Next-Generation DesignSync User Meeting 2026

Sarah AHMAD is the ENOVIA Director of Semiconductor & Software Solutions. As a technology and business leader, Sarah is focused on helping high-tech and semiconductor organizations navigate the increasing complexity of chip design and development. She sets strategic direction and defines solutions that enable semiconductor companies to better manage complex design data, intellectual property (IP), IP reuse, governance, and collaboration across the semiconductor design lifecycle.

Drawing on decades of industry experience, Sarah brings a practical perspective on the challenges facing engineering organizations today, from managing growing volumes of design data and reusable IP to establishing effective governance and enabling cross-functional collaboration throughout the design cycle.

Janet BARBA is an Industry Process Consultant Senior Specialist within the ENOVIA IPC Specialists organization at Dassault Systèmes. With 12 years at Dassault Systèmes and a career focused primarily on the High Tech and Semiconductor industries, Janet works closely with leading semiconductor companies to help them leverage solutions for Design Data Management and IP Management. She brings deep industry experience and a customer-focused perspective on applying digital solutions to address the complex challenges of semiconductor product development.

Thai DO is an enterprise sales professional at Dassault Systèmes, helping semiconductor and high-tech companies modernize how they manage complex engineering data. He works with leading technology organizations to connect fragmented design environments, improve IP reuse, and enable collaboration across global engineering teams. Drawing on experience spanning EDA, design-data management, and enterprise transformation, Thai brings a practical perspective on turning engineering challenges into measurable business outcomes.

Bijan DOROSTKAR is an Industry Process Expert Senior Specialist within the Industry Process Success team focused on Semiconductor Solutions under the Enovia Brand at Dassault Systèmes. Starting with a background in Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, he has been providing applications engineering, customer training, customer support and product enablement in the field of Design Data Management for over 26 of the 36 years of his career in the Semiconductor Industry. He has a BSEE, MSEE and MBA from the University of Southern California.

Peter Haynes is a Senior Applications Manager in R&D focused on product define for Semiconductor Solutions under the ENOVIA Brand at Dassault Systèmes. His 49 years of experience in the semiconductor industry includes both wafer process engineering and semiconductor design. For the last 29 years his focus has been on design data management for semiconductor design teams, starting as a applications engineer specializing in customer training and product deployment. In 2005, he assumed his current role in R&D as a product define lead, first for DesignSync and related collaboration products such as Enterprise Defect Tracking. He is currently focused on product define for ENOVIA Semiconductor Engineer.

Rado PRAHOV is the Senior Manager of the Industry Process Experts team leading the semiconductor business at Dassault Systèmes. He has over 20 years of experience in the domain of data and IP Management helping enterprise companies adopt, deploy and improve their data and IP management methodologies.

Rado has worked about half of the time at companies providing such solutions as Dassault Systèmes and Perforce/Methodics as well as companies using the solutions – such as Renesas, ams-OSRAM and Infineon.  He holds a MSEE degree as well as a PhD from university of Dresden, Germany.