Ambarella Announces Passing of Casey Eichler, CFO
Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA) announced the passing of its CFO, Casey Eichler, on March 19, 2022, after a long illness. He joined Ambarella in 2018, helping to transition the company towards AI and computer vision. Eichler was noted for his positive demeanor and dedication, inspiring colleagues until his final days. Fermi Wang, CEO, expressed condolences to Eichler’s family, highlighting his impact on both the company and its finance team. Eichler leaves behind his wife and three children. Ambarella specializes in low-power systems-on-chip for various applications, including advanced driver assistance systems.
- Casey Eichler played a key role in transitioning Ambarella towards AI and computer vision.
- Eichler was recognized for building a strong finance team within the company.
- The passing of the CFO could lead to potential uncertainty in strategic financial direction.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA), an edge AI semiconductor and software company, regrets to announce that Casey Eichler, CFO, passed away on Saturday, March 19th, following his courageous battle with a long term illness. Casey passed peacefully, surrounded by his family.
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Casey this weekend. Throughout his career, Casey’s outgoing demeanor and positive outlook on life led his approach in business, and along the way he touched many people. During the last year, Casey battled his illness with dignity and courage, never losing his sense of humor and inspiring us all as he continued to work with the Ambarella team. We will miss him greatly, and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family at this difficult time.” -Fermi Wang, President and CEO, Ambarella.
Casey is survived by his wife Kathleen and their three adult children, Erin, Patrick and Maggie.
Casey joined Ambarella as CFO in 2018. He rose to the challenge of transitioning Ambarella into an AI and computer vision company, working closely with the investor community while building a world class finance team.
Prior to Ambarella, Casey had a long and successful career, holding senior finance and management positions at Ultra Clean Holdings, Credence Systems, MarketTools, MIPS Technologies, Visigenic Software, NeXT Software and Microsoft.
About Ambarella
Ambarella’s products are used in a wide variety of human and computer vision applications, including video security, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), electronic mirror, drive recorder, driver/cabin monitoring, autonomous driving and robotics applications. Ambarella’s low-power systems-on-chip (SoCs) offer high-resolution video compression, advanced image processing and powerful deep neural network processing to enable intelligent perception, fusion and central processing systems to extract valuable data from high-resolution video and radar streams. For more information, please visit www.ambarella.com.
Contacts
- Media Contact: Eric Lawson, elawson@ambarella.com, (480) 276-9572
- Investor Contact: Louis Gerhardy, lgerhardy@ambarella.com, (408) 636-2310
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