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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based Director operating in the Consumer Electronics space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Suk Lee
Senior Director of Design Infrastructure Management Division of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Suk Lee works as a senior director of design infrastructure management division at TSMC.
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About Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company: TSMC is a semiconductor foundry that offers wafer production processes and unparalleled manufacturing efficiency.
Thomas Quan
Director of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Tom Quan joined TSMC in 2007 as Deputy Director of Design Methodology and Services Marketing. Currently he is the director of Open Innovation Platform Marketing. Prior to joining TSMC, he was the Vice President of Marketing at Applied Wave Research, Inc., and held senior management positions at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. He began his career at Intel Corporation as an IC designer and has decades of chip design, technical/product marketing, strategic planning and business development experience. Tom holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company: TSMC is a semiconductor foundry that offers wafer production processes and unparalleled manufacturing efficiency.
Kotesh Mukkamala
Director of Data and Platforms of Samsung Electronics
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About Kissaan, Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Max Min
Director, Foundry Package and SI/PI Architect of Samsung Electronics
Max Min is a Director from Samsung Foundry in San Jose. He is working on Package and Signal and Power Integrity for 10 years. He was with R&D and Sales and is now with Foundry Marketing. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2004.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Steve Liu
VP, R&D; Chief-Scientist; Co-Director of Samsung Electronics
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About ACM, IEEE, IEEE, IEEE, McGill University, Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, Samsung Electronics, TandemLaunch: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Sarah Peach
Senior Director, Product Management of Samsung Electronics
Prior to joining Samsung, Sarah Peach was Senior Director at Siemens Technology-to-Business in Berkeley, CA. At Siemens Sarah was responsible for turning early-stage innovations from start-ups into viable business opportunities for Siemens’ industrial business units. Her focus included all aspects of industrial product design and manufacturing, factory automation and control, and industrial services. Sarah has worked at the Office of the President, University of California system, and directed business development at two startups. She started her career in Germany at BASF. Sarah holds a Bachelor’s degree from Oxford University (UK) and a Ph.D. from Cornell University, both in physics.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jae Young Shin
Business Director of Samsung Electronics
Jae-Young Shin received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2015 and 2017 from Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea. In 2017, He joined Samsung Electronics as an Engineer, where he works on power integrity(PI) methodology development.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jun Alex Gao
Sr. Director, Head of Digital Health Lab, Samsung Research America of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Siva Boggala
Senior Director, Software Engineering (AR/VR and AI Platforms) of Samsung Electronics
Siva Boggala is a Senior Director for AR/VR software in Samsung Research America. He has 20+ years of experience in mobile technologies. Currently Siva is leading teams in 3D Avatar (AR Emoji), face and body tracking technologies, stereoscopic rendering, 6-DoF/3-DoF head, controller and hand tracking technologies. He led teams across full stack of mobile technologies from boot loaders to UX/UI applications for Samsung’s Android phones/tablets/watches, Windows Mobile phones, Symbian and feature phones. During his 16+ years in Samsung, Siva was involved in the development of 3D Graphics, System Software, Multimedia Technologies, IP Multimedia Subsystem (SIP/SDP/RTP/RTCP/GSMA) and modem protocol stacks. Siva holds a Masters in Computer Science from Andhra University and Bachelors in EE from Osmania University.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Christopher Buchanan
Director, Business Development of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Farshid Fallah
Director of Developer Relations, XR and Gaming of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Pierre Couteau
Senior Director Business Development of Samsung Electronics
Pierre Couteau, Senior Director, Strategic Alliances, Samsung Electronics America. Pierre Couteau is responsible for Samsung Mobile B2B strategic alliances. He focuses on bringing to market innovative solutions based on Samsung portfolio of smartphones, tablets, and wearables integrated with products and services from partners. His key focus has been on Public Safety solutions recently. He is a seasoned business development and marketing executive with over 20 years of experience in high tech companies such as Samsung, Philips, NXP, and 2 start-ups. Over the last 15 years he has focused on the mobile industry, taking to market innovations such as Wireless connectivity, a mobile framework for smartphone applications, and a mobile application for note-taking and collaboration. His specialties are in B2B business development and marketing in the mobile industry. He has generated multi million dollars businesses by partnering with leading carriers, OEMs, and software companies.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Niklas Lyback
Director, Developer Success of Samsung Electronics
Niklas Lyback heads the Developer Success team and manages complementary developer services within the Samsung Developer Program, which are intended to make developers successful. For example, promotion requests and Galaxy Badges services help developers to be featured in the store with banners and outside the store, developers can provide a simple one-click solution for their loyal customers to be sent to the Galaxy Apps or Theme store, as well as can save money and improve their productivity by remote testing their Android APKs with the Cloud Device Farm.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Marvin Storey
Director – Customer Experience and Developer Ecosystem; Multiscreen Services of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Michelle Harper
US Director of Sales for Healthcare, Samsung Business of Samsung Electronics
Michelle Harper is a US Director of Sales for Healthcare, Samsung Business at Samsung Electronics.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Tim Schaaff
Member of the Board of Directors of Sony
Timothy Schaaff joined Sony Corporation of America in 2005 in the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Software Development. In 2007 he was appointed President, Sony Media Software and Services, and in 2010 he assumed the role of President, Sony Network Entertainment. Schaaff is responsible for the development of Sony’s digital services businesses and infrastructure. He has global responsibility for strategy and business development related to network services, alignment of Sony-wide network services activities, and delivery of network services to all relevant Sony product platforms. Prior to joining Sony, Schaaff spent more than 14 years with Apple Computer, where he was responsible for development of a broad range of Apple’s media technologies including 2D- and 3D-graphics, audio and video platforms, print and digital imaging technologies, and real-time communications. He also led development of Apple’s QuickTime platform.
