Dror Maydan

Dror is an experienced technical leader, architect, and software expert. He created and led the Tensilica configurable processor software tools and team. He also led the architecture, hardware and software development for the Tensilica HiFi family, the most widely used modern audio DSP. He’s a widely recognized expert on compilers and parallel programming, previously leading the parallel compiler group at SGI, co-inventing the OpenMP programming API, and teaching a compiler class at Stanford. He holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford and a BS in EECS from UC Berkeley. He holds approximately 20 patents.