Just a few years ago Mark Rossman became the Architect for the OpenAccess Coalition Change Team. With support from Adam Matheny (co-Architect) they have moved the team forward through three data model versions and many more minor releases. This year we started a project to cross correlate all the member issues with the Si2 issue tracking system and the Cadence R&D tracking system. This produced a closed loop system where members can more easily determine which release contains the fix they need.
This work was completed through a series of Friday afternoon meetings, reviewing issue data one item at a time. While tedious, the effort is now complete and has delivered significant value to the coalition. We would like to recognize Mark for his outstanding contribution to the OpenAccess Coalition.
About Mark Rossman
Mark Rossman is a Software Engineering Group Director at Cadence Design Systems with over 40 years of experience in electronic design automation (EDA). He specializes in routing algorithms, design rule technologies, design rule checking, and layout migration, and has led the development and integration of routing solutions for the Virtuoso platform for over two decades. He has played a key role in advancing routing flows and enabling interoperability across Virtuoso capabilities, with contributions spanning algorithm development, large-scale multithreaded systems, and cross-functional integration. He holds five patents in geometric manipulation, routing, and layout migration algorithms.