W H O W E A R E, WHO W E S ER V E
Annual report to the community | 2017
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T HE PE OPL E WE SERV E Letter from the President
Letter from the Board Chair
How did you become you?
Phew! We’re taking a deep breath after a wildly successful year. It’s no exaggeration to call 2017 the most ambitious year in The Tech’s history. We opened Reboot Reality and Body Worlds Decoded, launched The Tech for Global Good, hosted thousands of colleagues from around the world for the Association of Science-Technology Centers conference, and completed significant renovations to our Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater and The Tech Studio.
My guess is that the adults in your life when you were young had a powerful impact on who you are today. That’s why The Tech is committed to equipping and inspiring the adults who shape kids’ lives. Through the Bowers Institute, we help teachers bring design challenge learning into the classrooms of more than 30,000 students. Through The Tech Challenge, we enable adult mentors to inspire young people to take on difficult engineering projects with determination and joy. Through our problem-based exhibit experiences we invite adults and young people to work together in ways where everyone learns and has fun. In our mission, we focus on kids while including programming for the adults they depend on. We’d love you to join us—and bring along someone from the next generation if you can!
The Tech personified the Silicon Valley spirit of taking risks and working hard to achieve big goals. Success is never an accident, and the board has a great deal of confidence in The Tech’s leadership and staff’s ability to execute on more in the future. So what’s next? The Tech will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve accomplished and, more importantly, where we are headed. We hope you’ll join this essential conversation in the coming months, and if you haven’t visited The Tech recently, there’s never been a better time to make the trip.
Tim Ritchie President and CEO
Board of Directors Emmanuel Barbara Silicon Valley Education Foundation
Christopher S. DiGiorgio Board Chair Accenture (ret.) Mauria Finley Allume
Chris DiGiorgio Chairman, Board of Directors
R. L. Smith McKeithen Enconcert, Inc.
Tim Ritchie, President and CEO The Tech
Jami Dover Nachtsheim Intel (ret.)
Matthew Sapp Board Treasurer EY
John Giubileo Accenture
Omkaram (Om) Nalamasu, Ph.D. Applied Materials
Raquel Gonzalez Bank of America
Stuart Pann HP Inc.
Judy C. Swanson The Swanson Foundation
Chris Boyd Kaiser Permanente
William W. Heil
Gloria Chen Adobe Systems, Inc.
Gerald D. Held, Ph.D. The Held Group
Daniel Perez Oncore Manufacturing Services (ret.)
Daniel J. Warmenhoven Board Vice Chair Warmenhoven Holdings, LLC NetApp (ret.)
Hon. David D Cortese Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Dave House
Ruba Borno Cisco Systems Ann S. Bowers Past Board Chair
James C. Deichen Suntrust Robinson Humphrey 2 | Annual Report | 2017
Joe Kava Google Randy Krenzin Wells Fargo Advisors
Frank P. Quattrone Past Board Chair Qatalyst Group Roger J. Quinlan Board Secretary SAP America, Inc.
Chad Seiler KPMG
Steve Young HGGC
T A B LE OF C ONT ENT S Editor-in-Chief Jeff Gire Senior Editor Marika Krause Graphic Designer Krista Thomas Contributors Linda Antonopoulos Jennifer Bullock Chris DiGiorgio Michelle Duncan Scott Hamman Karen Hennessy Lisa Incatasciato Maureen Langan Brandon Lewke Abby Longcor Christina O’Guinn Liz O’Hare Talance Orme Maria Pappas Tim Ritchie Eloisa Tan Karen Toste Betsy Towner Levine Allison Wilhelm Rachel Wilner Joe Urbano Photographers Jennifer Bullock Don Feria Matthew Ivan Karen Santos Eloisa Tan Leadership Team Tim Ritchie President and CEO Harvard Sung CFO Bill Bailor Vice President, Operations Maria Pappas Vice President, Development Linda Tsai Vice President, Strategy
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VISITORS Our visitors bounced, sniffed, spotted cyber scams and interacted with our experiences millions of times last year! Learn about all the ways our community came to learn and play at The Tech in 2017.
