I have an abiding interest in all aspects of computing, especially AI and silicon technology. Other interests span: Cosmology, life sciences including astrobiology, nanoscale phenomena and conservation of species and habitats.

I'm an entrepreneur, technologist and inventor. My formal background is in the physics of nanoscale phenomena which I worked on during my Ph.D. My career since then has been split into two parts. For the first part of my career, I helped advance Moore's law through my work in silicon technology at IBM research.

For the 2nd half of my career, I have been working in AI (conversational systems and NLP) and this has spanned the better part of the last 15 years. I have also spent 6 of those as a startup founder and CEO after leaving IBM Research. I have over 40 publications, 100 patents and 5000 citations. I sit on the board of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was a past board member of the Nanoscience Research Center at Rensselaer. Major awards include: IEEE Innovator of the Year, IEEE Technology of the Year, IEEE-ACE Technology Winner.