Joe Hupcey III is a part of the Mentor’s Product Management team for Design & Verification Technologies; based in Mentor’s office in Silicon Valley, CA. He is responsible for the Questa Formal product line of automate applications and advanced property checking. Prior to joining Mentor, Joe has held product management and marketing roles in several Electronic Design Automation (EDA) companies, for products that covered multiple aspects of hardware and software functional verification. Before transitioning into marketing, Joe worked as an electrical engineer in FPGA design, EDA tools for FPGAs and ASICs, and ASIC verification. Joe’s educational background includes BSEE, MSEE, and MBA degrees from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.