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TOTAL RATINGS: 1121

CEO: Kevin Yeaman

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Robert Borchers — Former Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer at Dolby Laboratories

Executive Bio

Mr. Robert Borchers, also known as Bob, is a Venture Advisor at Relay Ventures. Mr. Borchers served as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. since January 2014 until December 18, 2017. He served as a General Partner of Opus Capital. He is a mobile and consumer marketing veteran with more than 20 years operating experience. He has a rich background in bringing compelling products and services to consumers in new and innovative ways. At Opus, he focuses on early stage investments in mobile applications and services as well as adjacent opportunities in both hardware and software. He serves as General Partner of Opus Capital Ventures VI, L.P. He served as the Vice President of Marketing of FusionOne, Inc. Mr. Borchers served as the Senior Director of Worldwide Product Marketing for the iPhone of Apple Inc. As part of the original iPhone team, he was instrumental in the development, launch and global expansion of the revolutionary iPhone, iPhone OS, App Store. While at Apple, he also led the Nike+iPod partnership, expanded the iPod accessory ecosystem and forged relationships with every major auto company to provide iPod integration. He served six years at Nokia Corporation where he co-founded and served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the Vertu business unit. Before his career in the mobile industry, he worked for Nike, Inc., where he led efforts in product and service personalization. He began his career doing research and development in prosthetics. He served as a Director of Payfone, Inc. He serves on the Board of Directors at Bank of the West and the Hertz Foundation. He served as a Director of Sequent Software, Inc and Jivox Corporation. He has more than 30 patents granted or pending and has won awards from the Industrial Designers Society of America. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and an SM degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Borchers holds a Masters Degree from a joint program between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Medical School in Health Sciences and Technology.

Former Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer Impact on Marketing Department's Culture

Robert Borchers holds the highest position within the Marketing department at Dolby Laboratories — Former Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer, and therefore has influence on the culture of the Marketing department. The average employee described daily life within the Marketing department as a Comfortably fast paced and challenging 10 hour day, stating that they are happy with their work life balance. Employees within Dolby Laboratories' Marketing department are not invested in Dolby Laboratories' goals, and feel as though there is not space for career growth.

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Executive Team Culture Ratings from Dolby Laboratories Employees

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45%

Dolby Laboratories' Executive Team scores in the Bottom 45%
of similar sized companies on Comparably

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Do you approve of the job your executive team is doing at your company?

45% Yes

Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?

Department - HR 93/100

Ethnicity - Other 82/100

Ethnicity - Asian or Pacific Islander 70/100

Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?

Tenure - 5 to 10 Years 34/100

Department - Marketing 37/100

Department - Engineering 42/100

Dolby Laboratories' Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 59 ratings, Dolby Laboratories' employees are less satisfied with their Executive Team and give them a “C” or 63/100. On average, Women provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Men. Also, the HR department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Marketing department.

Dolby Laboratories' Executive Team ranks in the Bottom 35% of other companies in San Francisco and Bottom 45% of other companies on Comparably that also have 1,001-5,000 Employees.

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