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Helen Greiner (born Dec. 6, 1967) is CEO of The Droid Works, Inc, a startup company whose mission is to be a “SkunkWorks” for robotics. She is co-founder of iRobot which she transformed, with business partners Colin Angle and Rod Brooks, from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology spin-off into a ~$300Million business and the global leader of practical robots. Ms Greiner served as President of iRobot until 2004 and Chairman until October 2008. Specifically, she developed the strategy for and led iRobot’s entry into the military market place. At iRobot, she created a culture of practical innovation and delivery that led the creation and deployment of the PackBot, PackBot EOD, PackBot MTRS, Aware Robot Operating System, and participation in many DARPA, Army and Navy research programs. She also ran iRobot’s financing projects which included raising $35M venture capital and a $75M initial public offering. She was most recently led iRobot’s investment in a deployable Flash LADAR and acquisition of Nekton, a UUV company. Greiner holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in computer science, both from MIT.