Jack Harding is responsible for eSilicon’s overall leadership, strategy and management. Mr. Harding brings more than 25 years of management experience in the semiconductor industry, spanning the EDA and IC sectors. Prior to co-founding eSilicon in 2000, Harding was the President and CEO of Cadence Designs Systems. During his tenure at Cadence the company was the world’s largest supplier of electronics design software and provided the greatest shareholder value in the history of the company. Mr. Harding entered Cadence upon the acquisition of Cooper & Chyan Technology (CCT), where he served as the President and CEO, and was responsible for leading the company to an IPO. Prior to CCT, Mr. Harding served as the Executive Vice President of Zycad Corporation. Harding began his career with distinction at IBM.
Mr. Harding maintains a balanced career providing his services to industry, academia and government. Mr. Harding has held various directorships in both public and private organizations and is currently on the Board of Directors of RF Microdevices (NASDAQ; RFMD), the Atrenta Advisory Board and is also the Chairman of eSilicon Corporation. Harding has also held leadership roles at Drew University and Indiana University (IU) where he was Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and a member of IU’s premier School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) Advisory Board, respectively.
In the public policy arena Mr. Harding has served as a member of the prestigious Steering Committee at the US Council on Competiveness and was a former National Academies’ Committee member for Software, Growth and the Future of the U.S. Economy. In 2007, the industry elected Mr. Harding for a 3 year-term to the Board of Directors of the Global Semiconductor Alliance. He is a frequent international speaker on the topics of innovation, entrepreneurship and semiconductor trends and policies. Harding holds a B.A. from Drew University in Chemistry and Economics and attended the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Mr. Harding has been a finalist for the Ernst & Young Silicon Valley Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the Electronics Executive of the Year ACE Award. Under Harding’s leadership, eSilicon has enjoyed significant recognition and has won numerous awards including the GSA’s Start Up to Watch, Red Herring’s Top 100, AlwaysOn’s Top 100 Private Companies, Nollenberger Partners’ Top 200 Leading Private Companies and the prestigious Inc. Magazine’s #3 Fastest Growing Private Company in the US.