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ED U C A T O R S Field trips and professional development for teachers bring science and engineering into classrooms. Plus, read the latest from our signature programs, The Tech Challenge and The Tech for Global Good.
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S UP P O R TE R S Details of our annual budget, an endowment report and a breakdown of volunteer impact at The Tech. Plus, our full list of donors.
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WH A T A YE A R ! How do you recap a year like 2017? We tried our best and selected 17 highlights for 12 unforgettable months.
Gretchen Walker Vice President, Learning Rachel Wilner Vice President, Media and Community
Data in this report comes from The Tech’s 2017 Strategic Audience Research by Haley Goldman Consulting and 2017 Museum Visitor Survey Benchmark Report by Morey Group. Our annual report is produced once a year for supporters and friends of The Tech Museum of Innovation. If you have questions about this publication, contact Jeff Gire, director of media + community, at jgire@thetech.org.
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VIS I T O R S
You saw the human body through the lens of augmented reality. You watched engineering wonders brought to life on an IMAX screen. You flapped virtual wings and soared over Manhattan. If you were among the more than 400,000 visitors to The Tech in 2017, you shared these experiences, and many more. Thank you for giving life to our mission to inspire the innovator in everyone.
C OM M U N I T Y P ROF I LE The Tech surveys and interviews guests year-round to gain insights that will help us improve service to our community. These pages provide a snapshot of that data and a glimpse of the people we serve. Exhibits explored on general visit BioDesign Studio Exploration Gallery
Total attendance 463,169
70%
Museum 261,253 Special events 44,845 IMAX film 157,071
68% 67%
Social Robots Innovations in Health Care
65%
Our members’ favorite exhibit!
Make, create and iterate In The Tech Studio, visitors build and rebuild solutions to a design challenge.
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Avg. time in Tech Studio 4 | Annual Report | 2017
3+
Avg. number of design iterations
Guest satisfaction Excellent rating
Good rating
Overall experience
71%
Entertainment experience
72%
17%
Educational experience
71%
19%
Exhibit presentation and quality IMAX experience
20%
68%
23% 81%
14%
VIS I TOR PR OF I LE
MEMBER PROFILE
Who comes to The Tech?
A member of The Tech is passionate about science and technology — they must be since they visit us multiple times a year! We’re proud of our growing membership and the fact that so many of our members are pleased with the direction we’re headed.
56%
First-time visitors
67% 17%
Members
11%
Active members in 2013
5,420
Active members in 2017
6,902
64%
Parties with children
48% The Tech
National museum average
Santa Clara County
38%
15%
Where visitors come from
Five other Bay Area counties
8%
Other parts of CA
19%
20%
Museum 64,703
Total member attendance 92,866
International
Member Party 2,385 IMAX film 25,778
Other parts of U.S.
Visitors’ top 3 goals for their visits
27% growth
Members’ top 3 goals for their visits
38%
25%
11%
29%
29%
21%
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Have a fun and energizing time.
Spend quality time with my family.
Learn a little bit about a variety of topics.
Have a fun and energizing time.
Expose my children to ideas about science that may help them in the future.
Experience a sense of wonder and awe about science.
What visitors say about us
family-friendly
unforgettable
high-tech
inclusive
welcoming
vast
clean
interesting
surprising hands-on unique educational amazing
high-tech futuristic
fascinating
innovation
experimental
awesome cool amazing hands-on family-friendlyaccessible
creative
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interesting fun different
modern science and technology
awesome
interactive
educational exhibits
fun
inspiring exciting
innovative
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What members say about us
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THE TECH EX P ERI ENC E Innovation’s not easy, which is why we’ve designed many of our experiences to engage visitors in an iterative design process that takes more time than most museum exhibits. We strive to create a balance between quick and in-depth experiences to engage learners of all kinds. Average visit length
Visitors prefer... 2.2 HO
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The Tech
National museum average
36%
22%
Longer experiences
Shorter experiences
What visitors do at The Tech Many of our exhibits use The Tech Tag, providing us with valuable insights into how visitors engage with us. Total interactions (During regular museum hours)
1,795,443 Top interactions
Body Moves: 455,259 (Bounce: 166,783; Balance: 156,953; Pose: 131,523) The three Body Moves experiences in Body Metrics, presented by Kaiser Permanente, use a Microsoft Kinect to capture visitors’ movements: jumping, attempting to hold their balance and performing yoga poses.
