Deirdre Hanford (Deirdre Ryan Hanford [1]) is an American executive in electronic design automation industry. As of 2020 she is Chief Security Officer for Synopsys.[2]

Education and work

Deidre earned a B.S. in electric engineering from Brown University (1983) and a M.S. in electric engineering from UC Berkeley.[2]

She joined Synopsys in 1987, becoming its 8th employee.[3] Since then she advanced via many roles.[4]

In 2008 she was Chairman of the American Electronics Association.[2]

Awards and recognition

  • 2001: Marie Pistilli Award - “Deirdre was chosen for this award because of her pioneering leadership and dedicated commitment to serving the design community” (Mar Hershenson, chair of the Workshop for Women in Design Automation) [4]
  • 2001: YWCA Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Award [2]
  • 1983: Domenoco A. Iolanta Award[5] from Brown University for her senior year team research project [6]

Personal

Deirdre has three sons. She praises Synopsys for the company's supportive attitude towards women. Her first three promotions coincided with her pregnancies. Deidre is quoted as saying, "Synopsys didn't mommy-track me when I started a family".[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Berkeley Engineering Advisory Board" (retrieved February 5, 2020)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Deirdre Hanford Chief Security Officer, Corporate Staff a Synopsys webpage (retrieved February 5, 2020)
  3. 1 2 Winner: Deirdre Hanford, senior vice president, Synopsys , Silicon Valley Business Journal, May 14, 2006
  4. 1 2 "Award winner faces down design challenges", EE Times, 6.15.2001
  5. ↑ "Student Awards", Brown University
  6. ↑ Focus on:Leadership, Industry Newsletter - School of Engineering - Brown University, p. 4
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