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Helen Greiner

Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of iRobot Corporation Under Helen Greiner's leadership, iRobot Corp. is delivering robots into the industrial, consumer and military markets. Recently, she was named one of the Ernst and Young New England Entrepreneurs of the Year for 2003 (with iRobot co-founder Colin Angle). Selected from entrants across New England, she was cited for her experience, expertise and innovation. She has also been honored as a Technology Review Magazine "Innovator for the Next Century," invited to the World Economic Forums as a Global Leader of Tomorrow, and has been awarded the prestigious DEMO God Award at the DEMO Conference. Her 15 years of experience in robotic technology includes work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

She holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in computer science, both from MIT.

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