Rick Rasmussen

A lifelong Silicon Valley native, Rick is the Founder and Principal of Rasmussen Consulting Group, providing high-level marketing and management consulting services to small and mid-cap companies centered on digital video semiconductor technology supplemented by expertise in telephony infrastructure, internet services and digital media. He served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Institutional Venture Partners, Interim CEO for @Road, President and CEO for BuzMe.com and currently serves as a Director of CritterPix, an animated feature film startup in Marin County, CA. Rick’s professional experience includes five years at C-Cube Microsystems (LSI) as VP Marketing and GM where he helped drive the digital video revolution in consumer, computer and communications markets. Prior he spent nine years at LSI Logic where he spearheaded new development of RISC microprocessors, DSP and standard cell product lines culminating as the GM of the MIPS Microprocessor Division.