Vice President of Business Development
Bill Rusitzky leads the business efforts for SRI’s Robotic business, which has created a wide variety of robot-based solutions, including the DaVinci Surgical Robot and MotoBot Robot Motorcycle driver for Yamaha, a wide variety of technologies and spin-out companies. Bill has decades of experience growing global businesses.
Previously, Bill served as Adobe’s Global VP for partnerships, business development and OEM sales. At Adobe he helped drive innovation and product solutions, including TV Everywhere that won an Emmy, BBC iPlayer, Hulu, and significant partnerships with Microsoft, Salesforce, Accenture, Deloitte, Publicis, & WPP.
In addition, he was Chief Revenue Officer of THX – a media technology company, founded by George Lucas and SVP of Informatica – a billion-dollar data software company. He has held executive positions at several start-ups, including Netcentives, which he helped grow from 5 people and zero revenue to IPO and tens of millions of ARR.
During the last several years, Bill has been a board member, consultant, and advisor to company’s executives teams, helping them grow the business with sales, partnerships, M&A, and marketing.
Bill holds a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA & Masters of Engineering Degree from Cornell University.