Primary Job Title CEO Primary Organization AWS Elemental
Location Portland, Oregon, United States Regions West Coast, Western US Gender Male
Investor Type Individual/Angel Investor Stage Seed
Sam Blackman is CEO and co-founder of Elemental Technologies, Inc., a Portland-based startup company.
Blackman brings extensive management experience and video processing expertise to the Elemental. As leader of Elemental, he has grown Elemental into the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, building innovative
products used by leading video content providers.
Prior to co-founding Elemental in 2006, Sam specified and architected next-generation products as an IC design manager for Pixelworks. Prior to joining Pixelworks in 2000, Sam held engineering positions at Silicon Graphics and Intel Corporation. Due to a growing reputation for deep industry knowledge, Sam has been tapped for presentations and contributions to leading trade and news organizations.