- Helen Greiner
Helen Greiner (born Dec. 6, 1967) is the co-founder and chairman of
iRobot , a consumerrobotics company headquartered inBurlington, Massachusetts .In 2003 she was named one of the
Ernst and Young New England Entrepreneurs of the Year for 2003 (with iRobot co-founderColin Angle ). She has also been honored as aTechnology Review Magazine "Innovator for the Next Century," and has been awarded the DEMO God Award at the DEMO Conference. She has also worked at NASA'sJet Propulsion Laboratory and MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. She was one of the three people to design the first version of theiRobot Roomba .She holds a bachelor's degree in
mechanical engineering and a master's degree incomputer science , both fromMIT .Under Helen Greiner's leadership, iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT) is delivering robots into the industrial, consumer and military markets. Helen is highly decorated for her visionary contributions in technology innovation and business leadership. She was named by the Kennedy School at Harvard in conjunction with the U.S. News and World Report as one of American’s Best Leaders, and was recently honored by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International(AUVSI) with the prestigious Pioneer Award. She has also beenhonored as a Technology Review Magazine "Innovator for the Next Century," invited to the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader of Tomorrow, and has been awarded the DEMO God Award at the DEMO Conference. In 2003, she was named one of the Ernst and Young New England Entrepreneurs of the Year (with iRobot co-founder Colin Angle). Her 16+ years of experience in robotic technology includes work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Helen is a Trustee of the Museum Science, on the Computer Science Advisory Board of Worcester Polytechnic Institute; and is a Director of National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA).
External links
* [http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=39 iRobot Management Team]
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