Bellevue, WA-based Intellectual Ventures announced this week it has hired Adriane M. Brown as president and chief operating officer, responsible for day-to-day operations. She succeeds Edward Jung, the Intellectual Ventures co-founder, who is returning to his role as chief technology officer. Brown was most recently senior vice president of energy strategy at Honeywell International, and previously held other leadership roles at Honeywell and Corning. Intellectual Ventures is focused on the business of invention. Led by CEO Nathan Myhrvold, the firm has $5 billion under management and more than 650 employees worldwide.
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Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003.
Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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