Management Team
Samuel Blackman
| CEO, Chairman and Co-founder Sam brings extensive management experience and video processing expertise to the Elemental team as chief executive officer. In a few short years, Sam has grown Elemental into the leading provider of GPU-accelerated video processing solutions, building innovative products used by leading video content providers. Prior to co-founding Elemental in 2006, Sam specified and architected next-generation products as an IC design manager for Pixelworks. Prior to joining Pixelworks in 2000, Sam held engineering positions at Silicon Graphics and Intel Corporation. Due to a growing reputation for deep industry knowledge, Sam has been tapped for presentations and contributions to leading trade and news organizations. Sam holds an M.B.A from University of Oregon, an M.S.E.E. from University of California at Berkeley and a B.S.E.E. from Brown University in Providence, RI. While he’s not as active as before Elemental and two toddlers, Sam is an avid Ultimate Frisbee player and passionate about protecting Oregon’s environment. For his work on this issue he has been recognized by the Oregon League of Conservation Voters as the 2006 Volunteer of the Year, and by 1000 Friends of Oregon as one of “35 Innovators Under 35.” |
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Jesse Rosenzweig
| CTO and Co-founder Jesse brings a deep background in video systems and software to Elemental. Jesse joined Pixelworks as a software applications engineer in 1999 and played a critical role in bringing numerous complex customer designs into production. He was a core architect for the clean-slate development of Pixelworks' next-generation System Development Kit (SDK), the real-time operating system that powers all Pixelworks ImageProcessor ICs. Jesse managed and contributed to many successful products at Pixelworks, including the digital television SDK that drives all Pixelworks-based digital televisions today. Prior to Pixelworks, Jesse held software engineering positions at Qualcomm and Ericsson. Jesse holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Jesse enjoys spending his free time exploring rivers and mountains and is at home in the elements. |
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Brian Lewis
| Chief Architect and Co-founder Brian has 13 years of experience with complex real-time software development, spanning the entire development cycle from requirements capture through deployment and support. Brian brings his obsession with video to compression to Elemental, though other areas of Brian’s particular expertise are image processing and real-time control systems. As director of software engineering at Pixelworks, prior to Elemental, Brian led development of a next-generation Software Development Kit (SDK) for ImageProcessor ICs. Before this Brian worked as an engineer and team leader at Rockwell Collins developing navigation, guidance and sensor control software for military transport aircraft. Brian earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. Left to his own devices Brian would probably think about video compression in his spare time too, but for the sake of balance he goes hiking once in a while. |
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Daniel Marshall
| VP of Sales Dan brings more than 25 years experience building and driving sales in the enterprise storage, media and broadcast markets to his role at Elemental. As Vice President of Sales, Dan develops and directs the company's worldwide sales strategy and is responsible for a global sales team. Prior to joining Elemental, Dan managed sales, marketing and service divisions at companies working directly with enterprise IT organizations in the broadcast, storage, and SAAS markets. In his most recent role as head of sales at Omneon Inc., Dan helped the company establish a global footprint and achieve profitability two years ahead of schedule. Prior to his work at Omneon, Dan held executive sales positions at MTI Corporation and Mylex Corporation. He also co-founded and served in an executive role at Storageway. He is on the board of directors of Multimek, Inc. and holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Economics from San Jose State University. Dan is also an accomplished guitarist, a passion he continues to pursue in his free time. |
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