Curtis R. Carlson President & CEO SRI International

Dr. Curtis R. Carlson became President and Chief Executive Officer of SRI International in December 1998. Prior to joining SRI, Carlson was Executive Vice President of Sarnoff Corporation, one of SRI's two wholly owned subsidiaries.

As head of Ventures and Licensing at Sarnoff, Dr. Carlson helped found more than ten new companies. Dr. Carlson started and led the digital high-definition television (HDTV) program that became the U.S. standard and won an Emmy for outstanding technical achievement. He helped establish and became Executive Director of the National Information Display Laboratory, a new collaborative model for research, development and commercialization between the government and commercial industry.

He has also served on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, the Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board, and is a charter member of the Highlands Group, which makes technology recommendations to senior officials in the U.S. government.

Dr. Carlson has a Ph.D. from Rutgers University.

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