Executive VP Engineering, CTO, co-founder, member Board of Directors
dfx
Jan 1995 - Feb 2001 (6 years 2 months)
Founded 3dfx in 1995 with two others. Responsible for all engineering, including chip architecture and implementation, software (drivers, utilities, demos), and board design. Engineering team consisted of ~300 people across 6 international sites. Also led business development efforts resulting in two acquisitions and corporate partnerships with Sega & Intel. After a successful IPO in 1998, 3dfx was later acquired by NVIDIA Corporation.