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Silicon Valley Technical Institute (SVTI) Announces New Board Member

Industry Veteran and Synopsys Executive Rich Goldman Joins SVTI Board

San Jose, CA-April 8, 2007-Silicon Valley Technical Institute (SVTI™), today announced that Rich Goldman, industry veteran and vice president of strategic alliances at Synopsys™ has joined the Institute's Board of Directors.

"Rich brings a tremendous wealth of knowledge and wisdom to SVTI from working with many leading universities and educational organizations around the world," said Dr. Ali Iranmanesh, SVTI's Founder and Chairman. "Rich is going to be a valuable director and we're very excited to have him in our Board."

"SVTI has done an outstanding job serving the industry through high quality, relevant, and timely educational programs," said Rich Goldman. "I am looking forward to working with the SVTI Board and supporting their mission of equipping students with knowledge and confidence."

Rich Goldman is the Vice President of Strategic Alliances for Synopsys as well as Chairman of the Board of the Synopsys Outreach Foundation. Rich is a guest Professor at the Chinese Academy of Science, and is a Commissioner of the Advanced SOC Design Joint Lab Academic Committee there. He is a trustee of the State Engineering University of Armenia. Rich has been active in standards organizations such as Accellera, EDIF, IEEE, Si2 and OVI for more than 10 years, including chairing the EDIF technical committee, and serving on the Board of Directors of Si2. Currently, Rich chairs the EDAC Interoperability and Quality Committee. Rich served as co-chair of the RAPID Board of Directors and was a member of the EIA/EDIF Steering Committee. Rich has a BSCS from Syracuse University and an MBA and MS Engineering Management from The University of Dallas.

Silicon Valley Technical Institute ( www.svtii.com), founded in 1998, is a worldwide provider of educational programs in electronic design, design automation, semiconductor manufacturing, computing, communications, and Internet technologies.

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