Industry veteran brings extensive experience in high-tech investment
banking and finance for global semiconductor companies
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Rambus
Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) today announced the appointment of Ms. Emiko
Higashi as a director to its Board, effective immediately. Ms. Higashi
is an industry veteran with broad experience in technology-focused
investment banking and finance, along with a comprehensive understanding
of business and finance for large global semiconductor companies. She is
the founder and managing director of Tomon Partners, LLC, a strategy and
mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm based in San Francisco
serving technology and healthcare companies.
"We are pleased to welcome Emiko to our Board," said Mr. Eric Stang,
Chairman of the Board at Rambus. "Ms. Higashi brings extensive
experience in business development, M&A and finance for global
semiconductor companies along with strong leadership and an
entrepreneurial spirit that will help Rambus transition from an IP to a
product-based company."
"Rambus is moving beyond its traditional DRAM market with strong
technologies and innovation," said Higashi. "I look forward to helping
guide the future of this organization as it continues its evolution to
becoming a product and service company."
In addition to being the managing director of Tomon Partners, Ms.
Higashi also serves on the boards of KLA-Tenchor, MetLife Insurance
K.K., a subsidiary of MetLife, Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.
and Zeptor. Ms. Higashi is also a senior advisor to several private
consulting firms. Prior to Tomon Partners, she was a co-founder and
Chief Executive Officer of Gilo Ventures, a technology-focused venture
capital firm. Other executive and management roles include various roles
with investment banks, including Lehman Brothers, being a founding
member of Wasserstein Parella and the technology head for their M&A
business, and a managing director in charge of Merrill Lynch's global
technology M&A practice. Prior to her investment banking career, Ms.
Higashi spent two years as a consultant at McKinsey & Co. in Tokyo,
Japan. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from
International Christian University in Tokyo.
About Rambus Inc.
Rambus creates innovative hardware and software technologies, driving
advancements from the data center to the mobile edge. Our chips,
customizable IP cores, architecture licenses, tools, software, services,
training and innovations improve the competitive advantage of our
customers. We collaborate with the industry, partnering with leading
ASIC and SoC designers, foundries, IP developers, EDA companies and
validation labs. Our products are integrated into tens of billions of
devices and systems, powering and securing diverse applications,
including Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile payments, and smart
ticketing. At Rambus, we are makers of better. For more information,
visit rambus.com.
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Source: Rambus Inc.
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