Dr. Zoltan J. Cendes
CEO of Totteridge
Dr. Zoltan Cendes is the founder of Ansoft Corporation, which was founded in 1984 and acquired by ANSYS in 2008. He served on the ANSYS Board of Directors and as President of Ansoft LLC. He has made significant contributions in the area of finite element modeling of electromagnetic fields.
Dr. Cendes received his MS and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from McGill University. In 1982, he joined the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,PA, where he was a Professor until 1996.
Dr. Cendes received the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Achievement Award in 2008 and the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Application Award in 2012.
He began his passion for golf in 2008, and his family has purchased ownership of the Totteridge Golf Course and the surrounding real estate in 2015.
Patrick G. Cendes
President of Real Estate
Patrick G. Cendes is President of Real Estate at Totteridge Properties, and has developed Totteridge to become Westmoreland County’s fastest growing residential community. He has served in various roles for both public and private companies since 2007. He has experience in sales and operations ranging from a large commercial lending group at BB&T to being on the executive team at ScriptRx, a medical software startup company. He currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Capital Foundry, a Pittsburgh based investment bank.
Patrick holds a Bachelors of Science in Analytical Finance from Wake Forest University. He also completed his MBA at Corvinus University of Budapest with a concentration in finance and marketing.
Patrick is fluent in Hungarian and is an avid golfer.