Top interactions by time Experience
Avg. time
BioDesign Studio: Living Colors Lab
13 min. 18 sec.
BioDesign Studio: Creature Creation Station
11 min. 48 sec.
Cyber Detectives: Mission
11 min. 11 sec.
Cyber Detectives: Net Builder
6 min. 17 sec.
Cyber Detectives: Cyber Forensics
4 min. 10 sec.
Overall interactions by month, 2016-17 250k
Heart Sync: 259,971
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April
March
February
January
December
November
Visitors explore how a dog’s sense of smell might help detect cancer at this stop in Innovations in Health Care, presented by El Camino Hospital.
50k
October
Sensing with a Sniff: 65,430
100k
September
This activity in Cyber Detectives, presented by Palo Alto Networks, teaches how to avoid phishing and other Internet security hazards.
150k
August
Spam and Scam: 68,385
200k
July
Up to six people can watch a visual representation of their breathing and heart rate in Body Metrics.
MUSEU M S P EC I AL EV EN TS Every year The Tech hosts about 200 special events. This includes everything from high school proms to company holiday parties. On our revamped IMAX stage, Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics announced the West Coast launch of The Trust Project, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation revealed the next five scientist-inventors to receive the prestigious Moore Inventor Fellowship. Here’s a handful of the organizations we hosted in the past year: 23andMe Accenture LLP Adobe Systems Incorporated American Society of Civil Engineers Apple Carnegie Mellon University Cisco Systems, Inc.
Dell EMC Deloitte Facebook Google Intuit Edison Pharmaceuticals J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines
Girls Day @ The Tech On Feb. 20 and May 6, 2017, The Tech featured an array of hands-on engineering activities with collaborators who encouraged young women to explore careers in STEM. Attendees: 4,900
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Mentor Graphics Mercedes Benz National Association of Broadcasters O’Reilly Media Palo Alto Networks
Santa Clara University Technology Credit Union University of Maryland Washington State University
ASTC Annual Conference For the second time in its history, The Tech hosted the annual conference for the Association of ScienceTechnology Centers. Attendees: 1,800 (a record!)
H A CKW OR TH I M AX ® D OME T H E A T E R 2017 was a big year for our theater! We expanded our IMAX en Español series, which presents our educational films in Spanish to the public. Working with our advisers, we opened the theater for sensory-friendly programming by lowering the volume and raising the lights during films. Best in show IMAX awarded The Tech with the Maximum Image Award for Best Booth for the second time, recognizing the theater and staff’s commitment to presentation excellence. Total viewership
157,071
Renovation highlights After nearly two decades of operation, our theater received some TLC in 2017. More renovations are planned in 2018 — stay tuned! All original incandescent bulbs were replaced with energy-efficient, programmable LED light fixtures. Cameras were installed, making it possible to project live events onto the dome screen, while streaming the content on YouTube and Facebook Live. A stage area for live events was installed.
Most-viewed educational films
“Dream Big” 42,980
“Amazon Adventure” 23,981
“Extreme Weather” 11,200 The Tech Museum of Innovation | 7
E D U C AT O R S
When educators bring their classes on field trips to The Tech or sign up for professional development through the Bowers Institute, they’re bringing the future into their students’ lives. We aim to help educators demonstrate to their students that anyone can contribute to building a better world through the use of science and technology.
TRA ININ G A NEW GENER A TI O N O F E D U C A T O R S In 2016 The Tech officially launched the Bowers Institute, whose mission is to support educators to develop the next generation of problem-solvers. 2016-17 highlights: Professional development
678 Educators served
4,263 Contact hours
8,234
Approximate number of students reached 8 | Annual Report | 2017
This is the total amount of time educators spent in professional development at The Tech.
