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Bill Gross is Executive Chairman of Evolution Robotics. Bill has been Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Idealab since 1996. In his career, Bill has launched a number of successful companies, including GNP Development (acquired by Lotus), Knowledge Adventure (acquired by Havas Vivendi) and Overture (acquired by Yahoo!). A well known visionary and entrepreneur, Bill sits on the Board of multiple companies and the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology.
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Dr. Paolo Pirjanian is President and CEO of the Evolution Robotics and a member of Evolution's Board of Directors. Paolo has several years of startup experience in leading technology innovation and crosses over to business development. He fosters strategic partnerships with consumer product companies to translate technologies into competitive market positions. Paolo is the US Chair of IEEE Robotics and Automation Industrial Activities Board and he serves on the Boards of RoboNexus, Autonomous Robot Journal, and Intelligent Service Robots Journal. He has received several honors and awards including the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Career Award in 2004 and Technical Leadership Award from JPL/NASA. Paolo has worked at JPL/NASA where he initiated research thrusts on multi-robot system for space exploration. He also served as a part-time lecturer at the Computer Science department of University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. degree from Aalborg University, Denmark.
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Dr. Mario Munich is Vice President of Research and Development. His field of expertise includes computer vision, speech recognition, and human-robotic interaction. His PhD work focused in developing novel Human-Machine Interfaces using video technology and computer vision techniques. After graduation he joined Vocalpoint Technologies, San Francisco, CA, where he worked on noise-robust speech recognition engines. He has directed the Human-Robot Interaction group at Evolution Robotics where he has developed a speech-based human-robot interface and a personality and emotional models for a robot. He has also been a Project Lead for Professional Services on embedded robotics solutions. He has designed and implemented the visual pattern recognition system now installed on the SONY Aibo robotic dog. He currently manages the engineering development efforts at Evolution Robotics and he is also the PI for government contracts. He received the degree of Electronic Engineer (with honors) from the National University of Rosario, Argentina, in 1990, and the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, in 1994 and 2000, respectively.
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Mike Dooley is Vice President of Product and Market Development. Mike has extensive experience in market research and new product development. He has worked on product innovations for leading companies in package goods, consumer software, games, toys and e-learning. Mike is also one of the early pioneers in consumer robotics. He was part of the founding team at LEGO that launched MINDSTORMS, a user-friendly robotics invention system which became widely popular with children, educators and adult enthusiasts. Most recently, Mike was Vice President of Research and Strategy for Riverdeep Interactive Learning where he helped define the company's next generation of products and platforms. Mike has an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. in Psychology from Tufts University.
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Malcolm Edwards is Vice President of Business Development. Since joining Evolution Robotics in 2008, Malcolm has spearheaded the company's Business Development and Sales efforts. Prior to joining Evolution Robotics, he served as Director of Sales for STEC, a leading provider of Solid State memory technologies and solutions for OEM Manufacturers. He has also served in a number of sales management roles with leading electronic and semiconductor manufacturers. Malcolm received his Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and his MBA from Pepperdine University.
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Jun Lu is Vice President of Manufacturing. He oversees all of Evolution's production activities for its embedded components and product platforms, and manages the company's Shanghai office. Jun has over 17 years experience in high-volume manufacturing, process innovation, product development and new facility startup in both North America and Asia. Prior to joining Evolution, Jun was General Manager of Simpler Technologies Asia Pacific, specializing in the development and manufacturing of high-volume, low-cost MEMS components. His manufacturing experience encompasses consumer electronics, telecom and automotive industries, and has held positions at Daimler Benz and Philips. Jun holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Machinery Engineering from Shanghai University of Technology, and an MBA from Tulane University.
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