New Pres & CEO @ TMTA:
Transmeta Corp. (TMTA) named Lester M. Crudele as president and chief executive, replacing Arthur L. Swift on Feb. 1.
The company said Crudele will also continue to serve on the board, a position he has held since June 2005.
The Santa Clara, Calif., technology company said Crudele most recently served as chief operating officer of Quickfilter Technologies, a privately held fabless semiconductor company.
Lester M. Crudele
Director
Lester M. Crudele joined Transmeta's board of directors in June 2005.
Les began his career at Motorola, where he was chief architect for several Motorola MC 68000-series microprocessors and served in a variety of management positions, most recently returning to Motorola in 1990 and serving as vice president and general manager of its RISC Microprocessor Division from 1991 to 1997. He also has senior management experience at several computer systems companies, including Compaq, where he served as vice president and general manager of Compaq's Workstation Products Division from 1997 to 1999. From 1999 to 2000, he served on the board of directors and as a management consultant for Quantum Effect Devices until QED was acquired by PMC-Sierra in 2000. Most recently, from 2000 to 2004, he served on the board of directors of Banderacom, a privately held InfiniBand semiconductor company, for which he also served as president and CEO from 2000 to 2002. In addition, he has served on boards of directors for several privately held companies and industry groups.
