Salah Werfelli
Mr. Werfelli is an established Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur with over 30 years experience in system and integrated circuit (IC) design solutions with an Executive Management track record of building industry leading business enterprises.
Before Founding Ogoul he was the Co-Founder of BaySand and before that he was an Executive Vice President of eASIC establishing eASIC as a leading semiconductor company recently acquired by Intel Corporation. Prior to serving in that position he was an Executive Consultant to multiple major USA, International and start-up companies where he was instrumental in establishing leadership generating strategic directions and business partnerships. Earlier, at Cadence Design Systems, he held executive management positions including Corporate Vice President of Technology responsible for worldwide strategic M&A focusing on strategic and business development acquisitions and served as chief architect for the EDA industry’s outsourcing business model leading to Cadence’s industry leadership in the EDA technology and solutions market. Prior to serving at Cadence, Mr. Werfelli was Vice President of International Field Operations, Corporate Support and Services Worldwide at Magma Design Automation.
Mr. Werfelli holds patents in his fields, a B.S.E.E. degree from Washington University School of Engineering, St Louis, MO with studies at UCLA in Nuclear Engineering and is a graduate of the PhD Executive Program for Sciences and Engineers from the University of California San Diego.