Voodoo PC Founder Rahul Sood Calls it Quits
Voodoo PC Founder Rahul Sood Calls it Quits
Posted 11/16/2010 at 7:06am
| by Paul Lilly
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Back before bulk OEMs made a made dash to scoop up boutique builders of high end gaming PCs, Voodoo PC stood as one of the elite. Rahul Sood, the man responsible for Voodoo PC, stayed on board when Hewlett-Packard acquired the company in 2006 and served as CTO of Global Gaming for HP. The ride is finally over.
"It is with mixed emotions that I have decided to resign from my position as the CTO of Global Gaming for Hewlett-Packard, my last day will be December 1, 2010," Rahul Sood digitally penned in what he describes as the most difficult letter he's ever written. "I've struggled with this decision for many months. I have effectively been employed with one job for 20+ years (Voodoo+HP) so it is the most difficult move that I have ever made in my life."
Sood, who has the Voodoo logo tattooed on his leg, didn't say why he's choosing to step down, instead heaping on the praise to those "who had a direct impact" on him over the years, including shout-outs to several Maximum PC stalwarts, including Jon Philips and rant-master Gordon Mah Ung.
"Voodoo was once a small company out of Calgary Canada, a city known for its oil and gas and certainly not for technology," Sood said. "I remember our first blockbuster review in Maximum PC; we were awarded a Perfect 10 'Kick-Ass.'"
So do we (page 76).
Going forward, it's anyone's guess what Sood will get his hands into next, who said only that he "can't wait to be directly involved in a product pipeline again."
Read the entire letter here.
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canal guy
November 27, 2010 at 11:21am
The thing you need to understand is that HP is a very disorganized company right now. 10 years ago they were about quality and integrity. Then this switched to innovation and brand name recognition. 5 years ago they threw this out the window and decided to leverage their brand name. Buying Voodoo was a perfect example of this new vision for the company.
sniggler
November 17, 2010 at 3:24pm
It's no news that HP has been trashing the Voodoo label since they acquired them awhile back...
The HP Envy PC's are just absolute and utter garbage. Pretty rip-offs of the macbook air, with shitty integrated graphics and dual-core processors sporting a $3,000 price-tag.
It's like making a Ferrari and putting a standard 2.4 litre engine in it, and selling it for $100,000 because 'it's a ferrari'.
Way to kill a legendary brand HP
carage
November 16, 2010 at 5:10pm
This really isn't that surprising.
Apparently, HP has no idea what to do with the gaming and ultra-high-end markets.
Jelson
November 16, 2010 at 1:27pm
the voodoo omen will always be (in my opinion) one of thee most stylish desktops pc's ever made.
http://elitechoice.org/2008/06/10/elite-find-of-the-day-6500-20000-voodoo-omen-gaming-desktop/
JonPhillips
November 16, 2010 at 10:05am
We run the article on Voodoo's origami master, the man behind Rahul's insane wiring jobs.
OliverSudden
November 16, 2010 at 8:02am
<cough>Falcon Northwest<cough>better<cough>
I think I'm coming down with something.
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