BOARD of directors
CHRIS COOKSON
Chris retired as President of Sony Pictures Technology in 2014 after a career in which he held the positions of: President of Technical Operations and CTO of Warner Bros.; VP/GM Operations and Engineering, CBS Television Network; and Director of Technical Operations, ABC Television Network.
During his career Chris developed the production standards for 4k UHD and HD TV; managed technical operations for the productions of Super Bowl, Olympics, World Series, and US political conventions; and collaborated with Sony on the development of the F55 camera - the first digital motion picture camera incorporating a global shutter, setting the foundation for bringing 35mm film quality to digital motion picture media.
Chris has 5 Emmys for achievements related to cameras, displays, and content formats, including a Lifetime Emmy for his contributions to motion picture technologies.
Chris holds the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and the Master in Business Administration from Arizona State University.
MIKE PHILLIPS
Mike Phillips retired as a senior partner with Morrison Foerster in 2017, and currently works with early-stage companies in their formation, financing, strategic alliances and M&A. He temporarily left Morrison Foerster in 1998 to join the merger of JDS and Uniphase as VP Business Development - a merger he managed for Uniphase. The merger with JDS grew into the largest manufacturer of optical communications products, in part through over $65B in acquisitions for which Mike was responsible.
His legal client portfolio focused on semiconductor, computing and networking software technology companies, including Novellus, BEA Systems, Komag, Micrel Semi, Pericom Semi, Informatica and Cylink.
Mike holds the Juris Doctor from the University of California at Berkeley, and the Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University
RICK WARREN
Rick retired as a VP in the Systems and Technologies Division of IBM, where he managed acquisitions including Sequent Computers and led international software licensing. Rick’s IBM career began as an engineer, manager and director in the Network Hardware and Personal Computer divisions. Rick became a VP in the Systems and Technologies Division in 1997, managing IBM’s acquisitions in communications semiconductors (CommQuest) and multiprocessing computing systems (Sequent) before leading the company’s international programs in software alliances and server/storage.
Rick is one of the founders of the Oregon Innovation Council, a state-funded set of programs focused on job creation through technology innovation.
Rick holds the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University and the Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Industrial Technology from the State University of New York at Binghamton.