Philip A. Simpson

Phil Simpson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He now lives in the Bay Area, California and is a Sr. manager in Product Planning at ALTERA Corp. He manages the Software Product Planning team which is focused on FPGA design methodologies. Mr. Simpson has more than 20 years of experience in the digital design, semiconductor and design automation industry. Prior to joining Altera in 1997, Mr. Simpson performed FPGA design and applications engineering in UK and Australia. He holds a BSc in electrical and electronic engineering from City University, London and a MSc in system design from University of Central England, Birmingham.