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About Intertrust: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Pete Wurman
Director, Sony AI America of Sony
Peter Wurman is the Director, Sony AI America
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About Acsibi Studios, Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Kanwaljit S Bombra
Program Management Director of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Ujwal Rajbhandari
IT Director, Infrastructure Automation & Cloud Engineering of Dell
Ujjwal Rajbhandari is an IT director at Dell.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Gary Radburn
Director of Virtually eVeRything of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Jason Chan
Sr. Director, Global Network Services of Dell
Jason Chan serves as a senior director at Dell.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Todd Edmunds
Director Industrial IoT Strategy and Solution Architecture of Dell
Todd Edmunds is the Director of Industrial IoT Strategy and Solution Architecture at Dell Technologies where he has global responsibility for digital manufacturing solution development across the seven strategically aligned companies that make up Dell Technologies. Todd is an industry expert with 20+ years’ experience in industrial IoT and Edge Computing having worked for Cisco, Rockwell Automation and a leading nationwide solution integrator. Todd currently chairs the Edge Computing TG for the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) where he led the recent publication of the “Introduction to Edge Computing in IIoT” whitepaper and is heading up work on a more detailed technical report to be published later this year.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Kirsten Billhardt
Marketing Director, Internet of Things of Dell
Kirsten Billhardt has been part of Dell’s IoT business since before there was a formal IoT business. Over the past five years, Kirsten has been listening, learning, writing and speaking about the evolution of IoT with our customers, partners and with Dell Technologies itself. Kirsten leads the team responsible for the global marketing campaign that supports the Dell Technologies IoT/Edge division. Kirsten has engineering degrees from Kettering University and Purdue University, and an MBA from Harvard. She resides in Austin, TX with her husband and three children.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
David Bohl
Director Global Services Delivery Social Media Support of Dell
David Bohl serves as director of global services delivery social media support at Dell.
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
John Whittaker
Executive Director Product Marketing of Dell
John Whittaker is the executive director of marketing for Dell Software’s Information Management group, where he oversees marketing activities for a diverse portfolio of solutions spanning database management, data integration, business intelligence and big data analytics. Prior to joining Dell, he was the director of product marketing for Quest Software’s database management business. Whittaker has more than 20 years of experience with a variety of technology companies, including leadership positions with companies such as AlertSource, Trinent Internet Solutions and KnowledgeCentrix, among others. His areas of expertise include database management, business intelligence, advanced analytics, information security, business continuity and disaster recovery planning, managed services and E-Commerce.
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About Dell, Persistent Systems, SmartBear: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Jack McMichael
Director, Service Delivery, Mobile of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Michelle Andino
Director of Merchandising of Hollar
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About Hollar: Hollar is an online dollar store that features toys, apparel, electronics, beauty, accessories, party supplies, to home essentials.
Tim Alessi
Director of New Products of LG Electronics
Tim Alessi is Director of New Products at LG.
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About LG Electronics: LG Electronics is a multinational company which includes LG Electronics.
Lokesh Goel
Director of Platform Engineering & Core Technologies of LG Electronics
Lokesh Kumar Goel leads the webOS platform team at LG Electronics’s Silicon Valley Lab, where he and his team are responsible for delivering webOS platform and application frameworks for LG products as well as open source versions including the browser stack and web application runtime that are the heart of webOS and make HTML5 apps look, feel, and perform like native applications.
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About LG Electronics: LG Electronics is a multinational company which includes LG Electronics.
David VanderWaal
Senior Director of Marketing of LG Electronics
David VanderWaal is Senior Director of Marketing at LG.
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About LG Electronics: LG Electronics is a multinational company which includes LG Electronics.
