Hi, I'm writing to let you know that I will be leaving Cisco on Oct 6th. It was almost exactly six years ago I left Cadence Design Systems to join a Billerica startup called Hammerhead Networks. If everything went according to plan, we hoped that Hammerhead would be part of Cisco someday. The ride from Cadence to Hammerhead to Cisco has been more exciting, more remarkable and more rewarding than anything I could have imagined. In the past six years, I've learned more than I could have hoped for and had the privilege of leading one of the best signal integrity groups in the business. I've been involved in literally dozens of fascinating projects and have had the opportunity to help define tools and processes Cisco uses to approach high speed design. One of the aspects of my job I've especially enjoyed has been working closely with EDA vendors and component suppliers to optimize design tools and data for Cisco's use. We've been quite successful in working with several of our key suppliers, and I believe that these efforts have benefited the broader industry as well. SiSoft recently offered me the opportunity to help drive the future direction of their Quantum-SI product line, and that proved to be something I couldn't pass up. I like the way SiSoft mixes strong consulting services with EDA software development. The decision to leave Cisco was especially tough - but, in the end, I realized I wanted to see what I could contribute to SiSoft. Thanks for helping make my last six years so "tremendously unbelievable". I'll be around for the next two weeks, so please feel free to drop me a line or call. If you'd like to reach me after Oct 6th, I have every reason to believe my new email address will be: twesterh@xxxxxxxxxx Thanks again, Todd. P.S. I tried to make a complete list of who should get this note, but the list ended up so long that I'm sure I've omitted people inadvertently. My apologies to anyone I omitted. Todd Westerhoff High Speed Design Group Manager Cisco Systems 1414 Massachusetts Ave Boxboro, MA 01719 email:twesterh@xxxxxxxxx ph: 978-936-2149 ____________________________________________ "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain