Stephen Hoover is CEO of PARC, a Xerox company. Practicing open innovation since 2002, PARC develops innovations and new technologies and takes those to market in collaboration with Fortune 500/Global 1000 companies, startups, and governments. Hoover leads PARC’s business and research in diverse areas including networking, electronics, clean tech, innovation services, intelligent systems, and more. Hoover specializes in integrating technology, market, and business opportunities, from fundamental R&D to commercial scale-up. In previous roles, he was responsible for developing and bringing to market innovations ranging from intelligent self-healing products to computational photography solutions and new Web services platforms. He earned his PhD and MS in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his BS from Cornell University. He holds seven patents.