Ankush has been in the Semiconductor EDA and Manufacturing Industry for 40 years and currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lavorro Inc. He started his career as an IC designer and soon turned entrepreneur by co-founding Knights which focused on Semiconductor manufacturing and Failure Analysis. He pioneered Fab wide Yield Management, Cad Navigation and on-tool design-based applications.

Ankush is best known for the success of Knights Technology, which sparked a multi-billion-dollar market segment of productivity and cost savings for semiconductor fabs worldwide. He led Knights Technology through four successful acquisitions: the first to Electroglas Inc (EGLS) in 1997, then to FEI Company (FEIC) in 2003, followed by Magma Design Automation (LAVA) in 2006. And in 2012, Synopsys (SNPS), where Ankush continued as an executive leading Synopsys’ entire suite of fab yield, failure analysis and in-fab design driven wafer inspection products.

Ankush remains deeply passionate about engineering and innovation, holding several patents in the field of Semiconductor Failure Analysis and IC Manufacturing. He sits on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science and serves as an advisory board member to several leading technology companies. Ankush holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in AI/ML for Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Central Florida, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University in India.