DAN SALISBURY

***** **** ****** **., *********, CA 95014

408-***-****

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

HIGHLY MOTIVATED, TENACIOUS, SUCCESSFUL LEADER, WITH OVER 26 YEARS OF

I NCREASING RESPONSIBILITY IN THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY.

A CCOMPLISHMENTS AND EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:

Leadership and Innovation

• Leading and motivating a world-class global IT organization, twice ranked by Infoweek

M agazine as one of the top 15 IT organizations globally.

• Created the CDNS IT External support initiative, which globally utilized senior IT

t echnical experts to assist external clients in evaluating and refining their EDA

e nvironments, resulting in major customer satisfaction benefit. Successful strategy was

p resented at quarterly Worldwide CDNS communications meeting, at the request of the

C EO, as an example of proactive and strategic leadership.

• Presidents Club award winner at CDNS for leveraging IT partnership with HP to leverage

a $ 131M EDA development deal signed by the CEO’s of both corporations.

• Rated at “1” or excellent for nine consecutive years at Digital.

• Routinely rated “Exceeds” at Cadence and the recipient of numerous Top Performer

Awards.

Financial/P&L/EPS

• Reduced CDNS IT spend from $194M annually to $104M over a 6 year period, a 46%

r eduction while still successfully implementing many new business initiatives for the

c ompany.

• Successfully managed numerous financial P&L entities some as large as $210M annually.

• Managed the sales support and P&L delivery teams for numerous multi-million dollar

c omplex information technology programs for major accounts including Oracle, Bank of

A merica, Wells Fargo, Lockheed Martin, Micron, etc…..

• Implemented Software as a Service revenue initiative for CDNS, including advanced

Virtual CAD secured environments, and the first major EDA implementation for South

A merica (Brazil)

Technology Transformation

• Implemented numerous technology solutions including Salesforce, Workday, Cornerstone,

G loboforce, SAP, Global Apple deployment, EDA in the Cloud, Webex, Coupa

P rocurement, Marketo Campaign Mgmt, etc..

• Consolidated global computing into centralized high performance development farms for

C adence R&D, creating one of the largest EDA computing environments in the world,

w hile greatly simplifying architectural and process environments.

• Implemented Software Compliance and Anti-Piracy Initiatives for CDNS in cooperation

w ith law enforcement entities and key security vendors.

International Expertise

• Responsible for IT operations globally including major operations in India, China, Europe

a nd Japan.

• Off-shored targeted operations and development, and fostered excellent relationships with

m any key offshore vendors.

• Aligned IT offshore support with the growing base of EDA customers in China and India.

Client and Employee Satisfaction

• Achieved 95% customer satisfaction rating from CDNS users as determined by over

11,000 customer returns on an annual basis.

Have implemented many employee satisfaction programs including technical cross-

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training, technical mentoring, job rotation, internship program, Women’s Forum, etc

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007 - 2013

Corporate Vice President –Information Technology

Cadence Design Systems, San Jose CA

Responsible for global IT as well as capital spending for the corporation. Duties included strategic

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p lanning, resource management (560+ resources), corporate investment capital planning, application

d evelopment, application management, SaaS implementation, EDA SaaS implementation, external

c lient IT EDA support, technical operations, security, program management, vendor partnerships,

P &L, customer satisfaction, etc…

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Vice President –Global IT Operations and Client Support 2002-2007

Cadence Design Systems, San Jose CA

Responsible for overall global operations and client support services including managing an organization

o f 400+ professionals. Duties included leadership of all global technical and application operational

e ntities. Application and Tool entities includes 240+ core engineering applications, SAP, Siebel,

C learcase, Exchange, etc…

2000-2002

Vice President – Global IT and EWS Business Development

Cadence Design Systems, San Jose CA

Responsible for global technology service operations and support as outlined in the next section. In

a ddition, given enhanced responsibility for leading the effort to increase the leverage of IT, HR and

F acilities expenditures and assets for external revenue generation. Examples included developing vendor

p artnership programs, productizing internal services and solutions for external resale, and integrating

i nternal capabilities for value add to customer solutions.

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1999-2000

Vice President –Global IT Technical Services

Cadence Design Systems, San Jose CA

Responsible for global information technology services, operations and support. Duties included

e nterprise WAN, LAN, remote access, internet/intranet, mission critical server environments, critical

R &D server infrastructures, global security, field IT support, desktop, licensing, vendor management,

t echnical strategic planning, financial goal attainment, cost reduction initiatives, major technical project

i mplementations, mergers and acquisitions, new site technical build-outs, etc…

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1996-1999

Group Director –Information Technology

Cadence Design Systems, San Jose CA

Responsible for North American information technology services, operations and support. Duties

i ncluded enterprise WAN, LAN, remote access, internet/intranet, mission critical server environments,

c ritical R&D server infrastructures, global security, field IT support, desktop, licensing, vendor

m anagement, technical strategic planning, financial goal attainment, cost reduction initiatives, major

t echnical project implementations, mergers and acquisitions, new site technical build-outs, etc…

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1 995-1996

Network Consulting Regional Manager

D igital Equipment Corporation, Santa Clara CA

Responsible for P&L network services business in Northern California and Northwest U.S. Role included

o wnership for network solution development, selling support, network delivery implementation, resource

m anagement, alliance development, sub-contractor management, etc…

1 993-1995

Services Regional Manager

Digital Equipment Corporation, Santa Clara CA

Job performed concurrently with Network Services role as a transition strategy to ensure customer and

b usiness continuity. P&L responsibility for $110M California District Services Organization. Duties

i ncluded revenue program development, proposal generation, information technology service delivery,

P &L decision-making, contract negotiations, customer satisfaction, etc…

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1992-1993

Professional Consulting Operations Manager

Digital Equipment Corporation, Santa Clara CA

As direct report to Western Professional Services VP, responsible for all operational elements of

p rofessional services in Western Region. Responsibilities included customer operations management,

b usiness performance, contract development, strategic alliances, business processes and training.

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1991-1992

Business Operations Manager – Electronics/Aero

Digital Equipment Corporation, Santa Clara CA

As direct report to Electronics and Aerospace Service VP, was responsible for all business and operational

a spects of $120M division.

Digital Equipment – Business Operations Manager – Manufacturing Division – 1 990-1991

Digital Equipment – Regional Finance Manager – Professional Services Division – 1 998 – 1990

Digital Equipment – Regional Finance Manager – Software Services – 1 987 - 1988

Digital Equipment – Financial Consultant – Northern California District – 1 986 – 1987

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) – Financial Consultant – Engineering Division – 1 984 -1986

Xidex / Dysan Corporation – Financial Accountant – Manufacturing Division – 1 982 – 1984

Barclays Bank – Branch Financial Associate – 1 979 -1982

EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE

M.B.A. – Finance – U niversity of Santa Clara – 1984

B .S. – Finance – S JSU – 1982

Development Program – A MD 1985

MCA Executive Development Program – D igital – 1992

CDNS Executive Advancement Program – C adence Design Systems (CDNS) – 2011

Featured in Forbes Magazine – “ Using IT Differently”, 2010

Featured on CBS Channel 5 – “ Best Places to Work”, 2008

Featured in Information Week – “ CIO Values Interview”, 2008

Hosted Cadence / NTT CIO Silicon Valley Security Summit, 2008

Various Client Advisory Boards

Featured Speaker for Various Business Forums

Charity Leader for CDNS Stars and Strikes – R aised over $1M for marquee charity event

Member of Church Financial Board

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