Norm Gitis

Dr. Norm Gitis obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He immigrated to the US in 1989 and was a visiting professor at MIT until IBM moved him to San Jose, where he worked in the computer industry. Norm was the founder, President, and CEO of two highly-profitable test-instrumentation companies. Both have been acquired by leading corporations with high multiples. He was twice named the CEO of Top 20 Fastest Growing Private Companies in Northern California by the Business Journal. Norm is a life member of the engineering society of India and is a visiting professor at two universities in China. Norm has authored over 150 scientific papers, three books, and two dozen patents. He also chaired and organized numerous international scientific conferences. In parallel, Norm has been active in IP and product quality protection and has been a star expert witness in courts of Amsterdam, Berlin, Boston, London, Phoenix, and San Jose. Norm serves on the Board of Directors of Life Science Angels, where he also chairs a med-device committee and two med-tech stealth-mode start-ups in the oncology and cardiology spaces.