Norman Winarsky is a Venture Capitalist, Venture Builder, Author, and Angel Investor. He is past President of SRI Ventures, which he founded, and which has launched more than 70 companies with a total market value of over $100B.

Norman was a co-founder and board member of Siri, which was a startup spun out from SRI in January 2008 and acquired by Apple in 2010. Siri has now been incorporated into all Apple iPhones, computers, homepods, and more.

He writes a free weekly technology blog for founders of breakthrough ventures (normanwinarsky.substack.com). He is also co-author of "If You Really Want to Change the World: A Guide to Creating, Building, and Sustaining Breakthrough Ventures," published by Harvard Press.

Norman has been a regular Lecturer in Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business, with a special focus on teaching how to create breakthrough companies.

Norman was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford, Chairman of the University of Chicago Visiting Committee for the Physical Sciences, and a member of the National Academy Committee on Forecasting Future Disruptive Technologies. He was also a National Science Foundation Fellow, and an invited member of the mathematics department of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

In 2000, Norman and his team received an Emmy Award for outstanding achievement in technological advancement related to HDTV. In addition, he has received RCA's highest honor, the Sarnoff Award.

Norman graduated with a B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago and was awarded Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. In addition, he was awarded the Paul J. Cohen Award for the outstanding student in Mathematics.

Specialties: Development of ventures and licensing opportunities, from concept through market development, team building, seed funding, identification of investors, and launch.

Norman has a particular interest in natural language, computer vision, artificial intelligence, and mobility systems.(See - http://nyti.ms/90nHFm)