David C Black

David C Black is an experienced engineering professional with a focus on modeling and verifying digital electronic designs. Currently serving as a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Doulos since August 2011, David trains and mentors engineers on effective methodologies for ASIC, SoC, and FPGA designs. As a co-author at scftgu.com, David has contributed to the understanding of IEEE-1666 from a practitioner's perspective. Previous roles include ESL Practice Leader at XtremeEDA USA Corporation, CTO at Eklectically Inc, and Staff Professional Consultant at Synopsys Inc. David's career began at ROLM Corporation and included significant tenure at Tandem Computers, Apple Computer, and Qualis Design. David holds a BSEE and BACS from Rice University, completing studies in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Computer Science.