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Studied Economics and Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Studied Business Management and Corporate Finance at University of California, Los Angeles

Investor and Board Member in Sunset Designs (Jiffy Stitchery)—a needlepoint kit company, later sold to British multinational consumer goods company Reckitt & Colman—growing the investment from $90,000 to approximately $14 million

Founder, Investor, Chairman of Paradise Bakery, ultimately sold to Panera Bread Company

Founder and Investor, Government Technology Services—helping government agencies acquire computer technologies, later acquired by UNICOM Global

Investor and Chairman of the Board, Communication Machinery Corp—third company in the world to create and sell Ethernet node processors, acquired by Rockwell International for approximately $50 million

Presented the United States Congressional Medal of Merit by Texas Congressman Dr. Ron Paul

Board Member, Santa Barbara Museum

Executive Vice President, Santa Barbara Symphony

Investor, Chairman, CEO at Computer Motion—one of the first robotic surgery, high-tech medical device companies, later merged with Intuitive

UCSB Board of Trustees since 1989 and has funded two chairs in mathematical, life, and physical sciences, and religious studies

Founder, Investor, Chairman of Metropolis Media—a media company helping former communist countries transition to capitalism

Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honor by French President Jacques Chirac for his work on robotic surgical technology

Computer Motion merged with Intuitive and became a worldwide leader in medical robotics on a 1/3 – 2/3 basis

Investor and board member, Intuitive Surgical (now Intuitive)

Investor, 2004 initial open market purchase of PCYC

From 2004 to 2008, accumulated more than 30% of PCYC shares

Director, Pharmacyclics (PCYC)

Chairman and CEO, Pharmacyclics—a pharmaceutical company now part of AbbVie

Delivered the commencement address at UCSB

Investor, Pulse Biosciences

Founder, Investor, and CEO of Duggan Investments—investing in the world’s next great innovations in the biosciences field

Founder and CEO of Genius Inc.

Presented the Venky Narayanamurti (Harvard Business Professor) Entrepreneurial Leadership Award for demonstrated high-tech entrepreneurship in these areas:

Ethernet networking
Robotic surgery
Voice recognition OR
Drugs serving patients and physicians as true allies
Drug value efficacy + duration = trauma squared

Investor and Chairman of the Board, Pulse Biosciences—a bioelectric medicine company

Bob Duggan becomes investor in Summit Therapeutics

Bob becomes CEO of Summit Therapeutics and has operational authority

Built ‘Genius Bridge’ in Rural Costa Rica. Assumes accountability to educate the youth and all members of the Costa Rican community of Herradura

Genius Inc. publishes its first book, To Be a Genius!, showcasing the 24 characteristics that all geniuses have in common