Alain Simon Rossmann (born 1956[1]) is a French entrepreneur who was a member of the early Apple Macintosh team and who went on to found or co-found nine startups, of which three went public (Radius,[2] C-Cube Microsystems,[3] Unwired Planet[4]), three were acquired (EO by AT&T,[5] Vudu by Walmart,[6] PSS Systems by IBM[7]), and two were dissolved (Zonbu,[8] Klip[9]).
He completed an MS in civil engineering at École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées[11] in 1981 and an MBA from Stanford University in 1983.
[17] He was vice-president of operations of C-Cube Microsystems, a leading developer of MPEG integrated circuits, from 1989 to 1992.
[4][21] After Unwired Planet, he was founder and CEO then chairman of PSS Systems, an information lifecycle governance company, from June 2001 to October 2010.
[22] Next Rossmann was founder and chairman of Zonbu, subscription-based personal computer maker, from April 2006 to December 2007.