Frank Schirrmeister

Frank Schirrmeister currently serves as Executive Director of Strategic Programs within System Solutions at Synopsys Inc, starting in May 2024. Additionally, Frank is a Private Investor at Silicon Catalyst Angels, a venture capital group focused on silicon technology, since October 2019, and a member of the Technical Advisory Board at Vayavya Labs Pvt. Ltd, where support is provided in assessing technology and product strategies. Frank has held key roles at Arteris as Vice President of Solutions & Business Development, and at Cadence Design Systems where multiple leadership positions were undertaken including Senior Group Director of Solutions & Ecosystem and Senior Group Director of Product Management & Marketing. Previous experience includes director roles in product marketing and management at Synopsys and contributions to various startups in the embedded software and multicore sectors. Frank Schirrmeister holds a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering from Technische Universität Berlin, completed between 1989 and 1993.