Corsair Gaming, Inc. announced several senior executive moves, including the promotion of Thi La to President and COO. The strategic changes are effective immediately and are designed to add focus across CORSAIR’s different product groups Thi La joined CORSAIR in 2009 as a Vice President overseeing the memory business and has served as COO since 2013. In her new role, La will oversee CORSAIR’s daily operations, including the manufacturing, marketing, sales, and IT organizations, as well as five product groups: gaming products and streaming groups in the Gamer and Creator Peripherals segment, and PC gaming components, system products and memory groups in the Gaming Components and Systems segment.
As part of the strategic changes, several other executives have been promoted to lead CORSAIR’s main product groups reporting to La.
Bertrand Chevalier, who previously served as Chief Sales Officer, will now oversee the Company’s gaming peripheral product teams and the recently acquired SCUF Gaming operation as EVP of Gaming Products. The newly hired Geoff Lyons, former CEO of liquid cooling provider CooliT Systems, will take on the role of Senior Vice President of PC Gaming Components, overseeing all PC product teams.
As part of the transition, Matthew Hsu, who was previously VP of Research and Development, will take on the role of Senior Vice President of System Products, which includes Corsair Gaming systems, and Origin Systems. Michael Buchanan, previously VP of European Sales, will serve as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Additionally, Julian Fest, who previously served as Vice President and General Manager of Elgato, will head up CORSAIR’s streaming team as Senior Vice President of Streaming Products. La will continue to personally manage the memory product groups.
Thi La, along with all other company functions, including finance, human resources, legal, mergers and acquisitions, and strategy, will continue to report to Andy Paul, who will remain as CEO.
Corsair Gaming Inc. is a provider and innovator of high-performance products for gamers and digital creators such as streamers, vloggers, and broadcasters. The Companyâs personal computer (PC) components products offer its customers multiple options to build their customized gaming and workstation desktop PCs. The Company operates through two segments: Gamer and creator peripherals, and Gaming components and systems. The Gamer and creator peripherals segment include its high-performance gaming keyboards, mice, headsets, controllers, and streaming products, which includes capture cards, stream Decks, microphones, and audio interfaces, facecam streaming cameras, studio accessories and gaming furniture, among others. The Gaming components and systems segment Includes its high-performance power supply units (PSUs), cooling solutions, computer cases, and DRAM modules, as well as high-end prebuilt and custom-built gaming PCs and laptops, and gaming monitors, among others.