Bernard J. “Barney” Cassidy has been named senior vice president and general counsel of miniaturization technology provider Tessera Technologies Inc., based in San Jose, Calif. He previously worked at Redwood City, Calif.-based Tumbleweed Communications Corp. as senior vice president and general counsel.

Bernard J. “Barney” Cassidy has been named senior vice president and general counsel of miniaturization technology provider Tessera Technologies Inc., based in San Jose, Calif. He previously worked at Redwood City, Calif.-based Tumbleweed Communications Corp. as senior vice president and general counsel.