Methods2Business

Methods2Business B.V. is an international oriented start-up company located in Eindhoven, the high tech region of the Netherlands and recently awarded as smartest region of the world! Thanks to the great entrepreneurship of two young but talented engineers from Novi Sad University, Vladislav Palfi and Saša Stamenković, and the support of Djordje Ćelić, director of the new Incubator center Novi Sad, and Jelena Zelinčević, Attorney at Law and registered Intellectual Property Agent in Novi Sad, the company is now also represented in Serbia, under the name “Methods2Business d.o.o. Novi Sad”.

As the name of the company says, Methods2Business specializes in design methods and rolls them out in the business. Methods2Business delivers expert knowledge and high quality consultancy services in advanced and innovative design & verification methods to System houses and Semiconductor companies who want to improve their Time-to-Market and/or product quality but encounter difficulties in adopting a new methodology because of the effort it costs or the change of mindset that is required. Methods2Business creates its major business by executing complete projects for customers using these advanced methodologies.

To realize its goal, Methods2Business partners with leading technology providers in the industry excelling because of their patented and well thought through methodology. Currently, two partnerships have been established. Both companies are leading in formal methods for respectively the HW and SW world.

a. OneSpin-Solutions in Munich, Germany, leading in formal HW IP verification by offering the OneSpin 360® MV Product Family, the most comprehensive formal Assertion Based Verification method guaranteeing high quality Gapfree Verification (OneSpin patent)

b. Verum Software Technologies B.V. in Waalre, The Netherlands, leading in Software design automation with formal verification by offering the ADS – Analytical Software Design - toolsuite, a patented SW design environment for creating defect free SW at design timše (EU patent 1749264 and Hong Kong Patent HK1104100, US patent in progress

Methods2Business invests heaviliy in training their staff and to get officially certified by the partners.

Saša and Vladislav succesfully completed an intensive training of seven months in the usage of the OneSpin methodology and tooling. Methods2Busines is now a certified verification partner of OneSpin, providing GapFree verification services using their 360TM MV solution.

Methods2Business and the Incubator center supported three young graduates and two students from the University of Novi Sad during a period of three months to participate in the challenging ASD:Suite contest of Verum. They won five of the 10 prices, two for coolness and three for efficiency.

Methods2Business sees this as a big achievement and decided to send them all to the Netherlands for an intensive training in SW engineering and the usage of the ASD:Suite in order to employ them all and become a certified service provider of Verum.

Marleen Boonen, director and co-founder of the company, has 25 years working experience in R&D at Philips and NXP, from which 15 in a management position to develop and deploy the company-wide System Level Design flow. When she will realize her new ambition, she will be valued for her entrepreneurship and inspiring leadership. She wants her employees to spend most of their time and energy with the customers and to demonstrate good team spirit and an absolute passion to win.