Dave Kelf

Dave holds the position of CEO of Breker. Prior to that, as Chief Marketing Officer Dave was responsible for all aspects of Breker’s marketing activities, strategic programs and channel management. Earlier, Dave served as vice president of worldwide marketing solutions at formal verification provider OneSpin Solutions. Dave was president and CEO of Sigmatix, Inc. He worked in sales and marketing at Cadence Design Systems, and was responsible for the Verilog and VHDL verification product lines. As vice president of marketing at Co-Design Automation and then Synopsys, Dave oversaw the successful introduction and growth of the SystemVerilog language, before running marketing for Novas Software, noted for the Verdi product line, which became Springsoft and is now part of Synopsys.

Dave holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Computer Systems from the University of Salford and a Master of Science degree in Microelectronics from Brunel University, both in the U.K., and an MBA from Boston University.