Manish Kothari

Vice President, SRI International

Manish Kothari, Ph.D., is president of SRI Ventures and is a vice president of SRI International. In this role, Kothari leads the creation of high-value venture opportunities and is intimately involved in the venture creation process from concept through market development, team building, technology transition, seed funding, partner and investor identification, and launch.Kothari joined SRI in 2013 as a business development consultant and entrepreneur-in-residence. He became a program director in the Robotics Program in 2013. In 2014, he moved to SRI Ventures as director of commercial ventures and licensing, with an emphasis on healthcare, engineering, and physical sciences.He holds multiple patents and is the author or co-author of several peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. Kothari received his M.S. degree and Ph.D. in biomechanical engineering from Cornell University, and was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. His bachelor of technology degree in aerospace engineering (summa cum laude) is from the Indian Institute of Technology.

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Princeton Identity Launches As New Biometric Technology Venture From SRI International

Princeton Identity will continue delivering latest biometric technologies for PIAM applications Princeton Identity Inc., formerly a line of business of SRI International marketed under the SRI Identity brand, launched operation as an independent company. Princeton Identity will continue to build on SRI’s successful legacy of delivering biometric technologies for a wide range of government and commercial applications, as well as for mainstream physical identity access management (PIAM) applications. Funding for the launch of Princeton Identity as an independent entity came primarily from Samsung Ventures, a longtime SRI International collaborator on iris biometric technology projects. “Samsung Ventures is very excited about the opportunity to support the creation of Princeton Identity and the growth opportunity that the biometric technology represents,” said Hyuk-Jeen Suh, Senior Director of Samsung Ventures.Next Gen Biometrics Tech And IoT Create Secure Access Control“Iris recognition will enable the next generation of smart devices and IoT to create more secure access control than what is typically available today. The days of remembering and entering passwords will soon be in the past,” said Mark Clifton, Princeton Identity’s Chief Executive Officer. “Princeton Identity will extend the strong legacy of biometrics technology development established by SRI Identity. Launching as a separate venture enables us to place our full focus on becoming a leader in identity management and access control across a number of verticals, including security and mobile access control.” “SRI and Samsung Ventures have been collaborating to launch a biometrics company for some time and SRI is proud to see the innovation commercialized by Princeton Identity,” said Manish Kothari, Ph.D., President, SRI Ventures at SRI International. “The creation of Princeton Identity is yet another new company born from the SRI innovation engine. This new line of business for SRI’s biometric solutions is an important step in translating technology to the marketplace.”

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