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Christina Pechlivanidou

ASIC Digital Design Engineer II

Christina Pechlivanidou is a Senior ASIC Digital Design Engineer for PHY MIPI team, in Synopsys Porto where she has been working for almost 6 years.
Originally from Greece, she graduated from the International Hellenic University in 2016
with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering.
During her last year of studies, she also participated in the Erasmus+ program at Lublin University of Technology in Poland.
Worked during 6 months in Warsaw for a Software house and in 2016 she moved to Porto to start building her career.
Christina started at Synopsys as an Intern for the IP Prototyping team where she worked on Automation scripting and tools.
Prior to her role as a Verification Engineer for PHY SERDES team, she was working on Automation and the QA of customer releases for roughly 2 years.
The past 4 years, she has been working as a Verification Engineer for the PHY SERDES team. She is an accomplished female engineer leading MPHY VMM Verification of C10 projects.
Christina is known for her organization skills and for her objectivity and clearness during her communications reducing misunderstandings and possible wasted efforts. She is always available to guide her peers and to contribute to a healthy environment in the team, bringing interesting topics and activities to the table.
Christina has also participated in a couple of projects that target women's empowerment, such as Girls Go Engineering, where basically she was part of a panel of female employees from Synopsys that would grand a scholarship to a female Engineering student.
Today she is an accomplished female verification engineer and enjoys using her skills to contribute to the exciting technological advances that happen everyday.
Christina's goal is to meet women from all backgrounds, transfer knowledge and experiences, get new perspectives and build strong relationships.
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