Bob recently led innovation and investments for Mitsubishi Chemical Company, where he stood up their venture capital practice (Diamond Edge Ventures) and the initial portfolio of investments. At Diamond Edge Bob actively worked with battery and material science startups to advance the efforts of the company in strategic markets. Previously Bob headed up innovation for Panasonic in North America where he led Panasonic's robotic strategy and development of autonomous systems. At Panasonic Bob launched their EV practice where his team designed and built some of the most advanced technologies for Zoox, Byton, NIO, Lucid, BMW, Toyota in support of their electrification goals. Bob is known for his work in robotics where he served as the cofounder/CEO of Ugobe, the first life-like robot system developed in partnership with Terry Gou of Foxconn and Masayoshi Son of Softbank.