ROUND ROCK, Texas, August 21, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leon Stok, vice president of Electronic Design Automation at IBM, has been reelected as board chair of the Silicon Integration Initiative for 2026-2027.
Dr. Stok has served on the Board of Si2 since 2007, previously holding several leadership roles, including prior terms as Board Chair. At IBM, he leads a team that delivers world-class design and verification flows and tools used to create some of the world's most advanced computing systems, including IBM Z and Power systems and IBM Quantum Systems.
A recognized leader in electronic design automation (EDA), Dr. Stok earned his Ph.D. from Eindhoven University in 1991. He has delivered more than 40 keynotes, invited talks, and tutorials at major IEEE and ACM conferences worldwide and at leading universities. His research contributions include over 60 published papers on topics such as high-level architectural and logic synthesis, low-power design, placement-driven synthesis, and automated schematic placement and routing. He also holds 13 patents in EDA.
Newly elected Si2 Directors for 2026-2027 are:
Leon Stock, Vice President, Electronic Design Automation, IBM
Lu Dai, Vice President of Technical Standards | Qualcomm Technologies
Jacob Avidan, Senior Vice President Silicon Technology Group | Synopsys
Niels Faché, Senior Vice President, Design Engineering Software | Keysight
Jim Culp, Corporate Fellow | Global Foundries
Wilbur Luo, Vice President, Product Engineering, Custom IC, Custom Products Group | Cadence Design Systems
Manoj Selva, Vice President and General Manager, Product Enablement Solutions Group | Intel
Jung Yun Choi, Executive Vice President, Samsung Electronics Memory Business, Design Technology Team | Samsung Electronics
Bang-hyun Sung, Distinguished Engineer | SK-Hynix
Mo Movahed, Vice President | Siemens EDA
Gaurav Varshney, Global Director, Technologist, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff | Texas Instruments
Viraphol Chaiyakul, Sr. Director of Engineering | NXP Semiconductors
Aveek Sarkar, Head of the Ecosystem and Alliance Management Division | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Thomas Ahle, Head of Machine Learning | Normal Computing Corporation
About Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2)
Si2 is a global, not-for-profit membership organization with approximately 70 corporate members who collaborate on trusted standards and shared solutions that reduce development costs and increase design productivity for semiconductor foundries, fabless design companies, and EDA software providers.
About the Si2 Board
The Si2 Board comprises up to 16 member companies representing leading semiconductor foundries, fabless companies, and EDA software providers.
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