Bob Gove is Aptina Imaging's President and Chief Technology Officer and has has been working in semiconductors and related businesses since 1976.
Bob previously led Micron Technology's imaging business unit, which produced CMOS image sensors for a wide range of applications. Prior to the formation of Micron's Imaging Group in 2001, he was general manager of Micron's NetCom San Jose Design Center, developing embedded DRAM technologies. Before he joined Micron, Bob served as Vice President of Engineering at Equator Technologies, and Vice President of Engineering at Compression Labs, Inc. He began his career at Texas Instruments, Inc., where he held  positions developing CCD, DSP, and DLP technologies and products.

Bob earned a BSEE from the University of Washington, and he earned both an MS degree and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering/computer science from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He holds more than 100 U.S. patents and has been published in 45 technical journals.