Tuscany Design Automation Management Team

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.
Matthew Michels Matthew Michels, Director of Marketing and Applications
Matthew brings over 15 years experience in EDA design flow development. Most recently at LSI Logic, Matthew held management responsibilities for new EDA tool evaluations, design flows, and tool development.