Caltech Alum Mario Munich shared his experience going from his Ph.D. to a startup that failed and then to a small successful company. Addressed transferable skills, what is he looking for now that he is on a hiring position, career trajectories within his current company, pros and cons of working on a smaller company, and hiring non-U.S. citizens among others.
Dr. Mario Munich is the senior vice president of iRobot, a global consumer robot company whose vacuum cleaning robot `Roomba' has become a household name. Before joining iRobot, Mario was the CTO of Evolution Robotics, a company specializing in computer vision, localization and autonomous navigation. Evolution Robotics was acquired by iRobot in 2012. Mario received his BS from Universidad Nacional de Rosario in 1991 and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech in 2000.
Written by Hechen Ren