Mark Tan
Director of Product of Wyze Labs
Mark Tan is the Director of Product Development at Wyze Labs, Inc, a smart home startup focusing on consumer IoT. He leads the app platform, digital products, content and community growth. Previously, he was at Amazon retail and Prime Video, focusing on user experience and digital platforms. His work spans across different categories, which includes video games, electronics, and movies. Prior to this, he worked as Product Manager for Quixey, a mobile app search and discovery startup based in California, establishing the groundwork for deep-linking and integrating with partners such as Alibaba. He started his career at Procter & Gamble leading data analytics.
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About Wyze Labs: Wyze Labs is a smart home device company that aims to make smart home tech accessible to everyone.
Raju Panjwani
Member of Board of Directors of Cemtrex
Raju is an accomplished executive with over 35 years of experience, including 20 years on Wall Street, and 20 years as an entrepreneur and business builder. Raju was a Managing Director with Morgan Stanley, where he spent 18 years in several senior roles in risk management, audit, strategy and being the Chief Operating Officer and Country Head for the Firm’s India office. Since leaving Morgan Stanley in 2005, Raju has considerable experience in emerging Asian markets, with a reputation built on focused execution, high integrity and strong relationships. He has excellent connectivity in US and India with a proven track record in negotiating complex joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, and capital raises, particularly within the technology sector. Raju is a CPA in New York State and spent several years with Price Waterhouse and other accounting firms prior to joining Morgan Stanley.
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About : Cemtrex drives innovation in many sectors, including smart tech, VR & AR, advanced electronic systems, and intelligent security systems.
Tam Hulusi
Member of Board Director of UniKey Technologies
Tam Hulusi is a principal of Mycroft LLC, a technology strategy and innovation consulting group. Tam most recently served as Senior Vice President, Strategy & Innovation at HID Global. He previously served as President of SMF Systems Technology Corp., a leading small-business Federal Government IT services provider and President of Newmark Technology Inc., an early stage RFID asset tracking company. Tam is an inventor with nine patents. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the Institute of Polymer Science, University of Essex, and M.Sc. in Quantum Mechanics from the University of Sussex. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s International Senior Management Program.
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About : UniKey Technologies offers a mobile platform to replace keys, codes, and passwords by turning a smartphone into a universal electronic key.
Paul Bernard
Director of Amazon Alexa Fund
Paul Bernard is the Director, Worldwide Corporate Development – Alexa Fund Lead at Amazon.
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About Amazon, Amazon Alexa Fund: Amazon’s venture capital fund investing in artificial intelligence, frontier tech, voice, robotics, and digital health.
Chris Schoppa
Sr. Director Smart Device Solutions and Strategy of Harman International Industries
Chris Schoppa has spent his career working at the intersection of hardware and software, whether delivering big-iron solutions for ISV’s, leading the transformation to virtualized hosted services or creating system solutions that encapsulate edge device interaction, edge analytics and cloud-based solutions. Throughout this work, Chris’s approach is to create an encapsulating abstraction that encourages differentiated product/solution concepts to be developed – or leveraged – from different industry verticals and applications. That abstraction can then be opened up to derive practical approaches that exploit technology usage in novel ways.
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About Harman International Industries, Harman International Industries, Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
David Glaubke
Director of Corporate Communications of Harman International Industries
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Jason Johnson
Director of User Experience Design & Detroit Studio Lead of Harman International Industries
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Charles Prober
CEO, Board of Directors of Tile
Charles “CJ” Prober is CEO of Tile. He is an entrepreneurial leader who has a broad mix of operational, strategic and transactional experience with a strong track record of success over the past 20 years. I have a passion for building and operating consumer experiences that are at the cutting edge of hardware, media and technology.
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About Tile: Tile creates devices connected to a mobile app, helping users locate their personal items.
Jules Malin
Director, Data Science & Analytics of GoPro
Jules Malin is a manager of product analytics and data science at GoPro, where he leads a team responsible for discovering product and behavioral insights from GoPro’s growing family and ecosystem of smart devices and driving product and user experience improvements, including influencing and refining data pipelines in Hadoop/Spark and developing scalable machine learning data products, metrics, and visualizations that produce actionable insights. Previously, Jules worked in product management and analytics engineering at Intel and Shutterfly. He holds a master’s degree in predictive analytics from Northwestern University.
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About GoPro, University of San Diego: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Abe Kislevitz
Senior Creative Director of GoPro
Abe Kislevitz is Senior Creative Director at GoPro where he’s worked in media production for the past 8+ years. He’s a media creator, tech geek, and an outdoor enthusiast. He spends his weekends in the mountains skiing or in the ocean surfing creating content for his social channels along the way.
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About GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Dan Larsen
Director of Software Engineering of GoPro
Dan Larsen is the Director of Software Engineering at GoPro.
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About GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Shawn Hurt
Director, Channel Partners of goTenna
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About goTenna: GoTenna is advancing universal access to connectivity by building intelligent and scalable mobile mesh networks.
Christian Rohrer
Senior Director of Design of McAfee
Christian Rohrer is the Senior Director of Design at McAfee.
