CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
11 October 2005
Company News
Prominent Sutter Hill Ventures Managing Director Jim White Joins Right Hemisphere Board of Directors
Right Hemisphere® announced that Sutter Hill Ventures Managing Partner Jim White has joined its board of directors. White has an enterprise application investment focus and a successful operational track record in graphics technology, making him an ideal contributor to the Right Hemisphere board.
"Jim understands the value of graphics hardware and software, and how that value can be extended throughout the enterprise with a PGM solution like ours in the IT infrastructure," said Michael Lynch, CEO of Right Hemisphere. "He's already an invaluable strategic partner to me and the other members of the executive team. We welcome his assistance as we build this company into a market leader that stands the test of time."
"Right Hemisphere has exceptional people, a considerable market opportunity, and unique technology that enables non-design engineers to use graphic data," White said. "All large manufacturing and industrial companies design their products in 3D, leveraging one of many existing CAD applications. This data can serve as the perfect foundation to fulfill all of an enterprise's downstream product graphics needs. Right Hemisphere software helps companies harvest their CAD data, in an integrated, automated, and managed process. So departments across the enterprise can get a head start on creating support materials, such as product documentation, even before the physical prototypes themselves may exist. This is truly revolutionary. Any time you can automate manual processes, reduce costs and create a leaner manufacturing environment, you have a winner on your hands."
White joined Sutter Hill Ventures in 2000 from Macromedia Inc. In his four years with Macromedia he held the position of vice president of marketing and then general manager of the Interactive Learning Division, which was sold to IBM. Prior to Macromedia, Jim was a vice president of marketing for Silicon Graphics, Inc (SGI). In his eight years at SGI he helped to start and build the company's $1.5 billion 3D graphics workstation business. White began his career with HP in its PC division and was part of the core team that created the Vectra Product line, spending time in engineering, sales, and product marketing. He holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University and a master's in business administration from Harvard University.
Right Hemisphere's board of directors also includes Bob Cohn, chairman of the board and a former Sequoia Capital partner and Octel CEO; Scott Gilmour, a successful technology industry executive and investor who previously served as general manager of Intel New Zealand; and Michael Lynch, CEO of Right Hemisphere.
Sutter Hill Ventures is a venture capital firm that finances technology-based start-up and early-stage companies pioneering products or services in growth markets, especially those in information technology and health care. Founded in 1964, it is one of Silicon Valley's original venture capital firms. Companies backed by Sutter Hill include: Netapp, Legato, Quantum, Storage Tek, Tellabs, Alteon, Linear Technology, NVIDIA, BroadVision, Vitria, Molecular Devices, Cor Therapeutics, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Omnicell, and eLoyalty. ( http://www.shv.com/index.html )
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