What educators are saying about Bowers Institute professional development
“At first, I was really hesitant because I didn’t know if people were going to be more advanced, but then once I realized everyone’s in the same boat and everyone’s learning, it was such a safe place.”
“The space was perfectly designed for collaborative learning, and the PD was of the highest quality.”
THE TE CH AC AD EM I ES ’ E XP A N D I N G R E A C H Three years since the launch of The Tech Academies of Innovation, model STEM educators are seeing their impact multiply. The Tech Academies of Innovation is a partnership with schools in underserved communities to build model programs for teaching STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). It starts with a cohort of educators who engage in 100 hours of PD over two years at The Tech, where they learn the latest methodologies to integrate engineering across the curriculum. These educators not only take strategies back into the classroom, but also emerge as Engineering Education Leaders (EELs) and pass on what they’ve learned to their fellow educators. The result? Rapidly growing improvement in STEM education at the schools that need it most. Educators impacted
Students taught engineering by these educators
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800
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10000
200
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5000
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FY2016
Direct (program participants)
FY2017
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Indirect (through professional development and workshops led by Tech Academies EELs)
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FY2015 (Pilot)
FY2016
FY2017
Direct (students of direct educators)
TOTAL
Indirect (students of educators who attended training led by Tech Academies EELs)
SC HOOL FI ELD T RI P S A field trip to The Tech isn’t just a chance for students to experience our hands-on exhibits. The Tech also offers in-depth science and innovation labs, which give young people the chance to dive into a challenging activity that can tie into physics, biology or engineering.
Paid field trips 96,067
Total field trip attendance & experiences 190,989
Title I field trips (donor-funded) 58,493* Science labs 31,214 Innovation labs 5,215 50% of students saw an educational IMAX film.
*Title I tracked during school year only (Sept. 1, 2016, through June 8, 2017). The Tech Museum of Innovation | 9
IN NOVATO RS WHO ROC K : TH E T E C H C H A L L E N G E The Tech Challenge, presented by Dell, celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2017, when students worked in teams to design and build a device to cross a ravine. Participants spent months collaborating and becoming deeply engaged in the challenge while documenting their progress and designs, helping them develop crucial 21st century skills like problem solving, creativity and critical thinking. Total registered participants
689
2500
increase over 4 years
700
647
600 500
669
2000
513 446
2,784
2,073
Reaching underrepresented communities Female participants: 1,169 42% of total participants
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2015
500
2014
2017
2016
2015
2014
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2,809
1000
2013
100
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increase over 4 years
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2013
400
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2017
800
54%
2016
Total registered teams
What did you learn?*
“Engineering is awesome!”
Registered teams from Title I schools: 314 96% increase over 4 years Growing online reach
“The true meaning and power of teamwork and the engineering process.”
Downloads of online resources: 651 Students served: 28,510
“How to cooperate and fail and try again.”
Did The Tech Challenge help you…* Learn new things about science and engineering 90% Work better with others Be more interested in a job in science, technology or engineering
87% 82%
See that you can turn your ideas into a reality 85% Respond better to setbacks 10 | Annual Report | 2017
“That even though engineering problems can seem impossible, you can always find a solution.”
“How to argue respectfully.”
84% *From 2017 surveys of participants
MA KING CHANGE: T HE TE C H F O R G L O B A L G O O D Youth summits Half-day summits were created around an engrossing design challenge. The Tech for Global Good laureate PATH — a global health nonprofit — was used as the inspiration for this year’s challenge, which involves creating a plan to distribute a vaccine to communities around the world. Student feedback from the first summit pointed to the impact of collaboration when creating new solutions. In 2017 we transformed The Tech Awards — our annual gala known as the Oscars of Silicon Valley — into a new year-round program called The Tech for Global Good. The idea? To create the next generation of innovators ready to tackle the toughest challenges facing our planet. Every year, we’ll celebrate social entrepreneurs using technology to solve big problems. The stories of these honored laureates — featured in a prominent exhibit and educational programming all year long — are the bedrock of the program. From talks and lectures to our annual kickoff celebration, The Tech for Global Good promotes the power of social innovators to change our world.
