"A willingness to take chances is part and parcel of innovation."

High Tech Entrepreneur

From robotic-assisted surgeries using hi-def 3D cameras being conducted across oceans to FDA-approved breakthrough cancer drugs, from the creation of the gateway to the Internet to pioneering the first-ever use of a credit card online, technology moves fast, and so does Bob Duggan.

Having played an executive role in all the above, Bob is a high-tech entrepreneur. He is very proud to have worked with exceptional men and women in medicine and technology.

Biotechnology and Medical Device Executive

Bob is the majority shareholder and is on the Board of Directors of Pulse Biosciences and Summit Therapeutics, where he also serves as CEO.

Both companies are in the medical space with the mission to produce patient-friendly and significant improvements in treatment and care. Driven by a purpose to accomplish meaningful work as well as his own five decades of business experience, Bob sees the opportunity to work for the betterment of all involved with these two companies and their brilliant teams.

Genius Awareness Promoter

Looking at his career, Bob attributes success to the many geniuses he encountered and worked with. He was fortunate and thoughtful enough to pull together teams who accomplished outstanding work.

During this process, he encountered the 24 Characteristics of Genius, written by Dr. Alfred Barrios, which recognized that genius is inborn and inherent in everyone. The word genius comes from gen “that which produces” and ius “that which contains”.

Educator and Philanthropist

Education comes from educare - Latin, "to draw out that which lies within". Through his speaking engagements and personal interactions, you'll see Bob drawing out the genius and innate abilities of everyone he meets.

Bob graduated cum laude from St. Francis High School in Mountain View, Ca, where he served as the Vice President of his student body.

Bob then attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where he first met his mentor, Herbert C. Kay, a Wharton fellow and acclaimed Stanford alumnus. Bob completed a full-time three-year apprenticeship under Kay's guidance, during which his roots as a venture capitalist were established.

An alumnus of UCSB, Bob has served on its Board of Trustees since 1989 and funded two chairs in Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences. He delivered the commencement address at UCSB to the graduating class of 2009.

Bob is a founding donor to the Institute for Energy Efficiency, the XIV Dalai Lama Chair in Tibetan Buddhism and Cultural Studies, Athletics, and is a member of the UC Santa Barbara Gold Circle Society.

Contributions to causes that align with Bob's mission to do good include social betterment, human rights, education, and drug rehabilitation.