Peggy Wu

Associate Director, Human Machine Interaction

United Technologies

– Lead innovations in Virtual & Augmented Reality for Life Support System for Mars vehicle and Artificial Intelligence for robotics in manufacturing.

– Work with internal software engineers and external universities and technical institutes to invent, experiment, and prototype novel symbiotic human machine interactions.

– Formulate research vision and manage strategic initiatives while building and conveying compelling value propositions and alignment to stakeholders and executive management.

– Maintain knowledge and educate organization on bleeding edge technologies.

– Lead, mentor, and manage multi-national multi-disciplinary teams to advance fundamental and applied research.

– Lead full cycle business development, develop and implement bid strategies, proposals, and technical solutions.

– Lead change, establish and implement organizational vision, use business acumen to manage people and resources, mentor and foster collaboration, meet organizational goals and manage customer expectations.

– Manage operations of an internal Institutional Review Board (IRB), identifying best practices, and ensuring compliance with Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) policies.

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