Peter Gotcher

Peter C.
Gotcher was the founder of Digidesign, Inc., founded in 1984, where the title held was Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer in 1995.
Mr. Gotcher was the founder of Topspin Media, Inc., founded in 2007, where the title held was Chairman from 2008 to 2009.
Current jobs include Executive Chairman at Halo Neuro, Inc. since 2018; Chairman at Dolby Laboratories, Inc. since 2011; Director at Trion Worlds, Inc. since 2012; Director at Jaunt, Inc. (California); Trustee at Berklee College of Music; and Trustee at Santa Clara University.
Former jobs include Director at Extended Systems, Inc., iGo Corp, Avnera Corp., ZING Systems, Inc., Dash Navigation, Inc., Myplay, Inc., Pacific Microsonics, Inc., Onebox.com, Inc., MusicMatch, Inc., and Line 6, Inc.; Independent Director at Pandora Media LLC from 2011 to 2017; Independent Director at GoPro, Inc. from 2015 to 2025; Venture Partner at Institutional Venture Partners from 1997 to 1999; Venture Partner at Redpoint Ventures from 1999 to 2003; and Executive VP & General Manager-Digidesign at Avid Technology, Inc. from 1995 to 1996.
Education includes undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, conferred in 1981.