Tessera Names Bob Roohparvar President of Imaging & Optics

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tessera Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSRA) announced today that it has named Bob Roohparvar, Ph.D., as its new president of Imaging & Optics. Dr. Roohparvar will report to Tessera’s Chairman, President and CEO Henry R. Nothhaft, and will be responsible for the company’s Imaging & Optics segment, including strategy and operations.

“His deep technical expertise and experience make him an excellent choice for this position. We believe his unique combination of technical, leadership and execution skills will enable us to take our Imaging & Optics business to the next level.”

“Bob brings a wealth of experience to this key role,” said Nothhaft. “His deep technical expertise and experience make him an excellent choice for this position. We believe his unique combination of technical, leadership and execution skills will enable us to take our Imaging & Optics business to the next level.”

“Tessera has built a solid foundation with its Imaging & Optics business, and is uniquely positioned within the camera phone market with its vast, innovative portfolio of technologies and products,” said Roohparvar. “I look forward to working with the team to further expand Tessera’s Imaging & Optics offerings and market reach.”

Roohparvar joins Tessera from Flextronics, which he joined in 2006 as president of FlexPower and president and CEO of Vista Point Technology. Under his leadership, these subsidiaries grew into billion dollar businesses. Prior to Flextronics, he served as vice president and general manager for Broadcom. He has also held management positions at Fairchild Semiconductor and Xicor.

Roohparvar is an associate professor of Computer Engineering at California State University, East Bay; he has also taught at the University of Nebraska and Iowa State University. He holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, and is the inventor of multiple patents relating to semiconductor technology.

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About Tessera

Tessera Technologies, Inc. invests in, licenses and delivers innovative miniaturization technologies for next-generation electronic devices. The company’s micro-electronics solutions enable smaller, higher-functionality devices through chip-scale, 3D and wafer-level packaging technology, as well as high-density substrate and silent air cooling technology. Tessera’s imaging and optics solutions provide low-cost, high-quality camera functionality in electronic products and include image sensor packaging, wafer-level optics and image enhancement intellectual property. The company also offers customized micro-optic lenses, from diffractive and refractive optical elements to integrated micro-optical subassemblies. Tessera licenses its technologies, as well as delivers products based on these technologies, to promote the development of the supply chain infrastructure. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California. For information call 1.408.321.6000 or go to www.tessera.com.

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