Rambus Appoints Emiko Higashi to Its Board of Directors
June 05 2017 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Industry veteran brings extensive experience in
high-tech investment banking and finance for global semiconductor
companies
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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