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Min Investment:
$10,000.00Max Investment:
$250,000.00Target Investment:
$150,000.00
Skills
Education
- CM
- TU
- TU
- TU
Lists including Istvan
Work Experience
2019
CEO
2019
Experienced strategist who has held leadership roles at Google, venture capital funds, startups, and in academia. Extensive leadership, management, research, and software engineering experience in various areas of computer science with leading technology companies. At Google, I was responsible for launching Google TV (later Chromecast) devices with OEMs and SoC vendors like Sony, Samsung, LG, Sharp, Vizio, Logitech, Intel, Marvell, and MediaTek. Earlier, I designed 3G mobile communication systems for Nortel Networks. I was also an assistant professor of computer science with an NSF-funded machine learning research program. I have been a venture capitalist with four funds covering frontier technologies like machine learning, autonomous vehicles, and AR/VR. Ph.D. in machine learning and artificial intelligence. MBA focusing on entrepreneurship and venture capital from Carnegie Mellon University. Science commercialization (examples): - 12bit.AI (Medical foundation models) - LifeAdapt (Cognitive health assessment, monitoring) - [Stealth] Mixed reality startup Corporate clients (examples): - Berkshire Hathaway (technology strategy) - WordPress (acquisition due diligence) - Broadcom (patent portfolio valuation) - PwC (technology advisory) - Omni Bridgeway (technology advisory) Expert witness consulting: - 20+ cases - 4 depositions - 1 trial testimony
2015 - 2018
Principal
2015 - 2018
Led investment theses in machine learning, robotics, autonomous vehicles, robotics, mobile video streaming, and virtual and augmented reality.
2012 - 2014
Startup Consulting
2012 - 2014
Startup consulting: - 12bit AI (Medical foundation models) - Rescale (Product) - Near-Me (Product & Eng) - NimbleVC (3Gear Systems, acq. by Oculus - Strategy) - MediaMark (Strategy) - Fantasy Brain (Fantasy sports social network)
2010 - 2012
Head of Strategic Device Partnerships, Google TV
2010 - 2012
Awards: Google TV Hall of Fame, Outstanding Leadership, Operating Committee Award, Peer Award. Responsible for scaling the Google TV vertical via device partnerships. Architected the launch process, from partner on-boarding through technical implementation to final device approval and launch. Partners included chipset vendors (Intel, Marvel, etc.) and OEMs (Sony, Samsung, LG, Vizio, etc.). This role merges skill sets from product management, commercialization, business development, and entrepreneurship.
2009 - 2009
Summer Associate
2009 - 2009
Venture capital. Deal flow and due diligence on spinout opportunities from multinational companies, such as GE, NTT, and OKI Data. MBA internship.
2003 - 2008
Assistant Professor
2003 - 2008
Select achievements: • Award-winning publication at the Florida International Conference for Artificial Intelligence, 2003 • Founded the Tulsa Supercomputing Center, the largest such facility at OSU • Principal investigator on National Science Foundation and Department of Transportation research grants • Published peer-reviewed book chapters, journals, and conference articles • Ranked among the top faculty for teaching • Organizer: -- Data Mining Special Track at the Florida International Conference for Artificial Intelligence -- Grammar Induction Workshop at the International Machine Learning Conference (ICML)
2000 - 2003
Software Engineer
2000 - 2003
Designed key features for Nortel’s 1st generation 3G mobile packet data serving node (PDSN). Select achievements: • Implemented the Open-RP protocol for the Shasta Networks PDSN • Proposed improvements to the SprintVision backend that allowed a 20% increase in transmission speed to end-users on multimedia streaming. • Certification lead of a Kyocera mobile phone on the Sprint PCS network. Created a new process that reduced certification time by 30%.