Rahul Sood

Current

• CTO, HP Global Gaming / VBU at Hewlett-Packard
• Contributing Columnist at Sandhills Publishing
• Contributing Columnist at Custom PC Magazine

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Past

• Founder & President at Voodoo PC

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Hardware

Websites

• My Blog
• VoodooPC
• HP Blackbird

Rahul Sood’s Summary

I am the Chief Technology Officer of the HP Voodoo Business Unit (VBU), a new business under the HP emerging businesses group. In this role, I oversee the technical strategy and product vision for the business unit’s products, including the Voodoo Omen and Envy product lines, the award-winning HP Blackbird 002 and other products with the Voodoo DNA ingredient brand.

As I sit on the R&D council I am also responsible for identifying intellectual property from HP and our partners for use in consumer gaming and high-performance devices.

I joined HP in November 2006 after HP acquired the company I founded in 1991, luxury and gaming computer manufacturer VoodooPC.

As founder and CTO of VoodooPC, I helped introduced fanless PC technology to the industry and we were the first to bring liquid cooling and active liquid chilling to the high-performance market segment. These innovations helped VoodooPC’s Omen desktop earn the coveted Ziff Davis Editors’ Choice award in the Ultimate Gaming Machine competition for five years running.

Since joining HP, I played a leadership role in the architecture of HP Blackbird 002, the VBU’s flagship product. Thanks to the team contributions Blackbird won over 10 Editors’ Choice Awards, including the highest-ever rating given to a desktop PC from CNET and a five out of five rating from PC Magazine.

I also write regular technology columns for CPU Magazine and Custom PC - and my blog at www.rahulsood.com contains an archive of most of my writings.

On a personal note, one of my personal aspirations is to use technology to improve healthcare through technology. I would also like to assist in the development of technology-based toys that help children with autism discover new ways to communicate.

Though Voodoo is my baby - and it's the brand I love and will continue to burn the flame, I have been involved in other successful start-ups besides Voodoo. I am a serial entrepreneur to the core.

Rahul Sood’s Specialties:

branding and identity, gaming, pr, sales, hardware design, computer design, technology design, strategy design and implementation, communication, public speaking, business development, ar, business building, startups

Rahul Sood’s Experience

• CTO, HP Global Gaming / VBU

  Hewlett-Packard

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2006 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  On September 28th 2006 HP announced that they made a definitive agreement to acquire VoodooPC, the company I founded in 1991. This symbiotic relationship will allow us to innovate on a completely different level.
  
  I also write for CPU Magazine and Custom PC Magazine and I keep a blog of all my industry articles at www.rahulsood.com.

• Contributing Columnist

  Sandhills Publishing

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  April 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  I have been writing articles for Computer Power User, the industries foremost technology magazine, since 2006.

• Contributing Columnist

  Custom PC Magazine

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  March 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)

  Custom PC is the best enthusiast magazine in the world. Based out of the U.K, Custom PC features the most intense photography, and most in depth / killer reviews of PC hardware. This is the Robb Report of PC Magazines, and I fell in love instantly and started writing for them the minute they offered me the position.

• Founder & President

  Voodoo PC

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  January 1991 — September 2006 (15 years 9 months)

  Founded in 1991, thanks to an incredible team we built one of the leading high end personal computer brands in the world. In September of 2006 Hewlett-Packard made an agreement to acquire Voodoo, and we then created a business unit within HP known as the Voodoo Business Unit.

Additional Information

Rahul Sood’s Websites:

• My Blog
• VoodooPC
• HP Blackbird

Rahul Sood’s Interests:

Cycling, Diving, Computer Design, Video Games, Fast Cars, UFC, Saltwater Fish, Photography, Motorcycles, VoodooPC, Watches, Healthcare & Technology, Movies, Road Racing

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