Bob Oden is a UVM Field Specialist at Siemens EDA, where he helps customers across North America adopt UVM and advanced verification methodologies. During his tenure at Mentor he has created the UVM Framework, which is used to establish a verification library that supports horizontal, vertical, and platform reuse. Bob has over 25 years of experience using eRM, AVM, OVM, and UVM. He holds three U.S. patents and a BSEE from California State University, Chico. Bob is also an instructor at NCSU where he teaches ECE745, “ASIC Verification”, and ECE748, “Advanced Verification with UVM”.