Rick Hegberg
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Worldwide Sales

Hegberg has been in the semiconductor industry for more than 25 years and comes to Numonyx from AMD, where he's been the senior VP of worldwide sales for the past year.

Hegberg joined AMD from ATI Technologies, where he was senior VP of worldwide sales from 2003 to 2006. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and began his semiconductor career as a sales manager for Motorola. Since then Hegberg has held a variety of roles in companies such as Electronic Designs Inc., which he founded; VLSI Technologies, where he was vice president and general manager; and Lucent Technologies Microelectronics, where he was also VP of worldwide sales. In addition, Hegberg was the CEO of a start-up company called NetOctave, which he successfully sold in 2003. Hegberg has two daughters and enjoys golf, tennis, and running.