Will Herman

Current

• Mentor at TechStars
• Corporate Director at ZiPix, Inc.
• Corporate Director at StillSecure, Inc.

• Corporate Director at TrustPlus, Inc.
• Corporate Director at AccuRev, Inc.
• Corporate Director at Carbon Design Systems, Inc.

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Past

• Corporate Director at Bionaut Pharmaceuticals
• Corporate Director at ChannelWave
• Corporate Director at Corporate Software/Rebar

• President & CEO at Innoveda, Inc.
• Corporate Director at Lexra
• Corporate Director at Quintus Corporation
• President - Viewlogic Systems Group at Synopsys, Inc.
• President & CEO at Viewlogic Systems, Inc.
• Corporate Director at Hall Kinion
• President & CEO at Silerity, Inc.
• President at Scopus Technology, Inc.
• VP Engineering at Viewlogic Systems, Inc.

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Education

• Temple University
• Lehigh University

Connections

349 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog

Will Herman’s Summary

Will was most recently CEO of Innoveda, Inc, a supplier of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software tools and services which was acquired by Mentor Graphics in 2002. Innoveda, a public company, was created through the mergers of Viewlogic Systems and Summit Design, another EDA provider. Will co-founded Viewlogic Systems in 1984 and left the company in 1992, a year after the company's IPO. He rejoined the company 1995 initally as President, then as CEO. Viewlogic Systems was acquired by Synopsys in 1997. One year later, most of the assets acquired by Synopsys were re-purchased by Will and his team via an MBO reforming Viewlogic as a private company. Confused yet?

During his hiatus from Viewlogic, Will was first the President of Scopus Technology, Inc. a supplier of software automation tools in the customer information systems marketplace. He later joined startup Silerity, Inc., a developer of high-performance logic and physical synthesis tools where he was President and CEO. Silerity was purchased by Viewlogic in 1995, thus completing the great career circle of life for Will.

Prior to founding Viewlogic, Will held management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation and was involved in two other software startup operations, Dataware Logic, which he founded, and Health Care Computer Systems. He currently is a director of five private companies; AccuRev, Carbon Design, StillSecure, TrustPlus and ZiPix. He’s also a mentor at TechStars. Previously, he served as a director of several other public and private companies including, Template Graphics Software, Hall Kinion, Rebar, Lexra, Quintus, Viewlogic Systems, Innoveda, Silerity, ChannelWave and Bionaut Pharmaceuticals.

Will Herman’s Specialties:

Startups, M&A, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management

Will Herman’s Experience

• Mentor

  TechStars

  (Computer Software industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

• Corporate Director

  ZiPix, Inc.

  (Public Company; IPIX; Computer Software industry)

  December 2008 — Present (1 year )

• Corporate Director

  StillSecure, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

• Corporate Director

  TrustPlus, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

  www.trustpl.us

• Corporate Director

  AccuRev, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

  www.accurev.com

• Corporate Director

  Carbon Design Systems, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  November 2003 — Present (6 years 1 month)

  http://www.carbondesignsystems.com

• Corporate Director

  Bionaut Pharmaceuticals

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Biotechnology industry)

  2001 — 2005 (4 years )

• Corporate Director

  ChannelWave

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2002 — 2003 (1 year )

• Corporate Director

  Corporate Software/Rebar

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Consumer Services industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years )

• President & CEO

  Innoveda, Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; INOV; Computer Software industry)

  October 1998 — June 2002 (3 years 9 months)

• Corporate Director

  Lexra

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Semiconductors industry)

  1996 — 1999 (3 years )

• Corporate Director

  Quintus Corporation

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1994 — 1999 (5 years )

• President - Viewlogic Systems Group

  Synopsys, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SNPS; Computer Software industry)

  October 1997 — October 1998 (1 year 1 month)

• President & CEO

  Viewlogic Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; VIEW; Computer Software industry)

  April 1995 — October 1997 (2 years 7 months)

• Corporate Director

  Hall Kinion

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  1994 — 1997 (3 years )

• President & CEO

  Silerity, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 1993 — February 1995 (1 year 5 months)

• President

  Scopus Technology, Inc.

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 1992 — October 1993 (1 year 10 months)

• VP Engineering

  Viewlogic Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 1984 — January 1992 (7 years 4 months)

Will Herman’s Education

• Temple University

  BS , Computer Science/Mathematics , 1979 — 1981

• Lehigh University

  Mechanical Engineering 1977 — 1979

Additional Information

Will Herman’s Websites:

• My Blog