Robert M. Gardner, Verific Design Automation and Missing Link Electronics Board Member, Former EDA Consortium Executive Director, Dead at 74

ALAMEDA, CA — (Marketwired) — 04/12/17 — Robert M. Gardner, a resident of San Jose, Calif., died April 11 at the age of 74 after a short illness.Mr. Gardner was member of the Board of Directors for since its inception in 1999. He co-founded in 2008 and was its president and chief operating officer at the time of his death.Mr. Gardner served as the executive director of the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Consortium, now the , from 2007 until 2015. In 2016, he was presented with the DATE