Walden Rhines

Walden C. (Wally) Rhines is CEO of Silvaco, an electronic design automation company, and Chairman of the Board of Qorvo, a semiconductor company focused on RF communications. He is also a member of the Boards of three private companies: Cornami, a semiconductor company focused on fully homomorphic encryption for generative AI; Caspia, a semiconductor cybersecurity company; and Pallidus, a semiconductor company producing silicon carbide. He was previously CEO of Mentor Graphics for 25 years and Chairman of the Board for 17 years. During his tenure at Mentor, revenue nearly quadrupled and market value of the company increased 10X. Prior to joining Mentor Graphics, Dr. Rhines was Executive Vice President, Semiconductor Group, responsible for TI's worldwide semiconductor business. Dr. Rhines has served on the boards of Cirrus Logic, QORVO, TriQuint Semiconductor, Global Logic, PTK Corp., Silvaco, Pallidus and as Chairman of the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (five two-year terms). He is a Lifetime Fellow of the IEEE. Dr. Rhines holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the University of Michigan, a Master of Science and PhD in materials science and engineering from Stanford University, an MBA from Southern Methodist University and Honorary Doctor of Technology degrees from the University of Florida and Nottingham Trent University. In 2021, the Global Semiconductor Alliance honored Dr. Rhines, with its prestigious Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award.