Major Positions and Roles
- Independent co-chair of the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation (present)
- Senior fellow, Annenberg Center for Communication at USC (present)
- Chief scientist of Xerox Corporation (1992 - April 2002)
- Director of the Xerox PARC research center (1990 - June 2000)
- Cofounder of the Institute for Research on Learning
- Board member of multiple companies, including Amazon, Corning, MacArthur Foundation and Polycom
- Advisory board member of several private companies, including Innovation Exchange and H5
- Former board member of In-Q-Tel
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