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About McAfee, Nielsen Norman Group, XDStrategy: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Sreenu Pillutla
Sr. Director, Software Engineering of McAfee
Sreenu is a Sr. Director of Software Engineering at McAfee, LLC. In this role, he leads Mobile and IoT security and mobile threat research. Prior to this, he managed different groups at McAfee that include Consumer SaaS, core products, data warehouse, product integrations and partner delivery. He holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from India and MBA from Santa Clara University.
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About McAfee: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
George McNamee
Director of iRobot
George McNamee has served as a director since August 1999; he brings extensive experience with the management of public and private companies, as well as deep financial expertise. Currently a private investor, McNamee served as a managing partner of FA Technology Ventures Corporation, an information and energy technology venture capital firm, from 2000 until 2012. He serves as chairman of the board of directors of Plug Power Inc., a leading fuel cell developer, and is a director of several private companies, a Sterling Fellow of Yale and a Trustee of the Albany Academies and The American Friends of Eton College. McNamee previously served on the board of directors of Broadpoint (now Gleacher) Securities as well as serving from 1984 to 2007 as chairman of its predecessor First Albany Companies and was also a board member of the New York Stock Exchange Inc., Maplnfo, Home Shopping Network, Inc. and the Meta Group. He holds a B.A. from Yale University. McNamee will be retiring from the board of directors and is not standing for re-election at this annual meeting.
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About AmberWave, iRobot, Plug Power, Yale University: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Gail Deegan
Member of the Board of Directors of iRobot
Gail Deegan has served as a director since May 2011 and brings extensive experience as a former chief financial officer of three public companies and director of five public companies, in addition to iRobot; she has served as Audit Committee Chair for three boards of directors. From 1996 until her retirement in 2001, Deegan served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Houghton Mifflin, a publishing company. She was previously senior vice president of regulatory and government affairs for NYNEX New England, and vice president and chief financial officer of New England Telephone. Earlier in her career she was senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Eastern Enterprises, as well as chief administrative officer of that company. Deegan is a former director of EMC Corporation, TJX Companies, Inc., and three other public companies. She brings deep experience with financial accounting matters for complex organizations, capital allocation, business transformation, and oversight of corporate governance requirements and financial reporting processes. Deegan holds a B.A. in Elementary Education from The College of Saint Rose, an M.S. in History from Ohio State University, and an M.B.A. from Simmons College School of Management.
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About : iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Danielle Dean
Technical Director of Machine Learning of iRobot
Danielle Dean is a senior data scientist lead at Microsoft in the Azure Machine Learning product group. She leads a team of data scientists and engineers on end-to-end analytics projects using Azure ML, from automating the ingestion of data to analysis and implementation of algorithms, creating web services of these implementations, and using those to integrate into customer solutions or build end-user dashboards and visualizations. Danielle holds her Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied the application of multilevel event history models to understand the timing and processes leading to events between dyads within social networks
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About iRobot: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Stephen Drzewiczewski
Director of Collaborative Applications of iRobot
Steve has been with iRobot for 8 years and is the Sr. Manager of Collaborative Applications. One Steve and his team’s main responsibility is maintaining their Windchill implementation. Prior to iRobot – Steve spent 11 years’ experience as a PLM/MCAD Consultant & MCAD. University of Vermont graduate with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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About iRobot: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Ted Deffenbaugh
Sr. Director Of Product Line Marketing of Seagate Technology
Sr. Director Of Product Line Marketing at Seagate Technology.
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Frank Biondi
Member of the Board of Directors of Seagate Technology
Frank Biondi has served as Senior Managing Director of WaterView Advisors LLC, an investment advisor organization, since 1999.
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About Waterview Advisors: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Rags Srinivasan
Senior Director Growth and Customer Success – Cloud Business of Seagate Technology
Rags Srinivasan is Senior Director of Product Strategy and Marketing, Cloud, IoT and Video Surveillance for Seagate. He is responsible for market development, ecosystem partner development and storage solutions for video surveillance and IoT. He is passionate about solving data challenges and enabling businesses to manage data and harness its power.
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Dambisa Moyo
Non Executive Director of Seagate Technology
Dambisa Moyo is a global economist and author who analyzes the macroeconomy and international affairs. In particular, her work examines the interplay of international business, technology, and the global economy, while highlighting the key opportunities for investment; capitalizing on her rare ability to translate trends in markets, innovation, politics, regulatory matters and economics into their likely impact on global business. Dambisa was named by TIME Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World and was the Thinkers50 Thinker of the Month in April 2015. She was an early investor in Silver Creek and is a keynote speaker at the 2015 Global Drucker Forum. Her writing appears regularly appears in publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, covering key topics for businesses in the 21st century and the relationship between technology, global economic growth, and the private sector.
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About : Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Beau Chimene
Director Audio Engineering of Logitech
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About Logitech: Logitech designs and manufactures personal peripherals for the needs of personal computer and laptop users.
