Mentor Graphics announced the promotion of Simon Bloch to vice president and general manager of the Design and Synthesis Division. Bloch is responsible for Mentor Graphics’ field programmable gate array (FPGA) and Electronic System Level (ESL) design and synthesis products. He is based in Mentor’s San Jose, California, offices. Bloch joined the company in 2002. Prior to Mentor he was founder and CEO of Aristo Technology and held senior management positions at Compass Design, VLSI Technology and Daisy Systems.