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Rich Miner

Founder, Android, GV, Wildfire, Avid... Serial Entrepreneur & VC

I have been building and investing in innovative startups for over 30 years. I joined Google with the acquisition of my startup company Android, which we built into the worlds most popular operating system. At Google I helped lead android development, helped create and grow our venture fund (GV) & I am currently building innovative products. Before Google I helped build the worlds first voice based personal assistant as co-founder of Wildfire Communications. We sold Wildfire to Orange where I was a VP of innovation and also started Orange Venture's - a corporate fund focused on communications and life style related investments. I have a doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Mass at Lowell.

Specialties: building, leading and motivating teams, delivering innovative products, raising money, architecture, telecommunications, speech recognition, user interfaces, internal and external communications, selling and closing deals, leading companies to successful exists

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Aug 1 · twitter

Awesome news for Maine and the greater Bath area !! 👏

Jan 14 · twitter

I literally helped create Android to prevent Microsoft from controlling the phone the way they did the PC - stifling innovation. So it's always funny for me to hear Gates whine about losing mobile to Android 🤣

Retweet if you think I should share our original pitch deck 1/2 https://t.co/urjZWK0yHE

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Jul 11 · EdSurge
Google Ventures Partner, Rich Miner, to Lead Stealth Education Project - EdSurge
Jul 8 · Digital Trends
Rich Miner To Head Up Education Project At Google - Digital Trends
Rich Miner To Head Up Education Project At Google - Digital Trends

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Experience

Co-Founder / Advisor at Stealth Startup
CTO Android Tablets at Google

Education

Phd, Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
PhD, Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Location

United States