Rob is an innovation consultant, leadership coach, investor, aspiring author and wannabe surfer, but mostly, a proud husband and father. Previously, he Co-founded Velocity11 in 1999, building robotics for drug discovery and cancer research, after acquisition in 2007 he was General Manager at Agilent Technologies, in 2010 became an Associate Founder and CEO of Singularity University (SU). He stepped down from his role as CEO in 2020 to focus on family and shifting to coaching and innovation work. Today he develops and facilitates programs at SRI’s Nomura-SRI-Innovation Center (NSIC), is a Venture Partner on AI Safety at Lionheart Ventures, and advises a variety of startups and technology businesses. His personal mission is to spread hope for an amazing future through inspiring stories, credible roadmaps, and collaborative networks.