AGEIA Technologies Names Former AMD Senior Exec, Rob Herb, As New Chairman of the Board.Proven Leader in PC and Semiconductor Markets to Leverage Industry Experience and Fuel Growth and Expansion at AGEIA AGEIA America Germany Egypt India America MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- AGEIA[TM] Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in hardware-accelerated physics for games, today announced long-time AGEIA Board member Rob Herb, and Venture Partner with Scale Venture Partners, as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Manju Hegde, AGEIA's current chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , will continue to serve as a member of the board of directors and continue serving as CEO. "Having worked with Rob for two years, I am very excited about his decision to accept the position as Chairman," Manju Hegde said. "Rob is ideally suited to help lead our company's direction. He is recognized as an innovator and entrepreneur entrepreneur (än'trəprənûr`) [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. within the technology domain and his vast experience and knowledge in the semiconductor and gaming industries strengthens our board and our company, as AGEIA continues its growth." "I am very enthusiastic about taking on this new role," said Rob Herb. "AGEIA has the potential for a great future. Having the opportunity to continue to help AGEIA with its energetic employees and executive team, loyal customers, and innovative technology is very exciting. The AGEIA PhysX Processor continues to gain momentum within the gaming market, and with the organization's leadership and a team of first-class technologists focused on physics processing, we will continue to build a very compelling value proposition for our customers." Rob Herb currently serves as a Venture Partner with Scale Venture Partners, formerly BA Venture Partners. As part of the firm's information technology investing team, Rob focuses on hardware investments, including semiconductors and components, primarily for consumer electronics and enterprise systems. Before joining BAVP in 2005, Rob Herb served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. . He held a number of sales, marketing and general management positions, during his 20-year tenure with AMD, and was instrumental in leading the company in its tremendous growth and success as an innovative provider of PC processor solutions. Rob Herb also sits on the board of directors of Astute as·tute adj. Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns. See Synonyms at shrewd. [Latin ast Networks, Enpirion, MIPS Technologies (MIPS Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA, www.mips.com) Founded in 1984 as MIPS Computer Systems Inc., the company merged with SGI in 1992 and spun off as an independent entity once again in 2000. and NComputing. About AGEIA AGEIA[TM] Technologies, Inc., is the pioneer of hardware-accelerated physics for PC games and has developed the world's first dedicated physics processor, the AGEIA PhysX processor. The AGEIA PhysX processor powers massive and pervasive pervasive, adj indicates that a condition permeates the entire development of the individual. real-time interactive worlds that for the first time obey Obey can refer to:
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