Synopsys appoints Shelagh Glaser as CFO

Synopsys announced that it has appointed Shelagh Glaser as CFO, effective December 2. Previous CFO Trac Pham, who announced his planned retirement in December 2021, will remain with the company through December 2022 to ensure an orderly transition. Glaser joins Synopsys from Zendesk, a software-as-a-service CRM company, where she served as chief financial officer for the last two years. Prior to its acquisition by a consortium led by Hellman & Friedman and Permira, she led global finance, which includes finance and strategy, accounting, corporate reporting and forecasting, as well as procurement, real estate and investor relations. Glaser serves on the board of PubMatic, a leader in the digital advertising supply chain, and is a member of the audit committee. Prior to joining Zendesk, Glaser grew her career at Intel (INTC) over 29 years, most recently as a corporate vice president of Intel’s two largest business units. She served as CFO and COO for the Data Platform Group and the Client Computing Group. She holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Michigan.