Oz Levia
Vice President of Product Marketing
Oz is a 20 year veteran of the EDA and semi conductor industry. Prior to joining Novas, Oz worked at Synopsys, most recently in a corporate strategic role with responsibility over growth strategies in the areas of verification, ESL, DFM, and IP. Before working at Synopsys Oz was the co-founder and CTO of Improv Systems, Inc., a DSP IP company. In the years before founding Improv, Oz was active in the EDA tools market working on synthesis, simulation, and intellectual property products. Oz authored numerous papers and tutorials on a wide range of subjects such as VHDL simulation, synthesis, gate level timing (VITAL), and IP use in system design. With two other co-editors, Oz founded and published a book series (11 titles in print) focused on electronic modeling. Oz holds a BS (with high distinction) and MS (with distinction) in computer science from the University of Minnesota and Boston College respectively and is currently pursuing a JD degree from Santa Clara University Law School.