Guerrino De Luca
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Logitech
As Logitech’s chairman, Guerrino Luca supervises the company’s strategy and performance. De Luca joined Logitech as president and chief executive officer in early 1998, and became a member of the board of directors a few months later. During this tenure as Logitech’s chief executive officer from 1998 to 2008, the company posted nine consecutive years of record sales and profits as its annual revenue grew from $400 million to more than $2.1 billion, and its operating income grew from $16 million to more than $230 million. Since 2008, De Luca has served solely as chairman of the board, except from July 2011 through December 2012, when he resumed the executive leadership role prior to turning it over to Bracken P. Darrell January 2013. A technology-industry veteran with more than thirty years of European and U.S. experience, De Luca has an extensive background in product strategy, marketing and management. Prior to joining Logitech, De Luca served as executive vice president of worldwide marketing for Apple. He was president of Claris Corporation, a U.S. personal computing software vendor, after having served in various marketing positions with Apple in the United States and Europe. He began his career at Olivetti in Ivrea, Italy. De Luca holds a B.S. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Rome, Italy.
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About : Logitech designs and manufactures personal peripherals for the needs of personal computer and laptop users.
Dario Laverde
Director of Developer Relations of HTC
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About HTC: HTC Corp is engaged in the design, development, and manufacture of virtual reality hardware, smartphones and tablets in Taiwan.
Victoria Chang
Director, VIVE Arts & Culture of HTC
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About HTC: HTC Corp is engaged in the design, development, and manufacture of virtual reality hardware, smartphones and tablets in Taiwan.
Martin Montoya
Director of Scanntech
Martin Montoya is Director at Scanntech.
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About Scanntech: Scanntech provides point-of-sale software to retail stores.
Hakan Kostepen
Executive Director – Product Planning Strategy & Innovation of Panasonic
Hakan Kostepen is an “Executive” Director at Panasonic Silicon Valley Center in Cupertino, CA and responsible for Product Planning Strategy & Innovation for Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America. Panasonic Automotive “Global” Product Planning Strategy & Innovation group leads Panasonic Connected LifeStyle Strategy & Innovation Concepts around Panasonic B2B2C touch points with emerging concepts such as Internet of Things – Connected Car. Kostepen has broad Systems & Software Engineering and Advanced Product Development experience with Panasonic, Ford Motor Company, Visteon, EDS, and US Air Force along with various Automotive “Real Time” Embedded Systems Applications and Advanced Automotive Infotainment Systems & Software Development for connected devices.
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About Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Janet Lin
Director, Innovation & Solutions Division of Panasonic
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About Panasonic: Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 634 companies.
Michael Raftery
Senior Director of Manufacturing and Quality of Breathometer
Mike has over 20 years’ experience in engineering and management. His roles have spanned a variety of areas including engineering, quality, operations, product development, and customer support.
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About Breathometer: Breathometer develops a breath analysis technology that helps people make smarter decisions and improve their lives.
Stephanie Dismore
Managing Director, North America of HP
Stephanie Dismore is the Managing Director, North America at HP.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Pat Baffaro
Director, Global Indirect Procurement of HP
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Christine Hawkins
Director Digital & Customer Transformation of HP
Christine Hawkins is the Director Digital & Customer Transformation at HP.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Colin Harrison
Director of HP
Colin Harrison is Director for the Global Supply Chain and Printer Spares Organization, within the Customer Support Services (CSS) Group, part of the HP Printers and Personal Systems (PPS) business unit. Colin is leading the strategic design and transformation of the Printer and PC supply chain to support the PPS services business. In addition he manages the sourcing, pricing, spares strategy and ODM management of the Printer spares supply chain, supporting warranty, contract and spares sales across commercial and consumer product from high end graphic printing to in home solutions. Having held a number of region and global roles in HP, Harrison moved to his current position last year following the formation of PPS. Prior to joining HP he held account manager roles in Excel Logistics and DHL where his clients included HP, IBM and Dell. During this time he implemented outsourced solutions for his clients not only in supply chain but also in call center and associated service activity. He has over 20 years’ experience in customer service and supply chain ranging from utility companies, to grocery and now technology. He also spent time in sales as an account manager. Located in the UK, Harrison spends any spare time with his wife, children and grandchildren.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Nigel Upton
Senior Director of HP
