Rob Tobias

Independent Director at Datavault AI, Inc.

Overview

Rob Tobias serves as an Independent Director at Datavault AI, Inc.[1][3] Tobias has spent a career driving international business growth for startups, public companies and standards development organizations in consumer electronics markets including semiconductors, software, and hardware, with particular expertise in China and Asia business development.[2] Tobias currently serves as Chairperson, CEO and President of HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc.[4] Previous roles include President of MHL, LLC[5] and Senior Director of Strategic and Product Marketing and Business Development at Silicon Image.[6] Tobias holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis[12] and an MBA in Business from Santa Clara University,[11] along with a Corporate Governance Certificate from UCLA Anderson School of Management.[13]

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

I’ve spent my career driving international business growth for startups, public companies and SDOs in the highly competitive and constantly evolving consumer electronics markets (semiconductors, software, hardware, etc.). I specialize in shrewd business management and bold growth strategies with particular expertise doing business in China/Asia, where I’ve established foreign licensing entities and have developed an in-depth understanding of how to build businesses and grow market share within the intricacies of their government, regulatory channels, antitrust authorities, supply chain, tari…

Career history

  1. Independent DirectorFeb 2020 to presentDatavault AI, Inc.
  2. Chairperson, CEO & PresidentSep 2015 to presentHDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc. (HDMI LA)
  3. PresidentJun 2014 to Sep 2015MHL, LLC
  4. Senior Director of Strategic/Product Marketing & Business DevelopmentJun 2005 to Jun 2014Silicon Image
  5. Director IP MarketingJun 2005 to Sep 2005Silicon Image
  6. Senior Director Of MarketingMay 2002 to Jan 2005Mirra
  7. Senior Vice President – Web, Marketing, Circulation, Art & Production2001 to 2002Fawcette Technical Publishing
  8. VP Marketing & Product Management1999 to 2001BuzMe, Inc.

Education

  1. BSEE, Electrical EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaDavis
  2. Corporate Governance CertificateUCLA Anderson School of Management

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