( ESNUG 275 Item 7 ) --------------------------------------------- [12/17/97]
Subject: Joe Costello Leaving Cadence And The EDA Industry Altogether
> My first, gut reaction to hearing the news that Joe Costello, the long
> standing CEO of Cadence, was leaving Cadence was one of saddened shock.
> ... But I can keep my machismo and at the same time publically say that
> we (note: not "I", but the royal, emotionally distancing, safe "we") will
> miss what Joe did in the EDA industry. That is, while there's always been
> EDA CEOs galore who were eager to talk to the Press about whatever issue
> of the day that was bothering them, Joe had a charasmatic knack for making
> these issues immediately accessable to the average engineer. ... Last
> year's DAC CEO panel was a true-blue sleep in. Nobody who attended
> remembered one thing that was said 20 minutes after the DAC CEO panel was
> done because it was all nicey-nice CEO-speak. Ugh. And with Joe leaving
> the industry, I fear this "safe" mindset might prevail, leaving a
> horrible, sleepy vacuum in the industry.
>
> Oh, God, I hope not. We'll miss you, Joe. - John Cooley
From: Helmut Eder <eder@Cadence.COM>
Hello John!
I read your article "An Abhorrent Vacuum", and felt compelled to write you.
I'm a senior consultant engineer for Cadence in Munich, Germany. I've been
with Cadence now for 1 1/2 years.
It is needless to say that Joe's leaving was a shock for all of us here in
this office. However, we all recovered very quickly (in Cadence style).
What Joe brought to the company, as you have mentioned, was a certain spirit
of 'unconventionality'. And the great thing is that this was not just one
of his inherent traits, but it was passed all the way through the hierarchy
down to (almost) every last employee. Because of this, I personally have no
worries about a continuation of Cadence being risk-oriented, non-linear,
and focussed -- whether it be from Cadence managers or employees. And that
goes doubly for myself!
Cheers!
- Helmut Eder
Snr. Consulting Engineer
Cadence Design Systems GmbH, Haar, Germany
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