Michel Courtoy

Michel Courtoy started his career at Intel in design engineering and software engineering. Moreover, he managed product marketing for layout verification software at Cadence Design Systems. As vice president of marketing for Silicon Perspective, Michel was a key player in its acquisition by Cadence in 2001. Michel served as a vice president M&A at Cadence before becoming the CEO at Certess, leading Certess through sales growth to a successful exit by acquisition. He was CEO of Aselta from 2018 to 2020. As a matter of fact, Michel is on the board of directors of multiple start-up companies. Courtoy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Besides, he has a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from University of California, San Diego; and an MBA from Santa Clara University. He resides in Silicon Valley.