CyPhy Works CEO Helen Greiner Named Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE)

President Obama Selects Leading Robotics Pioneer to Help Promote Entrepreneurship at Home and Export To the World

CyPhy Works CEO Helen Greiner (Photo: Business Wire)

DANVERS, Mass.--()--CyPhy Works is proud to announce that Founder and CEO Helen Greiner has been named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) by the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker.

Today U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will chair the first-ever meeting of the President’s Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE), a group of successful American businesspeople who have committed to sharing their time, energy, ideas, and experience to help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs.

During the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in October 2013, President Obama announced that the Administration would form a committee of entrepreneurs, to be chaired by Secretary Pritzker. The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are also partners in this effort.

“I was lucky to have come as a child to the U.S. – a place of limitless opportunity where you can follow your passion, create cool products and good paying jobs,” said CyPhy Works CEO Helen Greiner. “I am thrilled to be a member of PAGE because I am passionate about entrepreneurship. I will use the position to promote the creation of scalable technology companies to improve quality of life, employment, employee growth, community prosperity, and social good.”

“I am excited to work with some of America’s most dynamic businesspeople to inspire the next generation of U.S. entrepreneurs,” said Secretary Pritzker. “America’s entrepreneurial spirit has always been a key driver of our economic growth and success. Through this group, we will take what we know about transforming innovative ideas into thriving companies and share that knowledge around the country and the world.”

Research indicates that startups account for about 20 percent of job creation in the U.S., and that new and young companies add net new jobs to the economy in many ways. Not only do they create positions for those entering the job market for the first time, but they also absorb workers who may have been laid off from companies that are contracting.

About PAGE

Members have agreed to participate in an ongoing dialogue with policy makers globally to discuss how to create an environment where creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship can grow and thrive. They will also participate in outreach and mentorship activities to help promote start-up culture, and energize their own personal and professional networks to challenge and inspire budding entrepreneurs and raise awareness of the many resources available to them.

The inaugural members of PAGE are:

  • Rich Barton, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Zillow
  • Tory Burch, Chief Executive Officer, Tory Burch; Founder, Tory Burch Foundation
  • Steve Case, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Revolution
  • Helen Greiner, Founder and CEO, CyPhy Works; CoFounder, iRobot Corporation
  • Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, LinkedIn
  • Quincy Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Quincy Jones Productions
  • Salman Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Khan Academy
  • Daphne Koller, Co-Founder and President, Coursera
  • Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Chobani
  • Nina Vaca, Chief Executive Officer, Pinnacle Technical Resources
  • Alexa von Tobel, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LearnVest

About Helen Greiner

CyPhy Works’ founder & CEO Helen Greiner is a pioneer in commercial, consumer, and military mobile robots. In 1990, she co-founded iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ:IRBT) and served as President until 2004 and Chairman until October 2008. iRobot Corporation is the global leader in mobile robots having delivered 10 Million Roomba ™ vacuuming robots and deployed over 6000 tactical mobile robots (PackBot ™ and SUGV™). Follow Greiner on Twitter @helengreiner.

Greiner was named a one of America’s Best Leaders by the Kennedy School at Harvard in conjunction with the U.S. News and World Report and was honored by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) with the Pioneer Award. She has also been honored as a Technology Review Magazine “Innovator for the Next Century” and has been awarded the DEMO God Award and DEMO Lifetime Achievement Award. She was named one of the Ernst and Young New England Entrepreneurs of the Year, invited to the World Economic Forum as a Global Leader of Tomorrow and Young Global Leader, and has been inducted in the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame and the National Academy of Engineering. Ms. Greiner is a Trustee of the Boston Museum of Science (MOS). Greiner holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), both from MIT. She was presented with an honorary PhD by WPI in 2009.

About CyPhy Works

CyPhy Works is a leading robotics company developing aerial robots and UAVs for large industries such as defense, oil and gas, agriculture, entertainment, law enforcement, and mining. CyPhy Works combines UAV experts with product proven roboticists to create rugged and reliable aerial solutions. CyPhy (pronounced: Sci-Fi) is a contraction of Cyber and Physical. We are technology lovers at heart, but we know that it all begins and ends with people, and that is the basis of our company and the foundations of our mission statement—Our community inspires; Our team creates; Our robots empower. For more information please visit http://www.cyphyworks.com.

Contacts

CyPhy Works
Jason Walker, 978-705-1408
info@cyphyworks.com

Contacts

CyPhy Works
Jason Walker, 978-705-1408
info@cyphyworks.com