Vote for Jack Harding,
Voice of the Ecosystem
The GSA 2012 board elections opened on January 11, 2012. Jack Harding, president and CEO of eSilicon Corporation, is seeking a third term on the GSA board in the value chain producer (VCP) seat.
About Value Chain Producers
A VCP is a company that collaborates with foundries, IP and service providers, EDA suppliers, and package, assembly and test operations to design and produce chips for fabless IC, IDM, and OEM companies. VCPs optimize the economics of customer value chains and enable customers to focus on product differentiation and market growth.
Your vote for Jack Harding is a vote for proven results. It is also a vote that ensures that the voice of every member of the GSA ecosystem — large or small — is heard and understood at the GSA board level.
Why Jack Harding?
Business Leader at Large and Small Companies
Through his experience as CEO of eSilicon — the world’s largest independent VCP, as well as Cadence and Cooper-Chyan, Mr. Harding has led both large and small companies to success. As a part of eSilicon, which partners across the GSA spectrum with IP and service providers, EDA suppliers, and package, assembly and test operations, he has worked with nearly every GSA member company: he understands what you need to succeed.
Jack’s innovation, execution and success in growing EDA, semiconductor and now IP businesses give him a unique perspective to understand the needs of each stakeholder in the value chain, as well as to perfectly align with the end goal: optimizing and accelerating GSA members’ revenue.
Global GSA Leader
As a GSA board member for the past five years, Mr. Harding has worked diligently on the finance committee and guided the GSA and its membership through rocky economic times to maintain member benefits and focus on vital programs. He has also served as a key spokesperson for GSA around the globe, both as a speaker and in personally recruiting new member companies. He is a frequent international speaker on the topics of innovation, entrepreneurship and semiconductor trends and policies.
The Voice of the Ecosystem
As the leader of a rapidly growing independent VCP, Mr. Harding will continue to be the voice of the ecosystem. He understands and can articulate the challenges faced by every GSA member, large or small, wherever their role in the value chain.
Ensuring that the GSA is taking on the right issues requires leaders with an understanding of your business and technical needs — whatever your size — to introduce effective programs that lead to your growth and profitability. Jack Harding has proven that understanding. And he has proven that he will take positive action based on that understanding.
What Now?
- If you’re the GSA voting member for your company, please cast your vote for Jack Harding today by following the instructions provided in your election ballot so Mr. Harding can continue to give your company a voice on the GSA board. Click here to go to the GSA website now.
- If you’re not the GSA voting member for your company, please forward a link to this page on to the voting member.
Want to know more?
- Hear from Mr. Harding himself: Hit the “play” triangle on the “Jack Harding Speaks” audio player on the upper left corner of this page.
- About Jack Harding
- About eSilicon Corporation
