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- 1 2 3 "UBM Tech's EE Times and EDN Announce Kathryn Kranen, President & CEO, Jasper Design Automation, as the Lifetime Achievement Award Winner of the 2013 ACE Awards Program"
- 1 2 "Jasper Design Automation CEO Kathryn Kranen Garners Marie R. Pistilli Women in EDA Achievement Award"
- 1 2 Kathryn Kranen elected chair of EDA Consortium , EETimes
- ↑ "Cadence Completes Acquisition of Jasper Design Automation"
- ↑ "Swan Song: Kranen bids Adieu to EDA", EDACafe, October 8th, 2014 by Peggy Aycinena
- ↑ Van Blommestein, Rob. "Kathryn Kranen, President and CEO of Jasper Design Automation, Joins CriticalBlue Board of Directors",