“If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” - Isaac Newton. Rob is a technologist, engineer, serial entrepreneur, coach, advisor, husband and proud father of two small kids who remind him daily that his past is mostly irrelevant to their future. He is equally excited and terrified by this future and is passionate about building bridges to an amazing future and supporting the leaders who will build them. He is currently a Strategic Advisor, Innovation Consultant, and Coach for a wide range of companies. He facilitates programs on technology, innovation, and intrapreneurship at SRI’s Nomura-SRI-Innovation Center (NSIC), is Head of AI and Innovation at HU-X, is a Venture Partner on AI Safety at Lionheart Ventures, is a business advisor for AI Certs and TheCryptoCompany (TCC), and is a member of the 100Coaches (Marshall Goldsmith’s leadership coaching community). Rob developed and is currently testing a corporate assessment on Adaptability, Innovation and A.I. Readiness with a variety of companies and will be publishing his first book in 2026 on the results and insights. Rob is also working on his first science fiction book that will hopefully be released in 2027. Previously, as Associate Founder and former CEO of Singularity University (SU), Rob grew the institution to become a global leader for understanding exponential technologies and transformation and continues as a faculty member and advisor. Rob has been a director on several boards including a public director at Harman (HAR) to assist with their tech transformation, ultimately resulting in the ~$8 Billion acquisition by Samsung in 2016. He co-founded Velocity11 in 1999, building automation and robotics for cancer research and drug discovery to later be acquired by Agilent Technologies in 2007, where he traded the CEO role for a General Manager role attempting to be a catalyst for change at a big company. He gave up in 2009 to go surfing. He holds degrees in Mechanical, Materials Science and Manufacturing Systems Engineering from UC Davis and Stanford University. His personal mission is to spread hope for an amazing future through inspiring stories, credible roadmaps, and collaborative networks.