Dave Burow

Dave Burow Joins Catalytic Inc. as Chief Executive Officer
Appointment of Seasoned Industry Executive
Coincides with Added Funding, Next Phase of Growth
Palo Alto, Calif. –– January 9, 2006 –– Electronic systems and semiconductor
industry veteran Dave Burow today became president and chief executive officer (CEO)
of Catalytic Inc., a company whose tools simplify signal processing design. His
appointment follows Catalytic’s announcement last month that it raised $7 million in
second round funding that will be used to expand its research and development efforts
and distribution channels.
“Dave is a successful and experienced executive with the skill set to help advance
Catalytic through its next phase of growth,” says Randy Allen, Catalytic’s founder who
moves from being CEO to chief technology officer.
Adds Burow: “DSP design is central to the consumer and communications
applications driving the growth in electronic systems and semiconductors. Catalytic and
its exceptionally talented technical team are creating software tools ideally suited to serve
this large designer community. The market opportunity and a solid team who work well
together are what attracted me to Catalytic.”
Burow brings more than 20 years’ senior management experience to Catalytic.
Most recently, he was executive chairman of Arithmatica, an Intellectual Property (IP)
and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) firm that uses advances in silicon math
algorithms to lower costs and power while increasing speed for math-intensive chips.
He previously was a senior vice president at Synopsys Inc., where he served as
general manager of the Verification Group and of the Internet Design and Services
Group. Burow joined Synopsys in 1997 through its acquisition of Viewlogic. At
Viewlogic, he was group vice president of their IC design automation business. Prior to
joining Viewlogic, Burow held CEO and senior management positions within the EDA
and semiconductor industries at Silicon Architects (also acquired by Synopsys),
CrossCheck Technology, SimuCAD and Fairchild Semiconductor. He holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in engineering from Purdue University of West Lafayette, Indiana, and
an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Burow serves on the Board of Directors of Arithmatica Limited, Claria
Corporation and Numetrics Management Systems Inc.
Catalytic’s initial software product –– Catalytic RMS (Rapid MATLAB®
Simulator) –– is used to streamline and accelerate the algorithm design of signal
processing systems through faster MATLAB (a popular numerical analysis and
visualization environment from The MathWorks) simulation.
About Catalytic Inc.
Catalytic speeds the development of signal processing applications by creating an
efficient path from algorithmic specification to implementation. Catalytic Inc. was
founded in 2001 by Dr. Randy Allen, a successful entrepreneur, world-renowned
compiler technology expert and the co-author of the book, “Optimizing Compilers for
Modern Architectures: A Dependence-based Approach.” Corporate headquarters are
located at 1076A East Meadow Circle, Palo Alto, Calif. 94303. Telephone: (650) 846-
2555. Facsimile: (650) 846-2557. Email: info@catalyticinc.com. More information
about Catalytic Inc. can be found at its website located at: http://www.catalyticinc.com.
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