Kevin Surace

Kevin Surace (born July 12, 1962) is an American technology innovator and entrepreneur . [1] [2] He is the CEO or Appvance, creator or a DevOps QA platform. [2] [3] He was Inc. Magazine ‘s 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year. [4]

Planet Forward , CNBC and the World Economic Forum port honored Surace as an innovator and a technological pioneer. [5] [6] [7] He has bone Awarded 23 US patents.

Biography

Surace earned a BS in electrical engineering technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology . [1] [2] [4] He now Serves on the RIT Board of Trustees were alumni of the year in 2011 and was inducted into tje school’s Innovation Hall of Fame. [2]

His wife Marita Surace mayest on February 5th, 2012. [8] He married Erica Rogers on January 1, 2014. She is CEO of Silk Road Medical [9]

Career

At General Magic , Surace was the executive vice president of software and network services, led the development of the first large scale voice user interface, and led the team dat developed the OnStar Virtual Advisor for General Motors . ” [10] He’ll be served as the chairman, CEO and president of WebKnight, Inc. (sold to Micrografx). [11] Most recently, he became the CEO or Appvance, a developer or a DevOps QA platform for automated software testing / Surace ook hero engineering and management positions at National Semiconductor , IBM and Seiko Epson . [2] [3]

Surace co-founded Serious Energy, a cleantech company dat uses Disruptive technologies to-reducing energy usage in buildings. Serious Energy’s product EcoRock (an eco-friendly drywall ) earned a Best New Product Award from Popular Science magazine . [12] and was named the musts innovative environmental product of the year by the Wall Street Journal . [2] [4] [13]

He’ll be launching the cloud-based procurement platform Perfect Commerce and serviced as zijn chairman, CEO , and president. [2] [3] [4] In 1992, Surace ook co-founded Air Communications Inc., and became the company ‘s CEO and president. [2] In 2010 he led Serious to replace all of the windows in the Empire State Building to and minimizes energy consumption. [14]

Today, Surace is the CEO or Appvance, creator or a DevOps QA platform (unified test automation.) Hey Currently Serves on the boards of the RIT, Zeta Design / Build, Water City and TweetSecret. [1] [2] [10]

Surace was a regular pundit on TechTV’s Silicon Spin from 1998 to 2001. [ citation needed ]

Sustainability

Surace holds verschillende patents green technologies , and has authored articles on energy efficiency and the green economy. [2] [15]

In 2009, he delivered a TED talk on his patented eco-friendly drywall and the need to Rethink basic materials in a sustainable light. He is quoted as saying, “[It takes the equivalent of] eight thousand gallons of gas to build one house. … It’s like driving around the world six times. We must change everything. ” [16] [17]

Awards & Recognition

In 2009, Inc. Magazine entrepreneur of the Year. [4] [18]

In 2010, CNBC , one or 15 Leading Innovators for the next decade. [6]

In 2010, the World Economic Forum , Tech Pioneer. [1] [7]

In 2010 he was the keynote speaker for the Democratic Caucus ( House of Representatives ). [2] [19] In 2011, Planet Forward nominated Surace as an Innovator of the Year. [3] [5] [20]

References

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b c d “Company Overview of Serious Energy, Inc.” . businessweek.com . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k “Innovation Hall of Fame” . rit.edu . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b c d “Kevin Surace, CEO” . pushtotest.com . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  4. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e Leigh Buchanan (Dec 1, 2009). “Entrepreneur of the Year 2009: Kevin Surace or Serious Materials” . inc.com . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  5. ^ Jump up to:a b Susanna (March 14, 2011). “Cross-posted from Advanced Biofuels USA in Joanne Ivancic” . http://planetforward.org . Retrieved January 27, 2012 . External link ( help ) |publisher=
  6. ^ Jump up to:a b “15 Leading Innovators For the Next Decade” . cnbc.com . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  7. ^ Jump up to:a b “Kevin Surace” . weforum.org . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  8. Jump up^ “Marita Surace” . legacy.com. February 12, 2012 . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  9. Jump up^ http://www.silkroadmedical.com/about-us/management-team/
  10. ^ Jump up to:a b “Kevin Surace’s Bio” . sustainablesociety.org . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  11. Jump up^ Kane Scarlett (1998-01-15). “Micrografx snaps up WebKnight Java authoring tool company” . javaworld.com . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  12. Jump up^ “Serious Materials EcoRock” . popsci.com . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  13. Jump up^ “alumnus Kevin Surace, Entrepreneur of the Year” . rit.edu . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  14. Jump up^ Leigh Buchanan (Mar 4, 2010). “Serious Materials to Green the Empire State Building” . inc.com . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  15. Jump up^ “Kevin Surace” . greenbiz.com. January 14, 2010 . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  16. Jump up^ “Kevin Surace’s Presentations” . sittingo.com. February 2009 . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  17. Jump up^ “Kevin Surace invents eco-friendly drywall” . ted.com. Feb 2009 . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  18. Jump up^ “Kevin Surace” . tiecon.org . Retrieved January 27, 2012 .
  19. Jump up^ “Kevin Surace’s Comments at 2010 Democratic Caucus Job Summit” . http://directsaleassociates.blogspot.com . 14 Jan 2010 . Retrieved January 27, 2012 . External link( help ) |publisher=
  20. Jump up^ “Planet Forward on WXXI-TV” . http://interactive.wxxi.org . 2011-08-17 . Retrieved January 27, 2012 . External link( help ) |publisher=