Venkat has over 25+ years of experience in VLSI Industry, with a mix of design and application engineering experience. He founded ChipEdge Technologies Pvt Ltd, in Oct 2012, as a Skill Development company to offer skill development programs as per industry requirements. Prior to founding ChipEdge, he was with Cadence Design Systems (India) Pvt Ltd, Bangalore and was responsible for synthesis solutions. He worked with Time to Market (india) pvt Ltd, Hyderabad and was responsible for Physical Design projects. Before moving back to india, Venkat was with Cadence Design Systems Inc (SanJose, California) and was responsible for synthesis solutions. He started his career with Qualcore Logic Pvt Ltd, hyderabad and was responsible for FPGA to ASIC migration projects which involved synthesis, STA, DFT, validation, timing simulation & formal verification. He is a member of Talent Core Initiative Committee in IESA (India Electronics & Semiconductor Association) and contributing in Skill Development initiative in ESDM (Electronics System Design & Manufacturing) sector. Venkat holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communications from Andhra University.