Tuscany Design Automation Board of Directors

Trevor Loy Trevor Loy, Founder and General Partner, Flywheel Ventures
Founder of Flywheel Ventures, Trevor brings 15 years of venture investing, entrepreneurial and operating experience in seed and early-stage technology ventures with particular strengths in corporate strategy, executive leadership, design engineering, and sales and marketing. Over his career, he has founded, managed, advised, invested and participated in the growth and success of more than 20 technology-focused ventures.
Keith Mueller Keith Mueller, President and CEO, Tuscany Design Automation
Keith Mueller has over 25 years of experience in the EDA and semiconductor markets. Prior to joining Tuscany Design, he served as vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Apache Design Solutions where his worldwide sales and applications team achieved 14 consecutive record sales quarters during his four-year tenure. Keith has also served in management at Silicon Perspective Corporation (SPC) (acquired by Cadence Design Systems, Inc.), Anagram, Inc. (acquired by Avant! in 1996), Quickturn Corporation (now a Cadence company) and start-up Silicon Compilers, Inc., (purchased by Mentor Graphics in 1991). In the semiconductor industry, Keith has held marketing and design engineering positions at Quantum Corporation and National Semiconductor Corporation.
Dan Ellsworth Daniel Ellsworth,  Ph.D., Vice President of Operations
Dan has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor design industry, including 15 years in executive leadership roles. Most recently he served as vice president of R&D at LSI Logic. Until the merger with LSI Logic in 1998, he was vice president of technology at Symbios Logic. Prior to that, he served in a wide range of positions at AT&T and NCR Microelectronics.
Paul Mclellan Paul McLellan, Ph.D., Consultant
Paul, the principal at GreenFolder, consults in business strategy, technology and marketing for startups and larger companies. He has over 20 years’ experience in high-technology engineering and marketing and has held executive positions in strategic development and marketing at companies such as Cadence Design Systems, VaST Systems Technology and Virtutech and was CEO at Compass Design Automation and at Envis.