Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 2, 2004
R. DOUGLAS NORBY, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President,
joined Tessera Technologies, Inc., in July 2003. An industry veteran
with more than 35 years in the technology sector, Mr. Norby has held
numerous executive management positions with such prominent companies as
LSI Logic, Mentor Graphics and Syntex Corporation. Most recently, he was
Chief Financial Officer of Zambeel, Inc., a provider of enterprise-class
network storage solutions. Mr. Norby has served on the Boards of
entertainment company Lucasfilm Ltd., where he was also Chief Operating
Officer, and Recordati, S.p.A., an Italian pharmaceutical company. He
currently serves on four public company Boards; LSI Logic, Alexion
Pharmaceuticals, STATSChipPac and Verisity Design. Mr. Norby holds a
Bachelor's degree in Economics from Harvard University and an MBA from
Harvard Business School. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief history of Tessera.Mr. Norby: The company was founded in 1990 and spent a great deal of
time and money enabling the development ' by IDMs and subcontract
assemblers ' of