in mathematics from University of Chicago, and holds 6 Patents in computer vision, artificial intelligence, and electron optics. Norman is co-author with Henry Kressel of “If You Really Want to Change the World: A Guide to Creating, Building, and Sustaining Breakthrough Companies Harvard Business Review.” He and his team were Emmy award winners for developing an HDTV system to measure human perception of image quality. Siri was bought by Apple in 2010 and is now in virtually all Apple products, creating $Bs in market value. Notably, Norman was co-founder and board member of Siri, the first virtual personal assistant to put AI and natural language into hundreds of millions of consumer’s hands. Norman launched startups based on technologies ranging from communications, biosciences, energy, computing and information technology, space systems, and robotics. Examples include Nuance Communications, Intuitive Surgical, Orchid Cellmark, and Siri. Since then, the total market value of ventures spun out of SRI exceeds $70B. In 1992, Norman and Curt Carlson co-founded SRI’s strategy for creating, building, and launching ventures. Norman is also actively engaged in advising, investing in, and building multiple startups. For this division he led all commercialization activities, including venture creation and licensing. He is also VC-in-Residence at Platform Venture Studio, Lecturer in Management at Stanford GSB, and past President of Stanford Research Institute (SRI) Ventures. Previously he was a Partner at Relay Ventures focusing on AI and Mobility systems. Norman Winarsky is a General Partner at America’s Frontier Fund, where he is responsible for leading investments and incubation efforts across foundational technologies.
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