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Vinod Agarwal is now LogicVision's exec chairman & chief strategist
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 02 December 2003, 20:30 IST
SAN JOSE: Vinod Agarwal, founder of LogicVision, Inc., will play a very critical role as Executive Chairman and Chief Strategist. James T. Healy, 63, is appointed president and chief executive officer effective immediately.
"Jim is an excellent addition to our company," said Dr. Agarwal. "He has more than 30 years of industry experience in managing operations, engineering, sales, and marketing with a number of semiconductor equipment companies. His expertise and knowledge of our business will be invaluable as LogicVision enters its next level of growth.
"Jim's appointment will also provide me with the opportunity to focus more on building strategic partnerships and enhancing our technological leadership. We believe that these management changes have strengthened our executive team and will enable LogicVision to realize its full potential in the embedded test market," said Dr. Agarwal.
"I am very excited to join the LogicVision team," said Jim Healy. "I see many growth opportunities and I believe LogicVision will become a key industry player as our embedded test technology achieves widespread acceptance in the marketplace."
Healy was most recently president of Spirox, USA, a leading provider of advanced IC solutions from design and fabrication through assembly and test for the semiconductor and technology industries. Spirox is the distributor for LogicVision products in Greater China. Prior to joining Spirox, Healy was president of ASAT USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASAT Holdings Ltd., a leading provider of IC package design, assembly and test services. He has also been president and CEO of Genus Inc. and Credence Systems Corporation, and has held a series of executive management positions at FormFactor, Inc. and LTX Corporation.
Healy received the Semiconductor Association's Bob Graham award for career-long leadership in advancing the sales, marketing and development of processes within the semiconductor industry. He has also served on the Semiconductor Technical Advisory Committee of the Department of Commerce, and has published two books, "Automatic Testing and Evaluation of Digital Integrated Circuits," and "Winning the High Tech Sales Game." Healy has a master's degree in science from California State University at Hayward. He continues to sit on the Board of Spirox USA.