Dr. Hans van der Schoot is a recognized specialist in verification technology, and employed as a methodologist in the Emulation Division at Siemens EDA. Hans has a solid background and wealth of knowledge in functional verification from his many years as a researcher, engineer and consultant in the field, with extensive practical experience providing verification methodology and implementation consulting and training services in the industry. He has authored multiple papers pertinent to hardware verification and software testing. Hans obtained his doctorate degree in computer science from the University of Ottawa, Canada, after graduating from the University of Twente in the Netherlands, also in computer science. Prior to joining Siemens EDA, he was the Vice President Engineering at XtremeEDA. He has also worked independently as an expert design verification consultant, following senior engineering positions with Qualis Design, PMC-Sierra, and Nortel Networks.
