Gary Smith EDA (GSEDA) is the leading provider of market intelligence and advisory services for the global Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Electronic System Level (ESL) design, and related technology markets.
Gary Smith
The founder and Chief Analyst for Gary Smith EDA. Previously,
he was the Managing Vice President and Chief Analyst of the Electronic
Design Automation Service, Design & Engineering Cluster at Gartner
Dataquest.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Smith was a consultant in design methodology
and worked in the ASIC end of the semiconductor business. While
at LSI Logic, Mr. Smith became an evangelist for the RT-level design
methodology. Starting in the semiconductor industry, Mr. Smith was
involved in some of the first attempts at customer-designed ICs.
Mr. Smith earned his bachelor of science degree in engineering from
the United States Naval Academy. He is a current member of the Design
TWG for the International Semiconductor Road Map (ITRS), editorial
chair of the IEEE Design Automation Technical Committee (DATC) and
serves on the DAC Strategic Committee. He is also past Chair of
the IEEE Electronic Design Processes conference. Mr. Smith has been
quoted and published numerous times in all the Electronics Publications
including EE Times, EDN, Electronic Business in addition to the
Wall Street Journal and Business Week. In 2007, he received an ACM
SIGDA Distinguished Service award.
Areas of focus:
EDA, ESL and Electronic Design Methodology
Mary A. Olsson
A Chief Analyst for Gary Smith EDA. She was previously Vice
President of Research with Gartner Dataquest responsible for strategic
competitive analysis on emerging process technologies in EDA and
semiconductors, fabless and mixed-signal design companies. Before
joining Gartner in 1981, Ms. Olsson worked for the Technology Analysis
Group of Burroughs. Ms. Olsson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from
San Jose State University. Ms. Olsson has been a speaker on the
industry for DQ@DAC, ICCAD, the Chinese American Semiconductor Professional
Association, Chinese Institute of Engineers, SEMI Financial Investment
Conferences, SAC, ISHM/IEEE, IBM Technology Seminars and is currently
a Board Member of the Microelectronics Packaging Technology Group.
Ms. Olsson also has written several articles and reports on the
industry for IEEE, EDN, Semiconductor International, Red Herring,
EE Times and MEPTEC. She has been an active volunteer for the Santa
Clara Valley Junior Achievement Program, Leukemia Society, and the
Bill Wilson Center’s Independent Living and Juvenile Hall Training
Projects.
Areas of focus:
PCB, FPGAs, Analog and RF design tools, Semiconductor IDMs and Fabless
Semiconductor vendor
Nancy Wu 
A Chief Analyst with Gary Smith EDA. Previously she was at Magma
covering EDA research. The projects she involved including benchmarking
and client spending vs. EDA TAM study. Prior to that, she was a
Principal Analyst at Gartner Dataquest's Design & Engineering
group covering EDA and DFM with an emphasis on electronic design
in Asia/Pacific. Before joining Gartner Dataquest, Ms. Wu worked
for Avant! in various special projects include M&A, program
management, and product migration. She held diverse roles in engineering,
sales, field support, and finance. Earlier, she was a financial
analyst in Core Pacific Investment and Consulting Company with focus
on macroeconomics and transportation industry.
Ms. Wu earned her master degree in economics from University of
Michigan, as well as a bachelor of arts in economics from National
Taiwan University.
Areas of focus:
Heads up Asian office in Taipei, Taiwan supporting all areas of
inquiry
Laurie Balch
A Principal Analyst with Gary Smith EDA. Previously, she was
a Research Director in Gartner Dataquest's Design and Engineering
group, covering a broad range of technologies targeting the engineering
community. Ms. Balch tracked market trends in EDA, Semiconductor
Automated Test Equipment (ATE), Design for Test (DFT), Mechanical
CAx Applications and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).
Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Balch worked for General Electric
in the power generation business. She was a member of the GE Technical
Leadership Program and held diverse roles in engineering, manufacturing
and marketing. Ms. Balch holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree
from The Cooper Union in New York City and an MBA in Marketing and
Finance from Santa Clara University.
Areas of focus:
Forecasting and Statistics
Sharon Tan
A Principal Analyst with Gary Smith EDA. Previously, she was
a Research Director at Gartner Dataquest, with responsibilities
in a number of research areas, including mechanical CAx applications,
product lifecycle management, EDA, biochips, and engineering/construction.
Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Tan worked as a research and development
engineer for Loral Aerospace, where she developed image processing
algorithms for military and commercial applications.
Ms. Tan holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering from the
University of Illinois, and an MBA in Strategic Management and Finance
from The Wharton School.
Areas of focus:
User Wants & Needs Reports
Daya Nadamuni
A Chief Analyst at Gary Smith EDA. She has extensive experience
in software market coverage including Electronic Systems Level (ESL)
design, Embedded systems design and development, middleware and
applications, EDA, MEMS and nanotechnology. Previously she was a
Research VP with Gartner in the Design and Engineering Group where
she covered several mature and emerging markets receiving several
awards for her efforts including the Gartner Thought Leadership
award.
She writes extensively for various trade publications and journals
and currently has an India focused technology trends blog hosted
on EETIndia. She also speaks and presents at various industry forums.
Ms.Nadamuni has a Masters and Bachelor’s degree from Cambridge University,
U.K and a bachelor’s degree from Bombay University, India.
Areas of focus:
Embedded Software, Multicore and ESL
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