10 Facts About Kevin Surace

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Kevin Surace is the CTO of Appvance, creator of an AI-based software QA platform.

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Kevin Surace was Inc Magazine's 2009 entrepreneur of the Year.

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Kevin Surace is a speaker on AI, robotics, automation and the future of jobs and has given hundreds of talks on the topic including TEDx.

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Kevin Surace serves on the RIT Board of Trustees, was alumni of the year in 2011, outstanding alumnus in 2019 and was inducted into the school's Innovation Hall of Fame.

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At General Magic, Kevin Surace was the executive vice president of products and network services, led the development of the first large scale artificially intelligent voice user interface, and led the team that developed the OnStar Virtual Advisor for General Motors.

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Kevin Surace held engineering and management positions at National Semiconductor, IBM and Seiko Epson.

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Kevin Surace co-founded Serious Energy, a cleantech company that uses disruptive technologies to reduce energy usage in buildings.

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Kevin Surace launched the cloud-based procurement platform Perfect Commerce and serviced as its chairman, CEO, and president.

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Kevin Surace is the CTO of Appvance, creator of an AI driven QA platform.

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Kevin Surace holds several patents in green technologies, and has authored articles on energy efficiency and the green economy.