PENELOPE HERSCHER

Corporate Board Profile

Tech Score: 50/100

Software Technology Evidence

1 mention(s) identify PENELOPE HERSCHER as having software/technology expertise.

Company	Filing Date	Evidence	Reason
RAMBUS INC	2018-03-09	Ms. Herscher has served as a director since July 2006. She served as president and chief executive officer of FirstRain, Inc., a custom-configured, on-demand intelligence services firm, from 2004 to 2015, and as Executive Chairman until its acquisition in August 2017. Previously, Ms. Herscher served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Cadence Design Systems from 2002 to 2003, and executive vice president and general manager, Design and Verification Business during the second half of 2003. From 1996 to 2002, Ms. Herscher was president and chief executive officer of Simplex Solutions, which was acquired by Cadence in 2002. Before Simplex, she was an executive at Synopsys for eight years and started her career as an R&D engineer with Texas Instruments. Ms. Herscher serves on the boards of Faurecia SA, Lumentum Holdings LLC, PROS Holdings, Inc., and Verint Systems Inc. She has also served on the board of Savonix and JDS Uniphase Corporation, which split into two companies Lumentum Holdings and Viavi Solutions and several non-profit institutions. She holds a B.A. with honors, M.A. in Mathematics from Cambridge University in England.	Ms. Herscher has a M.A. in Mathematics from Cambridge University and started her career as an R&D engineer with Texas Instruments, indicating a strong technical background relevant to software and programming.

RAMBUS INC

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2013-03-15	She holds a M.A. with honors in Mathematics from Cambridge University in England. Ms. Herscher previously held executive roles and started as an R&D engineer with Texas Instruments.
2018-03-09	Ms. Herscher has served as a director since July 2006. She served as president and chief executive officer of FirstRain, Inc., a custom-configured, on-demand intelligence services firm, from 2004 to 2015, and as Executive Chairman until its acquisition in August 2017. Previously, Ms. Herscher served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Cadence Design Systems from 2002 to 2003, and executive vice president and general manager, Design and Verification Business during the second half of 2003. From 1996 to 2002, Ms. Herscher was president and chief executive officer of Simplex Solutions, which was acquired by Cadence in 2002. Before Simplex, she was an executive at Synopsys for eight years and started her career as an R&D engineer with Texas Instruments. Ms. Herscher serves on the boards of Faurecia SA, Lumentum Holdings LLC, PROS Holdings, Inc., and Verint Systems Inc. She has also served on the board of Savonix and JDS Uniphase Corporation, which split into two companies Lumentum Holdings and Viavi Solutions and several non-profit institutions. She holds a B.A. with honors, M.A. in Mathematics from Cambridge University in England.

Filing Date

Source Excerpt

2013-03-15

She holds a M.A. with honors in Mathematics from Cambridge University in England. Ms. Herscher previously held executive roles and started as an R&D engineer with Texas Instruments.

2018-03-09

Ms. Herscher has served as a director since July 2006. She served as president and chief executive officer of FirstRain, Inc., a custom-configured, on-demand intelligence services firm, from 2004 to 2015, and as Executive Chairman until its acquisition in August 2017. Previously, Ms. Herscher served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Cadence Design Systems from 2002 to 2003, and executive vice president and general manager, Design and Verification Business during the second half of 2003. From 1996 to 2002, Ms. Herscher was president and chief executive officer of Simplex Solutions, which was acquired by Cadence in 2002. Before Simplex, she was an executive at Synopsys for eight years and started her career as an R&D engineer with Texas Instruments. Ms. Herscher serves on the boards of Faurecia SA, Lumentum Holdings LLC, PROS Holdings, Inc., and Verint Systems Inc. She has also served on the board of Savonix and JDS Uniphase Corporation, which split into two companies Lumentum Holdings and Viavi Solutions and several non-profit institutions. She holds a B.A. with honors, M.A. in Mathematics from Cambridge University in England.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-10-11