Babak parviz biography books

From to , he was a venture partner at the Madrona Venture Group primarily focused on venture capital investments in artificial intelligence, healthcare, and deep tech. Before joining Madrona, Babak was a vice president at Amazon for eight and a half years.

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During his time, Amazon grew by nearly 10X to become a trillion dollar company. He built and led teams focused on wearables, experiential e-commerce, devices and services for childhood development, and machine learning for biotech, among other areas. Before joining Amazon, Babak was a director and distinguished engineer with Google X.

At Google, he founded and led the Google Glass team from inception to launch. He co-founded the contact lens team that became a partnership with Novartis. Babak has been with the UW ECE Department since first as an assistant professor, then as an associate professor and currently as an affiliate professor. He was recognized by Ad Age as one of the 50 most creative people in the United States.

He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University. Babak Parviz Affiliate Professor.