Alain Fonkoua

Alain Fonkoua began their work experience as an Ingénieur Enseignant Chercheur at Ecole Supérieure des Ingénieurs de Marseille in 1989. During their time there, they participated in the standardization of the VHDL language and developed and taught VHDL in various European companies. Alain also worked as a consultant for the company LEDA. In 2000, they joined Synopsys as an Advanced Project Leader until 2007. From 2007 to 2013, Alain served as the Principal Architect at Tiempo S.A.S. In 2013, they were promoted to Vice President of Engineering, EDA Products at the same company. Finally, in 2017, Alain joined Synopsys Inc as a Member Technical Staff.

Alain Fonkoua completed a Doctorat degree in Informatique from INPG, where they studied from 1986 to 1989. Prior to that, from 1982 to 1985, they obtained an Ingénieur degree in Informatique, Micro-électronique from the National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble.