Kit Rodgers — Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Technology Partnerships at Rambus

Mr. Kit Rodgers has been Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Technology Partnerships at Rambus Inc. since November 11, 2015. Mr. Rodgers served as Senior Vice President of Licensing and Technology Partnerships at Cryptography Research, Inc. until November 11, 2015. He serves as Senior Vice President of Licensing and Technology Partnerships at Rambus Inc. He is responsible for building and growing the Rambus technology licensing business and customer-focused IP strategies. He served as Vice President of Business Development and Licensing at Cryptography Research, Inc. He was responsible for Cryptography Research Inc.'s business development and licensing activities. With an entrepreneurial background in building teams and businesses, his experiences include business development, technology licensing, operations, finance and corporate strategy. He joined Cryptography Research in 2003. Before joining Cryptography Research Inc. he served as Vice President of Operations at Acumen Sciences and also held positions at 12 Entrepreneuring, Scient, Real World Solutions and Stanford University. He holds B.S. and M.S. engineering degrees from Stanford University, where he is a Mayfield Entrepreneurship Fellow.