Founder and former CEO Martin Lefebvre has assumed the position of chairman and chief technology officer. In 1998 Sohail was named senior vice president for corporate strategic planning at Synopsys., where he was responsible for creating and implementing strategies for entering the physical IC design space. In 1997, he served as senior vice president and general manager of the Design Architects Group at Synopsys, where he led efforts in making design reuse a reality for customers through industry-endorsed methodologies, services, and tools. Sohail also held senior management positions in marketing and business development within Synopsys's Design Reuse Group. Existing investor Alpine Technology Ventures also increased its investment in Sente.
Major customers are primarily from the networking, multimedia, and consumer fields.
Sente will use the financing to expand its sales and marketing organization, and to invest in long-range research and development. Comments on our editorial are welcome. 2001 CMP Media Inc. All rights reserved.