Mutant Logic Hires Experienced CEO

Circuit-design startup hires a CEO who's been there, done that

El Dorado Hills-based Mutant Logic Inc., an angel-backed startup that's developing technology to streamline circuit design, has hired a chief executive officer who has experience with another El Dorado Hills startup that landed a big payday.

Bob Bennett, the company's new CEO, was a vice president for ShareWave Inc., which made networking products for home entertainment systems. Chip-maker Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS) of Austin, Texas, bought ShareWave in Oct. 2001 for about $92 million in stock.