Jay Schleicher
Senior Vice President Software Engineering
Since 1990, Jay has been involved in nearly every aspect of FPGA software development, such as new architecture development and support, research, synthesis, IP development, Q/A, verification, and simulation. At Efinix, his goal is to build a complete, best-in-class RTL-to-bitstream FPGA CAD flow.
Previously, Jay spent 23 years at Altera leading software and IP teams in a variety of areas. For example, he led the team that developed an in-house synthesis tool that is considered a best-in-class tool. Jay also led the software team that analyzed and experimented with new architectural features, and assessed, from a software perspective, whether a feature would be desirable or undesirable.
Jay has extensive experience reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating patentable ideas, and he has authored or co-authored more than 50 patents.