Nigel Upton is Worldwide Director & General Manager, IoT/GCP for Communications & Media Solutions, Communications Solutions Business, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Communications & Media Solutions (CMS), part of the Communications Solutions Business (CSB) within Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), provides an innovative portfolio of telecom industry-specific software products, solutions and professional services for demanding Communications Service Providers (CSPs) globally. The CMS industry portfolio offering is further differentiated and strengthened by our ability to combine the full power of HPE’s broad IT portfolio. CMS industry-leading solution innovation focuses on areas critical for CSPs, including OSS, Subscriber Data Management, Mediation Policy & Charging, Telecom Analytics, Applications & Cloud Enablement, Media & Entertainment assets for CSPs as well as rapidly-evolving sets of Internet of Things (IoT) and Global Connectivity Platform (GCP) assets.Nigel’s responsibilities include architecture, development, implementation, marketing, sales and support of CMS IoT and GCP solutions. The platforms and vertical solutions target the needs of large Enterprise and Telco customers with global requirements for IoT solutions who seek a single supplier for all connectivity. Nigel’s leadership spans management of the IoT partner ecosystem for the IoT platform and for the GCP connectivity relationships globally.Nigel returned to HP after spending three years in software startups, developing big data analytical solutions for multiple industries with a focus on mobility and drones. Prior to this, Nigel led multiple businesses with HP, in Telco, Unified Communications, Alliances and software development.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Kriti Kapoor
Global Director, Social Customer Care, HP Inc. of HP
Kriti Kapoor leads Global Social Customer Care at HP Inc., a team that serves 10 million customers and responds to 100,000 incoming posts each month, on Online Communities, Facebook, Twitter and other key social networks. Kriti and her team are working to develop social media as an essential and integrated support channel at HP Inc. a $50B+ Billion industry leader in printing and personal systems. Since 2014, the team has rapidly expanded HP’s social care footprint to mobile messaging platforms, including Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Line and KakaoTalk, while developing a blueprint for “best in class” social care. With a background in technical sales and marketing, Kriti understands the importance of customer experience and how it impacts brand loyalty. Over the last twenty years, she has worked across 3 continents, America, Europe, and Asia, and is an avid travel photographer. Kriti holds an MBA from the London Business School, and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore. She serves on the Advisory Board Member of the CMO Council Asia Pacific, and is an Executive Sponsor of HP’s Americas Women’s Leadership Council. Recent speaking engagements: * The Big Boulder Initiative 2016 * LiNC 2016 Customer Spotlight * Social Media Marketing World 2016: Social Customer Service * Dreamforce 2015 & LiNC’15, San Francisco * [Podcast] Focus on Customer Service * [Podcast] SocialPros “How HP Balances Social Marketing With Social Customer Service” * For more: http://bit.ly/1Q588a5
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Morgan Chemij
Sr. Director Marketing, CRM & Global UX / SEO of HP
Morgan Chemij is the Sr. Director Marketing, CRM & Global UX / SEO at Hewlett-Packard.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Dan Leibou
Director of WW Service Strategy and Delivery of HP
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Dan Leibou
Director of WW Service Strategy and Delivery of HP
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
William Hart
Sr. Director of Product and General Manager of Particle
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About Particle: Particle provides hardware and software tools to help users prototype, scale, and manage IoT products.
Jim Krall
Sr. Director, Omnichannel & Digital Marketing of Aaron’s
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About Aaron’s: Aaron’s, Inc. (Aaron’s) is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics, computers, residential furniture, household appliances.
Jason Kuo
Director of Fuhu
Jason Kuo brings nearly a decade of experience in product management as well as customer relations. Prior to Fuhu, Mr. Kuo has built his experience working at several of the world’s top consumer products companies such as Disney, Nike and The Children’s Place. Mr. Kuo is a graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
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About Fuhu: Fuhu is a designer and seller of cloud-served software, apps and products and services for children.
John Griesing
Sr. Director Hardware Engineering of Teradyne
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About Teradyne: Teradyne is a supplier of automatic test equipment used to test complex electronics used in consumer electronics.
Bill Fienup
Co-Founder and Director of Innovation Services of mHUB
Bill Fienup, director of innovation services and co-founder, is an entrepreneur focused on delivering new product innovation to clients seeking better solutions. With experience ranges from researching fusion energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory to designing toys for Hasbro, Bill began his career as a product development consultant for IDEO and Insight Product Development. After 7 years of innovation consulting, Bill became an entrepreneur and launched several product base businesses. After experiencing several challenges launching hardware startups, Bill founded Catalyze Chicago to provide entrepreneurs with the tools, resources, mentorship, and manufacturing networsk needed to successfully develop products and launch new business. Bill holds 12 patents — including 3d printing alignment, bandage dispenser, biopsy needle and a NERF Atom Blaster™ with more pending. Bill’s reputation as a thought leader extends beyond Chicago. He was named to Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 in 2018 and featured in Newcity’s Design 50: Who Shapes Chicago 2019. In addition to being a repeat visitor to the White House for topics ranging from international trade to the maker movement, Bill has appeared on national television with his inventions. Bill has both a Master and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About mHUB: mHUB is a hardtech innovation and manufacturing entrepreneurial center.
Scott Wilson
Board Of Directors of mHUB
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About : mHUB is a hardtech innovation and manufacturing entrepreneurial center.
