Charles Dawson

Charles Dawson is a Senior Software Engineer at Metrics Design Automation, Inc. since October 2019. Previously, from October 1990 to March 2018, Charles served as Engineering Director at Cadence Design Systems, where Charles was instrumental in the development of the Xcelium digital circuit simulator, contributing to its growth into a successful product suite generating over $350 million annually and capturing approximately 40% of the digital circuit simulator market. Earlier in career, Charles worked as a Software Engineer in the CAD department at Data General from March 1988 to October 1990. Charles holds a BA in Computer Science and Political Science from Boston College, attended from 1986 to 1988.