Bryan Ramirez manages the Strategic Marketing team at Siemens EDA focused on incubating and bringing to market new solutions and driving business across key market verticals. His main responsibility has been driving the IC functional safety strategy for ISO 26262 and the automotive market. Bryan joined Mentor in February 2015. He brings 15+ years of IP and SOC experience leading and managing design and verification teams at Xilinx, Seagate and Paneve.