Robert Siegel is a Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he currently teaches six courses: The Industrialist’s Dilemma, Systems Leadership, Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation, Business and Government, Strategies of Effective Product Management and Financial Management for Entrepreneurs. He has led primary research and written cases on Google, Charles Schwab, Daimler, AB InBev, Box, Stripe, Target, AngelList, 23andMe, C3.ai, Majid Al Futtaim, Tableau, PayPal, SurveyMonkey, Medium, Autodesk, Minted, Zuora, Axel Springer and Michelin, amongst others.
He is also a Venture Partner at Piva Capital and a General Partner at XSeed Capital. He sits on the Board of Directors of Luum and Avochato, and he led investments in Sparta Science, Zooz (acquired by PayU of Naspers – NPN), Hive, Lex Machina (acquired by LexisNexis of the RELX Group – RELX, CirroSecure (acquired by Palo Alto Networks – PANW), The League, Trove, Teapot (acquired by Stripe), Brewbird, Pixlee and SIPX (acquired by ProQuest).
Robert is a Member of the Supervisory Board of TTTech Auto AG and is Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Board for TTTech Computertechnik AG in Vienna, Austria. He is a Member of the Industry Advisory Boards for Here Technologies and Tulco, and was on the Board of SmartDrive Systems (acquired by Omnitracs) for over 14 years. He is the Co-President Emeritus of Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs, an alumni association that fosters relationships to strengthen the Stanford startup community, and has co-authored several articles for the Harvard Business Review and California Management Review. He is a Wall Street Journal Startup Guru. He is a frequent contributor to Fortune, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Forbes.
Robert previously was General Manager of the Video and Software Solutions division for GE Security, with annual revenues of $350 million. Robert was Executive Vice President of Pixim, Inc., a fabless semiconductor firm specializing in image sensors and processors (acquired by Sony). Before Pixim, Robert was Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Weave Innovations Inc. (acquired by Kodak), a network services developer that invented the world’s first digital picture frame, and delivered photos and other digital media to PCs and internet / mobile devices.
Robert served in various management roles at Intel Corporation, including an executive position on their Corporate Business Development team, in which he invested capital in startups that were strategically aligned with Intel’s vision.
Robert is the author of The Brains and Brawn Company, served as lead researcher for Andy Grove’s best-selling book, Only the Paranoid Survive, and he is the co-inventor of four patents.
Robert holds a BA from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford University. He is married with three children.