Courses & Events
Toyota AI Ventures
Thursday, Dec 6, 2018
04:30 pm - 05:50 pm
Details
Venue
Stanford University, Skilling Auditorium, 494 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
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Parking
Via Ortega Garage, 498 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
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Roble Field Garage
Cross street is Via Ortega and Santa Teresa (Entrance is on Via Ortega), Stanford, CA 94305
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Please check parking signs carefully to ensure that permitted parking and metered spaces are free after 4:00 pm.
** Stanford students: Register for EASTASN 402A, one-unit seminar, pass-no credit; open to all majors with no prerequisites (cross listed as EE 402A or EALC 402A).
Speakers
Jim Adler
Managing Director and Board Member, Toyota AI Ventures
Jim Adler is the founding managing director of Toyota AI Ventures, and an executive advisor at Toyota Research Institute (TRI). He also serves on the Investment Committee of JetBlue Technology Ventures and on the Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee.
Jim joined Toyota AI Ventures from TRI, where he served as vice president of data and business development. Prior to that, Jim was vice president of products and marketing at Metanautix, a big data analytics startup funded by Sequoia Capital and Workday that was acquired by Microsoft.
Previously, Jim was the vice president of data systems and chief privacy officer at Intelius, which was acquired by H.I.G. Capital. In addition, he founded VoteHere, a pioneer in cryptographic secure and secret online voting for public elections that was funded by Cisco and HP, among others. Jim started his career as a rocket engineer for Lockheed Martin.
He received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with high honors from the University of Florida, and a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, San Diego.
