Mitchell Mlinar joins Tortuga Logic as VP of Engineering

Tortuga Logic announced the appointment of Dr. Mitchell Mlinar as Vice President of Engineering.

In this role, Dr. Mlinar will bring valuable experience to Tortuga Logic as it expands its technology offering to address the growing importance of security in hardware design and continue the rapid pace of innovation.

Dr. Mlinar brings decades of experience in security, hardware design, and development tools, and has a proven track record of building strong research and development teams and delivering leading-edge solutions in both large and small companies. His strong technical background includes hardware design, EDA tools, and security software development, with roles ranging from VP of Engineering to Chief Architect.

Dr. Mlinar was most recently Chief Architect of the Software Integrity Business Unit at Synopsys Inc, where he was responsible for the design, development, and delivery of leading-edge software quality and security tools.

“As VP of Engineering, Mitchell brings valuable expertise to Tortuga Logic as the company continues to expand its engineering team and grow our talent pool,” said Andreas Kuehlmann, CEO of Tortuga Logic. “With many years of experience in scaling organizations from dozens to hundreds of engineers, Mitchell joins Tortuga Logic with a strong background in effective team leadership.”

“I am delighted to join Tortuga Logic and an outstanding leadership team to push forward on the important and rapidly emerging area of hardware security,” said Mlinar. “I believe my experience as a technical leader building high-quality teams across many disciplines, as well as my expertise in security, will be a great asset to the company.”