MANAGEMENT
Rick Bottomley
Rick Bottomley joins AWR with over 20 years of experience across all facets of financial management in the high-tech industry. Prior to AWR, Rick was the CFO for physical design EDA software tool developer Silicon Design Systems, Inc., and Gilo Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on investments in early stage companies.
He also served as CFO for New Silicon Value, Inc., a full custom ASIC developer and tool designer. Prior to that, he was vice president of finance for Zen Research, PLC, a chip designer utilizing multibeam technology, where he was instrumental in Zen’s successful London IPO in July 2000.
Rick began his career with Ernst & Young, LLP, where he worked for many years overseeing the corporate audits and IPOs of high-growth technology companies.
Rick holds a BS degree in Accounting and Business Information Systems from California State University, Stanislaus, and is a certified public accountant (CPA).
Rick Bottomley
Chief Financial Officer