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Clent Richardson became Immersion’s president, CEO, and member of the board of directors in April 2008. Prior to Immersion, Richardson held top-level executive management positions within leading companies serving the consumer electronics, gaming, hardware, software, technology, and wireless communications industries. He has over 25 years experience that includes leading several successful transformations of company brand communication and engagement strategies; aligning and leading large worldwide teams to higher performance; and creating, developing, and growing global developer relations programs to increase both software and hardware adoption. Prior to Immersion, he was chief marketing officer of TiVo, and earlier, of Nortel Networks. Previously, he was chief sales and marketing officer and member of the board of directors of T-Mobile U.K. During his more than five years with Apple, he reported to the co-founder and CEO as vice president of worldwide developer relations and worldwide solutions marketing, and earlier, as senior manager of evangelism. Before Apple, at GTE (now part of Verizon), Richardson advanced through sales and management positions over a five year tenure that included P&L responsibility for all major wireless accounts in California. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Antioch University. | 