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CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC

Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/cadence-design-systems-inc

Entity: Public listing published
Primary listing: NASDAQ: CDNS
Verification: Partially verified
Last reviewed: 2026-10-15T04:45:03.089715+00:00

Overview

Alpha's canonical identity and public leadership record for Cadence Design Systems.

Canonical AEGIS identity graph

Executive leadership

Current, confirmed roles are shown only when both the person Profile and supporting source record satisfy the public projection boundary. A missing role is not evidence that it does not exist.

Executive team

6 public records

President and Chief Executive Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: From Feb 19, 2026
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: CDNS 10-K executive officersFeb 19, 2026

Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Digital and Signoff Group

State: confirmed
Effective: From Feb 19, 2026
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: CDNS 10-K executive officersFeb 19, 2026

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: From Feb 19, 2026
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: CDNS 10-K executive officersFeb 19, 2026

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

State: confirmed
Effective: From Feb 19, 2026
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: CDNS 10-K executive officersFeb 19, 2026

Paul Cunningham

Senior Vice President and General Manager of the System Verification Group

State: confirmed
Effective: From Feb 19, 2026
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: CDNS 10-K executive officersFeb 19, 2026

Senior Vice President, Customer Success Team

State: confirmed
Effective: From Feb 19, 2026
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: CDNS 10-K executive officersFeb 19, 2026

Governance leadership

Boards & Committees

Board and committee assignments appear only when the canonical public projection retains a current role and supporting source. Unpublished records are not interpreted as absence.

Record as of Oct 15, 2026. Chair, executive office, Lead Independent Director and committee appointments retain their separate source roles. A complete board composition denominator and committee charters are not established by a partial roster.

Board roles

11 public records

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

Independent Director

IndependentAudit

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 1992
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. DEF 14A 2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026

Director

Not independent

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2021
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. DEF 14A 2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026

Independent Director

IndependentAuditCorporate Governance and Nominating · Chair

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2020
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. DEF 14A 2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026

James D. Plummer

Independent Director

IndependentAudit

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2011
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. DEF 14A 2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026

Independent Director

IndependentCorporate Governance and Nominating

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2021
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. DEF 14A 2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026

Independent Director

IndependentAudit · Chair

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2020
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. DEF 14A 2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026

Luc Van den hove

Independent Director

Independent

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2026
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. DEF 14A 2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026

Independent Director

IndependentCompensation · Chair

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2015
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. DEF 14A 2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026

Independent Director

IndependentCorporate Governance and Nominating

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2022
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. DEF 14A 2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026

Moshe Gavrielov

Independent Director

IndependentCompensation

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2025
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. DEF 14A 2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026

Independent Director

IndependentCompensation

State: confirmed
Effective: From Jan 1, 2013
Confidence: 85%
Evidence: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. DEF 14A 2026-03-25Mar 25, 2026

Committees

3 public records

Membership and chair roles are projected from current board seats. A chair is shown only when a stored chair flag says so.

Audit

Chair: Lewis Chew
Members: Lewis Chew (Chair); Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli; Ita Brennan; James D. Plummer

Compensation

Chair: Mark W. Adams
Members: Mark W. Adams (Chair); Moshe Gavrielov; Young K. Sohn

Corporate Governance and Nominating

Chair: Ita Brennan
Members: Ita Brennan (Chair); Julia Liuson; ML Krakauer

Source record

Alpha canonical company public projection

Supports Company identity, Published leadership, Entity status boundary

Reviewed 2026-10-15T04:45:03.089715+00:00

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC Form 10-K (filed 2026-02-19)

Supports Official website

Reviewed 2026-08-29T22:20:23Z