Synopsys has appointed Joe Logan as senior vice president of Worldwide Sales. In this capacity, he is responsible for the deployment and management of the Synopsys Sales organization. He has taken over the job from Vicky Andrews. She left Synopsys to spend some time with her family. While at Synopsys, Logan has focused on driving business growth in the North America East sales region and on expanding relationships within the customer base. He joined Synopsys five years ago from Avant! Corporation where he was head of North American Sales and Support.