“I can tell others about my project and they can take it to a new level.”
“It made me think that some ideas are strange, but just might work.”
“This made me think about how something small can grow to something big over time.”
Stories that inspire The films created to describe the work of five laureates were edited to be shown every day in the new exhibit, and were also shown at the annual celebration on Nov. 4, 2017. They’ve reached thousands more on YouTube. Crisis Text Line Crisis Text Line founder Nancy Lublin had a lifechanging text exchange that led to the creation of her tech nonprofit, which provides free, 24/7 support for people in crisis.
Medic Mobile Josh Nesbit got the idea for Medic Mobile when he was just 19. What started with just 100 phones has grown into a software platform that empowers about 20,000 community health workers around the world.
Forus Health KC had been a tech executive for 25 years when he took on a whole new challenge: ending preventable blindness. The device he created has already impacted millions of lives, and it’s now being used in 16 countries.
PATH How would you get a vaccine to 300 million people? PATH is a global nonprofit that pulls together major health innovations to impact millions.
Livox Carlos Pereira has dedicated his life to giving his daughter a voice. This passion led to Livox, an affordable alternative communication app that is being used by tens of thousands of people with disabilities and unlocking life for the voiceless.
Reach in the exhibit’s first four months: In-person: 70,874 Online: 40,750 The Tech Museum of Innovation | 11
SUPP O R T E R S
The Tech strives for all of our community to have access to the abundance of opportunity in Silicon Valley. We’re working on expanding the reach of our successful educational programs beyond local school districts. Volunteers and donors make this mission possible, and The Tech is incredibly fortunate to have so many share a vision where access to a world-class science and engineering education is available to all young people.
REVEN U E A ND EX P ENSE S Total revenue, including in-kind contributions, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, was more than $21.2 million and included $4.3 million of contributions to The Tech 3.0 capital campaign. The highlight of FY17 was $13.4 million in contributions, representing 63% of total revenue. Earned revenue from ticket sources such as general admissions and special event facility rentals accounted for 26%. Public support from the city of San Jose equaled 11% and included both a general operating subsidy as well as the value of donated space occupied by the museum. Strong revenue coupled with an elevated expense level of $21.4 million resulted in a slight deficit for the year. Of the $160k book deficit, $158k is non-cash, representing the present value discount of donated space occupied by the museum. The remaining $2k was covered using Contributions 11% prior fiscal year cash surplus carryforward. 76% of The $13,403,771 Tech’s expenses were allocated to programs, 15% to Earned marketing and administration, and 9% to fundraising.
26%
11%
Contributions $13,403,771 Earned $5,400,171
26% 63%
Public $2,394,547 Total $21,198,489
Expenses Programs $16,163,902
9% 15%
Marketing and Administration $3,214,076
$5,400,171
This strong financial performance Public helped The Tech 63% $2,394,547 retain its four-star rating, the highest possible, by Charity Navigator, America’s leading independent charity Total rating service. $21,198,489 12 | Annual Report | 2017
Revenue
76%
Fundraising $1,980,683 Total $21,358,661
EN DO WM ENT UP D AT E Since 2014, The Tech has contributed all endowment draws to a $3.2 million operating reserve, to be used in future periods for operations when financial performance is significantly lower than expected. Reserve contributions from endowment
Endowment allocations
800k 700k 600k
$648k
$683k
$744k
Equities
$757k
71.8%
500k
0
FY 2017
100k
FY 2016
200k
FY 2015
300k
FY 2014
400k
Fixed income
4.8% 23.3%
Cash
Total reserve: $3,240,000 (as of June 2017)
Total endowment (as of June 2017)
$15,500,000
