Ksenia Roze joined Cadence in 2023, and in her current role as Sr. Software Engineering Group Director, Ksenia leads development of automated design solutions for Advanced Packaging and PCB.
Ksenia brings more than 25 years of experience in EDA. Before joining Cadence Design Systems, Ksenia has held a number of senior leadership positions at Synopsys, Inc. She joined Synopsys in 2002 and led R&D for their physical design and 3DIC solutions and later for their physical verification product. Prior to joining Synopsys, she drove development of the Avant!'s physical design planning product.
Ksenia earned a MS in Physics from Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, and a MS in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.

Ms. Ayyagari serves as Vice President and Head of UX at Renesas Electronics Corporation. She has held her current role since September 2024.
Previously, she served as Vice President of Software & Digitalization at Renesas. This organization, launched in January 2024, was responsible for driving Renesas' unified vision for software and digitalization.
Ms. Ayyagari joined Renesas in August 2023 as Vice President of Software and Digitalization. In this newly created role, Ms. Ayyagari was responsible for spearheading the definition, development, and implementation of a market leading platform with industry standard customer tools.
Ms. Ayyagari brings rich and multi-disciplinary expertise across the semiconductor industry from Applied Materials (AMAT), Synopsys (IP and EDA) and Intel where she held executive and leadership positions in R&D, Product Engineering, Field Applications Engineering, Marketing, Pre- and Post-sales Customer Support and drove products from definition to high volume.
Ms. Ayyagari holds a master’s degree in computer engineering from the University of South Carolina. She is the author of several publications and patents and serves on the Board of non-profit organizations.

Dr. K Rajalakshmi Menon is Distinguished Scientist and newly appointed Director General of Aeronautical Systems and Director of CABS.
A renowned scientist with a distinguished career spanning over three decades, Dr. Menon has played a pivotal role in the development of India's indigenous Airborne Early Warning & Control System. Her expertise in system engineering, C4ISR, and battle management has led to India becoming the fifth country in the world to possess such advanced aerospace technology.

Dr. Menon holds a PhD in Target Recognition from the Indian Institute of Science. Her contributions to science and technology have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the DRDO Award for Path Breaking Research, the DRDO Scientist of the Year Award, and the Outstanding Women Scientist/Technologist/Engineer Award from the Aeronautical Society of India.