New CFO Brings More Than 30 Years of Technology Company Financial Expertise

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRA), a leading provider of miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry, announced today Michael Anthofer has been named executive vice president and CFO, effective immediately. Anthofer will report to CEO and President Henry R. "Hank" Nothhaft and be responsible for the company's finance, accounting, strategic planning and investor relations.

"We are delighted Mike has agreed to join the Tessera management team," said Nothhaft. "His wide-ranging experience in fast-growing technology-based companies both public and private, leadership ability, financial acumen, and team-building skills are exactly what Tessera is looking for in a CFO. I have worked with Mike previously and know firsthand, based on his track record, he has the ability to guide our finance team as we continue to grow our worldwide business."

"Tessera is an innovative and exciting company with outstanding IP and technology, and a successful acquisition strategy," stated Anthofer. "I look forward to working with my new team to further expand Tessera's business footprint and help manage and execute its long-term growth strategy."

Anthofer, 56, joins Tessera from Kodiak Networks Inc., a privately held provider of mobile solutions to wireless providers he joined in 2003 as vice president and CFO. Prior to Kodiak, he served as senior vice president and CFO of Smartpipes Inc., a maker of network access control software. Before joining Smartpipes, Inc., in 2001, Anthofer was senior vice president and CFO of Concentric Network Corp., which merged with Nextlink Communications to form XO Communications. Anthofer grew the company from $2 million in annual revenue to over $250 million in five years and was instrumental in taking the company public in August of 1997. Prior to Concentric he served as executive vice president and CFO of Shared Resources Exchange Inc., a digital switching equipment maker. Earlier, he held several vice president level positions at DSC Communications Corporation, a Fortune 1000 corporation.

Anthofer earned an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley and a B.S. in Business Administration from U.C. Berkeley.

Anthofer succeeds Charles A. Webster, who resigned Sept. 19, 2008. John Keating, senior vice president, corporate development, had been serving as interim CFO while the company conducted a search for a new permanent CFO.

About Tessera

Tessera is a leading provider of miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry. The company licenses its innovations, as well as delivers products based on these innovations to promote the development of the supply chain infrastructure, thus enabling manufacturers to get the right product to market, at the right time. Tessera is headquartered in San Jose, California. For information call 1.408.894.0700 or go to www.tessera.com.

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Source: Tessera Technologies, Inc.