Ker Zhang
Director of Ambiq Micro
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About Ambiq Micro: Ambiq Micro is a semiconductor manufacturing company that develops mixed-signal solutions for wireless electronics.
Yancey Yake
Director of Engineering of SensorJacket
Yancey has over 25 years of hands-on experience in the design and development of new products for industrial and commercial applications. Early in his career, he developed an interest in sensors and their application while designing automated titrators that made their way into large company’s such as DuPont and Seimans. Since that time, he has continued to specialize in measurement systems and instrumentation for the water quality industry and Commercial products requiring RF communication (RF Remotes, Zigbee and Bluetooth). In the latter part of his career, Yancey has primarily managed/consulted and worked with inventors to bring new products to market. Some of his prior positions were VP Engineering of Sensor Development Inc., Engineering manager of Mryon L. Company, Senior Software Engineer of Expertise Engineering and Integrated Consultants.He holds BSEE from Cal State Fullerton.
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About SensorJacket: SensorJacket is the market for protective phone cases (jackets) is saturated with huge number of designs.
Michael Armentrout
Regional Marketing / Business Development Director of Infineon Technologies
Michael Armentrout is the Manager of Regional Marketing and Business Development for embedded security products at Infineon Technologies North America since February 2013. Michael has 18 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Michael has held several roles in product management, and has led applications engineering and product marketing teams for wireless and security products serving mobile, home automation and security and embedded security markets. Michael has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and an MBA from Portland State University.
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About Infineon Technologies: Infineon Technologies offers semiconductor solutions, microcontrollers, LED drivers, sensors and Automotive & Power Management ICs.
Arokia Nathan
Co-Founder and Director of Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd.
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About : Pressure Sensitive Multi-Touch for Next-Generation Smart Devices including Smartphones, Tablets, Automotive and Industrial
Jason Siciliano
Vice President & Creative Director of SquareTrade
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Lesley Rohrbaugh
Director of Research of Consumer Technology Association
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About Consumer Technology Association: CTA brings a strong, collective voice to advocate on behalf of the entrepreneurs, technologists and innovators.
Steve Ewell
Executive Director & Consumer Technology Association Foundation of Consumer Technology Association
Stephen Ewell is the Executive Director of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation.
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About 48 Fields, Consumer Technology Association: CTA brings a strong, collective voice to advocate on behalf of the entrepreneurs, technologists and innovators.
Dwight Ackerman
Senior Director of IT Architecture of Nintendo
Dwight Ackerman is Senior Director of IT Architecture at Nintendo.
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About Nintendo: Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles.
Dave Tempero
IT Sr Director of Infrastructure and Operations of Nintendo
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About Nintendo: Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles.
Todd Bruce
Senior IT Director of Nintendo
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About Nintendo, Nintendo: Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles.
Bill Trinen
Director, Product Marketing Manager of Nintendo
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About Nintendo: Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles.
Joon Huh
Director of IT Solutions of Nintendo
Joon Huh is Director of IT Solutions at Nintendo.
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About Nintendo: Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles.
Siva Muthukumarasamy
Founding Engineer/ Director , Engineering of Peel
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About Peel: Peel is the leading universal home control and video content discovery platform w/ 130M+ users worldwide, generating 140B+ remote commands
Doug Molyneux
Managing Director, Counsel/Legal Officer of eSurface
Doug Molyneux is an international corporate lawyer of more than 25 years’ standing. Doug originally qualified in Scotland before embarking upon an international, commercial legal career in Johannesburg, South Africa with the Anglo American Corporation; London, England with Citicorp Investment Bank; Hong Kong with Jardine Matheson & Co.; and Bermuda with both Appleby and Conyers Dill & Pearman. In the United States, Doug was General Counsel with Amp’d Mobile, a technology and mobile phone company based in Santa Monica and Assistant General Counsel with Global Crossing, an international telecommunications company, both in Los Angeles, CA and Dublin, Ireland. With several published articles in the legal press, Doug brings a wealth of technology experience, both domestically and internationally, in addition to an extensive knowledge of commercial contracts and corporate administration.
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About eSurface: EarthOne Circuit Technologies Corporation “dba eSurface ” was established in August, 2010.
Sebastian Abello
Co-founder and Purchasing Director of Distritech
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About Distritech: Distritech is a consumer electronics distributor and trader that caries stock of over 200 known brands.
Erika Ebbel Angle
Co-founder and Director of Education of Robots in Service of the Environment
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About Ixcela, Robots in Service of the Environment, Science From Scientists: Robots in Service of the Environment or RSE is a non-profit that uses robotics technology to help solve global environmental problems.
