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SUMMARY:Exploring The Autonomous Future
DESCRIPTION:Howard Morgan/Co-Founder of First Round Capital \n\nDespit
 e having retired in 2017\, Howard played a key role in building First 
 Round from the ground up.\n\nHoward was Professor of Decision Sciences
  at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Professor
  of Computer Science at the Moore School at the University of Pennsylv
 ania from 1972 through 1985. At U Penn\, Howard became the 50th comput
 er on the Arpanet.\n\nHe has been a Visiting Professor at the Californ
 ia Institute of Technology and the Harvard Business School. During his
  academic career he served as an editor of Communications of the ACM\,
  Management Science\, Transactions on Office Information Systems and T
 ransactions on Database Systems. His research on user interface techno
 logy\, and on optimization of computer networks led to his bringing th
 e ARPAnet to Philadelphia in 1974. As a result of this early participa
 tion in the internet\, he advised many corporate and government agenci
 es on the uses of electronic and voice mail\, implementing it througho
 ut the Wharton School in the mid 1970s.\n\nSince 1989\, he has been Pr
 esident of the Arca Group\, Inc.\, nurturing early stage companies and
  taking them from seed stage through initial public offerings. He also
  serves as a Director of Idealab\, where he was a founding investor in
  1996. Dr. Morgan has served on a number of public company Boards\, in
 cluding Franklin Electronic Publishers and Internet Brands\, Inc. He i
 s also Chairman or a member of the board of numerous private companies
  including: Axial\, Augury\, MemSQL\, Kentik and such nonprofits as Co
 ld Spring Harbor Laboratories and Math For America. He served as CEO o
 f Kentek and Franklin during various turnover or transitional periods.
  In 1997\, he was named Delaware Valley Entrepreneur of the Year. Howa
 rd is a respected author and a frequent speaker at major industry conf
 erences.\n\nHe received a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell Un
 iversity in 1968\, and a B.S. in physics from City College of the City
  University of New York in 1965.\n\n****\n\nTom Ryden/Executive Direct
 or of Mass Robotics \n\nMassRobotics is the collective work of a group
  of Boston-area engineers\, rocket scientists\, and entrepreneurs. Wit
 h a shared vision to create an innovation hub and startup cluster focu
 sed on the needs of the robotics community\, MassRobotics was born. Ma
 ssRobotics’ mission is to help create and scale the next generation of
  successful robotics and connected device companies by providing entre
 preneurs and innovative robotics/automation startups with the workspac
 e and resources they need to develop\, prototype\, test\, and commerci
 alize their products and solutions.\n\nPreviously\, Tom was co-founder
  and Chief Operations Office of VGo Communications which was acquired 
 by Veneca Robotics.  Prior to starting VGo\, Tom was Director of Gover
 nment/Industrial Sales & Marketing at iRobot Corporation from 2003 unt
 il 2007. Under his leadership annual revenue from its government and i
 ndustrial products increased from $8M to +$80M\, helping position the 
 iRobot to go public in 2005. From 2000 through 2002 Tom filled operati
 onal\, program management and business development roles in iRobot’s M
 ilitary Systems division\, including successfully executing the develo
 pment of key iRobot products.\n\nPrior to iRobot\, Tom was President a
 nd Co-founder of Exeter Analytical\, Inc\, a manufacturer of analytica
 l instrumentation. Under his leadership Exeter expanded rapidly\, secu
 ring large contracts with US Government and major pharmaceutical compa
 nies. Before founding Exeter Analytical\, Tom worked for Teledyne Leem
 an Labs where he served in numerous roles including Director of Custom
 er Support and Controller. Before to Leeman\, Tom was a program manage
 r at Lotus Development Corp.\n\nTom has a B.S. in Electrical Engineeri
 ng from the University of Vermont and an MBA from Bentley College\, Wa
 ltham\, MA.In
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URL:https://www.meetup.com/RobotLab/events/239481774/
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