Awards & Recognition
★Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the Year (2003)
★Mass Technology Leadership Council CEO of the Year
★Mass High Tech All-Star
★Fortune Small Business Magazine Best Bosses
★The Economist Innovation Award for changing the world through practical robots
★National Association of Corporate Directors Board of the Year (2018)
★Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council Commonwealth Award (2026)
Notable Facts
→Co-founded iRobot in 1990 at MIT, led company for 33 years as CEO
→MIT graduate who co-founded iRobot with Helen Greiner and Rodney Brooks
→Led iRobot to over 40 million consumer robots sold worldwide
→Stepped down as CEO in January 2024 after 33 years
→MIT master's thesis produced Genghis robot now at Smithsonian
→Co-founded National Robotics Week in 2010
→Company reached peak revenue of $1.6 billion in 2021
→Based in Bedford, Massachusetts
→Currently founder of Familiar Machines & Magic (stealth mode)
→Board member at Ixcela health company
→Married to Dr. Erika Ebbel Angle, CEO of Ixcela