Meet The Team

Amir is the founder of Optimum EDA Services, with more than 25 years of software development experience in the EDA industry.  He is an expert in semiconductor design and verification flows; network computing management and optimization; version control management and administration; and DBA databases. In 2017 he founded Optimum EDA, providing a broad range of CAD services to Israeli customers. 
In 2018 Optimum merged with Ruby EDA to create Ruby Cherry EDA until January 2025  

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Before starting Optimum, Amir managed the CAD FE and Infrastructure team at Apple Israel, headed the system validation team at Anobit and lead the CAD team at Lucidlogix Technologies. 

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Amir holds a B.Sc. in computer science from Ben Gurion University in Israel.

Ezra is a Senior CAD Engineer with more than 25 years of experience in the EDA industry, software design and VLSI physical design. he was a Senior engineer a developer of CAD tools at Intel & Cadence and a VLSI physical design engineer at Sondrel. Ezra worked at Ruby Cherry EDA in 2021-2025 and joined Optimum at 2025.

 

Ezra holds a  M.Sc in Computer Science from Ben-Gurion University.  He is certified as an AWS Cloud Practioner.

Ariel is a senior software engineer with four years of experience specializing in automation and software solutions. From 2021 to 2025, Ariel worked at Ruby Cherry EDA as a Junior CAD & Software Engineer, developing automation tools and solutions for clients in the CAD and cloud domains. In 2025, Ariel joined Optimum, bringing expertise in Python, C, C++, web development, and IoT.

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Ariel holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from The Technion and is a certified AWS Developer.

Rotem is a computer science student with strong programming skills in Python, SQL, Java and web development. 
He has experience developing data-driven and software-based solutions

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Rotem is currently pursuing his B.Sc. in Computer Science at Reichman University.