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Lester M. Crudele was appointed Transmeta's president and chief executive officer in February 2007. He originally joined Transmeta's board of directors in June 2005.
Les began his career at Motorola, where he was chief architect for several Motorola MC 68000-series microprocessors and served in a variety of management positions, most recently returning to Motorola in 1990 and serving as vice president and general manager of its RISC Microprocessor Division from 1991 to 1997. He also has senior management experience at several computer systems companies, including Compaq, where he served as vice president and general manager of Compaq's Workstation Products Division from 1997 to 1999. From 1999 to 2000, he served on the board of directors and as a management consultant for Quantum Effect Devices until QED was acquired by PMC-Sierra in 2000. Most recently, from 2000 to 2004, he served on the board of directors of Banderacom, a privately held InfiniBand semiconductor company, for which he also served as president and CEO from 2000 to 2002. In addition, he has served on boards of directors for several privately held companies and industry groups. | 