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Bill Li: Autonomous Security Robots - Coming to a Community Near You


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Autonomous Security Robots - Coming to a Community Near You

Episode 077

with Bill Li of Knightscope.com

 

Bill Li is an American entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience and has a broad and deep range of expertise gained from several global assignments in the automotive sector and a number of startups. He is presently the Chairman and CEO of Knightscope, developer of crime-fighting Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs).

 

At Ford Motor Company, Bill held over 12 business and technical positions, focused on 4 continents, cutting across each functional area. These positions ranged from component, systems, and vehicle engineering with Visteon, Mazda, and Lincoln; to business & product strategy on the US youth market, India, and the emerging markets in Asia-Pacific and South America; as well as the financial turnaround of Ford of Europe.


After internally securing $250 million, Bill founded and was COO of GreenLeaf, a Ford subsidiary that became the world’s 2nd largest automotive recycler. Under his leadership, GreenLeaf grew to a 600-employee operation with 20 locations and $150 million in sales. At the age of 28, Bill was the youngest senior executive at Ford worldwide.

 

Bill was then recruited by SOFTBANK Venture Capital to establish Model E Corporation as its President and CEO, a new company where the "Subscribe and Drive" philosophy was first pioneered in California. He subsequently co-founded Build-To-Order Inc. (BTO) as its President and CEO, a company based on the direct distribution of build-to-order products. 

 

Listen to this information-packed BizSoup Podcast Radio episode with Bill Li about autonomous security robots. 


Talking include:



●   Physical Deterrence: How a robot like a police car changes behavior.

●   How the robot collects terabytes of data like license plates, facial detection, cell phone detection, and thermal scans

●   How the robots can broadcast audio warnings and be used as a loudspeaker by the police.

●   How the robots can be used as the eyes, ears, and tools for police and guards to do their job more effectively.

 



Connect with Bill Li



Website

 knightscope.com

Facebook

 facebook.com/knightscope

 LinkedIn

 linkedin.com/in/williamsantanali

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