John Rizzi
Executive Director of Robots in Service of the Environment
John Rizzi is an accomplished business leader having grown three high technology start-ups from formation to success over his 22-year entrepreneurial career. All three of Mr. Rizzi’s companies were involved in email technology, and each was a success. The first, founded in the late 80’s (well before the internet) was one of the earliest pioneers in commercial email. It went public in 1995 and was later bought by Computer Associates. The second was acquired by The New York Times digital group, and the third became part of eBay. His companies created over 1,000 jobs and operated directly in 8 countries and dozens of others through partnerships. His recognition as an industry leader was uniquely validated when he was invited to testify before Congress in 2003 in support of the anti-spam legislation. He was a key driver in the creation and passing of the CAN-SPAN law. Prior to his business career, Mr. Rizzi was an officer in the U.S. Navy for over six years. He held engineering management positions on an aircraft carrier and at a defense contractor. He holds an MBA and has a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Robots in Service of the Environment: Robots in Service of the Environment or RSE is a non-profit that uses robotics technology to help solve global environmental problems.
Kris Adair
Co-Founder & Marketing Director of Mycroft
Kris Adair is an experienced Entrepreneur and elected official. Kris has a strong social media presence and is responsible for leading Mycroft’s marketing effort. She serves as the executive director of the Lawrence Center for Entrepreneurship where she helps entrepreneurs succeed by providing a makerspace, co-working environment and datacenter.
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About Lawrence Center for Entrepreneurship, Mycroft: Mycroft is a developer of an open source voice assistant platform designed to handle operating systems.
Peter Brostowicz
Director, IT Enterprise Applications of Oclaro
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About Lumentum, Lumentum, Oclaro: Oclaro manufactures fiber optical components, modules, and subsystems that generate, detect, amplify, combine, and separate light signals.
Colette Matthews
Global Innovation & Strategy, Director of Whirlpool
Vice President of Global Marketing at Alimentation Couche-Tard.
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About Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., Whirlpool: Whirlpool manufactures and markets major home appliances.
Michael F. Johnston
Board Of Director of Whirlpool
Business Experience: Former CEO (from 2004 to 2008) and President and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) (from 2000 to 2004) of Visteon Corporation, an automotive components supplier; former President of North America/Asia Pacific, Automotive Systems Group (from 1999 to 2000), President of Americas Automotive Group (from 1997 to 1999), and other senior management positions at Johnson Controls, Inc., an automotive and building services company. Other Board Experience: Director of Armstrong World Industries and Whirlpool Corporation. Former Chairman and Director of Visteon Corporation. Former Director of Flowserve Corporation.
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About : Whirlpool manufactures and markets major home appliances.
Jason Mathew
Sr. Director, Global Connected Strategy of Whirlpool
Jason is Head of Global IoT at the Whirlpool Corporation with responsibility of both strategy and delivery across all categories, brands and markets.Over his +15 career, he has gained leadership experiences in product development, category management, marketing, finance and strategy. Prior to Whirlpool, he worked in management consulting and has worked in retail, automotive, and consumer product goods sectors.He received his MBA from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan (his proud hometown city) and also serves on the Yummly Advisory Board.
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About Whirlpool: Whirlpool manufactures and markets major home appliances.
Andrew Lewis
Director Global Information Systems, Corporate Center Functions of Whirlpool
Director, Global Information Systems, Corporate Center Functions at Whirlpool Corporation.
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About Whirlpool: Whirlpool manufactures and markets major home appliances.
Mandy McIvor
Director, Global Dishwasher Architecture Leader of Whirlpool
Director, Architecture Leader, Global Dishwasher Platform at Whirlpool.
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About Whirlpool: Whirlpool manufactures and markets major home appliances.
John D. Liu
Board Of Director of Whirlpool
Liu was appointed a director of Whirlpool Corporation in June 2010. He is a member of the audit committee and finance committee of the board of directors. Liu has been the chief executive officer of Essex Equity Management, a financial services company, and managing partner of Richmond Hill Investments, an investment management firm, since March of 2008. Prior to that time, he was employed for 12 years by Greenhill & Co., Inc., a global investment banking firm, in positions of increasing responsibility including both chief financial officer and the co-head of U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions. Earlier in his career, Liu worked at Wolfensohn & Co. and was an analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Liu holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. He also served as a Rotary Foundation Scholar, based at the University of Hong Kong.
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About : Whirlpool manufactures and markets major home appliances.
Rande Simpson
Director of Sales of MerlinOne
Rande has been with MerlinOne’s Sales Team since 1999 and is currently Merlin’s Director of Sales. Prior to joining MerlinOne, Rande spent 14 years as a photo editor and phototechnology expert for the Associated Press. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she earned a degree in Biology.Rande lives on Jekyll Island, Georgia with her husband Dan and their children Morgan and Bruce. In her free time, Rande enjoys hitting the links and fundraising for preservation of the Jekyll Island Historic District.
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About MerlinOne, MerlinOne, MerlinOne: MerlinOne, Inc. is a dedicated and innovative supplier of digital asset management solutions for organizations large and small.
