporation [Acquired by NVIDIA]
nQuire Software, Inc. [Acquired by Siebel Systems]
Preview Systems [IPO in December 1999]
Alchemy Semiconductor, Inc. [Acquired by AMD]
InnoVision Corporation [Acquired by Innotech Corp]
Microtune, Inc. [IPO in August 2000]
PDF Solutions, Inc. [IPO in July 2001]
