Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 28, 2002
ROBERT G. O'MALLEY is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Immersion
Corporation. He was elected Chairman on October 23, 2000. Before joining
Immersion, he was President of Intermec Technologies Corporation, a
UNOVA company. Prior to Intermec, Mr. O'Malley served as Chief Executive
of Pinacor. He was formerly President of MicroAge, Inc., where he
launched Pinacor in 1998 as a wholly owned MicroAge subsidiary. Mr.
O'Malley joined MicroAge in 1995 after 19 years with IBM, where he held
positions in large systems sales, retail industry sales and finance. As
General Manager of desktop systems, he had worldwide responsibility for
the development and brand management of IBM's consumer and commercial PC
desktop systems and display products. Mr. O'Malley spent two years in
Tokyo establishing IBM's Asia-Pacific PC business and its joint venture
assembly operations in China. Prior to that, he was responsible for US
channel sales, finance and planning, and IBM's US business planning. A
graduate of the University of Minnesota, Mr. O'Malley holds a Bachelor's
degree in Aeronautical Engineering and an MBA degree from Arizona State
University. He is a Board member of the University of North Dakota
Aerospace Foundation, serves on the Board of Regents of Brophy College
Preparatory, and is a member of the Arizona State University College of
Business Dean's Council of 100 Board. Profile
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Mr. O'Malley: Immersion was founded in 1993 and went public in
