InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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Eric Cohen:
PositionExecutive VP

Tenure4.75yrs

Age64

Compensation (per year)US$1.48m

Company Ownership0.15 %$ 2.8m 44.2k shares


Profile

Mr. Eric Cohen serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at InterDigital, Inc. since 2021 and also served as Chief Development Officer of InterDigital, Inc. since April 23, 2018 until 2021. In his new role at InterDigital, Mr. Cohen leads a combined business strategy and corporate development organization. In addition to leading acquisitions, strategic investments and the strategic growth roadmap for InterDigital, Mr. Cohen will also work to identify and develop industry relationships that will enable the company to continue to lead in existing technologies and to expand into new areas within the mobile ecosystem. He served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Dolby Laboratories Inc. since May 2008 until September 2015. Mr. Cohen oversees corporate development, mergers and acquisitions activities and corporate strategy. He joined Cowen and Company, LLC in 1998 and served as its Managing Director and Head of Digital Media, Internet and New Media Business. He worked for 30 years in investment banking, where he gained diverse experience advising clients in strategic transactions and financings across a broad range of industries. He founded digital media practice at Cowen and Company, LLC since 2001 and served as its Senior Member of the Technology Investment Banking Team. Prior to joining Cowen, Mr. Cohen served as a Managing Director of Volpe Brown Whelan & Co., where he specialized in financing emerging growth companies in the health care and high technology industries. He served as a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan, where he helped to found the West Coast Investment Banking practice. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, he served as a Director in High Yield Investment Banking for Credit Suisse First Boston in New York, where he was responsible for both financial sponsor coverage and origination of high yield transactions. He served as the Chairman of Board of Directors of Via Licensing Corporation. He has been a Director of DTS Inc. since July 1, 2016. He had been a Non-Executive Director at 7Digital Group PLC since June 09, 2014 until June 26, 2019 and served as its Senior Independent Non-Executive Director until June 26, 2019. Mr. Cohen holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a BS degree from Brown University.