Deirdre Hanford

Deirdre Hanford (Deirdre Ryan Hanford ) is an American executive in electronic design automation industry. she is Chief Security Officer for Synopsys.

Education and work Deidre earned a B.S. in electric engineering from Brown University (1983) and a M.S. in electric engineering from UC Berkeley.

In 2008 she was Chairman of the American Electronics Association.

Awards and recognition 2001: Marie Pistilli Award - “Deirdre was chosen for this award because of her pioneering leadership and dedicated commitment to serving the design community” (Mar Hershenson, chair of the Workshop for Women in Design Automation) from Brown University for her senior year team research project

Personal Deirdre has three sons. She praises Synopsys for the company's supportive attitude towards women. Her first three promotions coincided with her pregnancies. Deidre is quoted as saying, "Synopsys didn't mommy-track me when I started a family".