Vivek Wadhwa — CEO
Vivek Wadhwa is an academic, entrepreneur, and author of five best-selling books: From Incremental to Exponential; Your Happiness Was Hacked; The Driver in the Driverless Car; Innovating Women; and The Immigrant Exodus. He has been a globally syndicated columnist for The Washington Post and has held appointments as Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program, Carnegie Mellon University, and Emory University; adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon and Duke University; fellow at Stanford Law School and UC Berkeley; and head of faculty at Singularity University. Vivek is based in Silicon Valley and researches, speaks, and writes about advancing technologies that are transforming our world. These advances – in fields such as robotics, artificial intelligence, computing, synthetic biology, 3D printing, medicine, and nanomaterials – are making it possible for small teams to do what was once possible only for governments and large corporations to do: solve the grand challenges in education, water, food, shelter, health, and security.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a thought leader in technology innovation and education.
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Experience: 37 yrs 1 mo
Career Highlights
- Author of five best-selling books on technology and innovation.
- Distinguished Fellow at prestigious universities including Harvard and Stanford.
- Expert in advancing technologies transforming global challenges.
Work Experience
Vionix Biosciences
Chief Executive Officer (2 yrs 8 mos)
Harvard Law School
Distinguished Fellow (3 yrs 9 mos)
Carnegie Mellon University
Distinguished Fellow and adjunct professor (4 yrs)
Stanford University
Fellow, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance (4 yrs 6 mos)
Singularity University
Vice President of Academics, Research, Innovation, ... (4 yrs 1 mo)
Faculty and Advisor (7 mos)
The Washington Post
Syndicated columnist (7 yrs 1 mo)
Emory University
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Halle Institute for Global Learning (3 yrs 11 mos)
UC Berkeley
Visiting Scholar (2 yrs 6 mos)
Duke University
Director of Research, Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School Eng. (7 yrs 11 mos)
Exec in Residence and Adjunct Professor (11 yrs 4 mos)
Harvard Law School
Senior Research Associate, Labor and Worklife Program (5 yrs)
Relativity Technologies
Founder and CEO (7 yrs)
Seer Technologies
CTO (7 yrs)
Credit Suisse First Boston
Vice President (4 yrs)
Education
MBA at NYU Stern School of Business
BA Computing Studies at Canberra University, Australia
