Computer Industry Pioneers Jack E. Shemer, Arthur J. Collmeyer and Robert V. Adams elected to INCEP Technologies Board of Directors
Computer industry pioneers Jack E. Shemer, Arthur J. Collmeyer, and Robert V. Adams have been elected to the board of directors for INCEP Technologies, a new venture-backed company focused on addressing significant issues associated with high-performance semiconductor devices.
Jack E. Shemer
Jack E. Shemer, co-founder of INCEP Technologies, was elected the company’s Chairman of the Board. Dr. Shemer founded Teradata Corporation, a relational database computer company. During his time with Teradata he served as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and Vice-Chairman when Teradata was acquired by AT&T and later merged into NCR Corporation. Previously, Dr. Shemer was Vice-President of Systems Engineering for Citicorp’s Transactions Technology Inc., co-founded Xerox’s Advanced Development Laboratory (of the Palo Alto Research Center), and was section manager at Scientific Data Systems. Dr. Shemer currently serves as a trustee for the Charles Babbage Foundation, which is dedicated to capturing and preserving the history of information processing, and is President of the Shemer Foundation, a private, non-profit charitable entity.
Arthur J. Collmeyer
Arthur J. Collmeyer, investor and member of the INCEP Board of Directors, has 36 years of electronics industry experience with Motorola, Xerox, CALMA, Weitek, and most recently with a start-up and now public company – Hi/fn (Nasdaq: HIFN). As a consultant, Dr. Collmeyer helped two start-ups, STAC and Fractal Design, grow to become public companies and in 1981 co-founded Weitek, the first company to implement the “fabless” semiconductor business model. He has served as Vice President of Engineering and Executive Vice President of the Microelectronics division of CALMA, a manufacturer of turn-key CAD systems for semiconductor manufacturers. Dr. Collmeyer is currently CEO of iWatt, a company focused on developing power supply and voltage regulation technology with high operating efficiencies.
Robert V. Adams
Robert V. Adams, investor and member of the INCEP Board of Directors, currently serves as Chairman of Documentum and on the boards of Tekelec, Encad, and Peerless Systems. At Xerox Technology Ventures (XTV), Adams was responsible for venture capital activity on their behalf. With a fund of $30 million he formed startup companies that eventually returned $300M to Xerox. In 1975, he took over the management of Printing Systems, a division of Xerox Systems Group (XSG) and later became the Group Vice President where he led the introduction of a number of new office products from Xerox PARC, including workstations and heterogeneous networks. He also sponsored an ambitious project to develop a high-speed digital copier, which together with laser printing, is now the mainstay of Xerox revenue.