V O LU NTEE R POWER In 2017, the value of volunteer time at The Tech surpassed $1 million! There is no way The Tech could accomplish its goals without the dedication of this incredible group. “Volunteering for The Tech Museum of Innovation is a great way to give back to the technology that gave us a career and a life in the Silicon Valley. It’s a great opportunity to educate and inspire the applied scientist, the engineer, and the technologist that’s in every person.” — Longtime volunteer at The Tech Total volunteer hours
Total active volunteers in 2017
Youngest volunteer
Estimated value of volunteer service to The Tech*
New active volunteers in 2017
Oldest volunteer
41,540
$1,002,776 *$24.14 is estimated value of a volunteer hour, according to Independent Sector
425
253
15
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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, GOVERNMENT DONORS ( as of June 30, 2017) INSPIRATIONAL ($1,000,000 and above) City of San Jose BENEFACTOR ($250,000 to $999,999) Anonymous Applied Materials, Inc. VISIONARY ($100,000 to $249,999) Dell Computer Corporation Google, Inc. Intel Corporation Microsoft Corporation PayPal, Inc. Qatalyst Partners LP SAP Sharks Foundation Sobrato Organization Sutter Health FOUNDING ($50,000 to $99,999) Adobe Systems Incorporated Bank of America Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Genentech, Inc. Forever Young Foundation Monterey Peninsula Foundation host of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Nasdaq Foundation Qualcomm Incorporated PRINCIPAL ($25,000 to $49,999) Accenture Amgen Foundation Arm Asset Management Company Delta Air Lines eBay, Inc. EY First Tech Federal Credit Union Gilead Sciences GoDaddy Hedco Foundation The Koret Foundation KPMG LLP NetApp Oracle Samsung Seagate Technology, Inc. Thermo Fisher Scientific Xilinx Yahoo! Employee Foundation UNDERWRITING ($10,000 to $24,999) Agilent Technologies Benesse Silicon Valley Best Buy BNY Mellon Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Cavium, Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc. Discord Goldman Sachs Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. Heising-Simons Foundation Hitachi Huntsman Gay Global Capital Partners, LLC IBM Corporation Institute of Museum and Library Services Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula Khosla Ventures Kirkland & Ellis LLP 14 | Annual Report | 2017
LinkedIn Corporation The David H. Liu Foundation Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Gregory P. Luth & Associates, Inc. Mentor Graphics Foundation Micro Lithography, Inc. The Moca Foundation Mozilla Northrop Grumman Corporation Nuquest Ventures Nvidia Corporation Radar Partners SanDisk Corporation San Jose State University Schwegman Lundberg Woessner Silicon Valley Bank STMicroelectronics, Inc. SunPower Corporation Symantec Corporation Synopsys, Inc. Tech CU Toeniskoetter Construction Tosa Foundation United Airlines Wells Fargo Bank Western Digital Wiley Workday Foundation INVESTING ($5,000 to $9,999) AMD Robert E. and Adele Boydston Foundation Box, Inc. Champion Charities Deloitte Event Network Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Jive Software Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC Kaiser Permanente Legacy Venture McKinsey & Company, Inc. Medius ON Semiconductor Palo Alto Networks Provident Credit Union Santa Clara University College of Arts and Sciences Star One Credit Union TiVo, Inc. Union Pacific Foundation Zoom SPONSORING ($2,500 to $4,999) Apple Matching Gifts Program Buckingham Strategic Wealth D-Rev: Design Revolution Kinder Morgan Foundation The Markkula Foundation Morrison & Foerster Foundation PATH Plantronics, Inc. Quilici Engineers, Inc. San Jose Water Company Santa Clara Valley Water District ENTREPRENEURIAL ($1,000 to $2,499) Applied Materials Foundation & Employees Association of Science and Technology Centers Discovery Place, Inc. Equinix, Inc. FireEye Fragomen Google Matching Gifts Program Grant Thornton LLP Lexus of Stevens Creek
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: Frank Quattrone
The Tech Board member Frank Quattrone of Qatalyst (far right) participated in the Steve Young/Jerry Rice Bay Area Classic benefiting The Tech and the Forever Young Foundation, which provides support to children from underserved communities. Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Micron Technology Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Signature Flight Support IN-KIND Adobe Systems Incorporated Advocate Creative Arm Catered Too Cisco Systems, Inc. Event Network Forbes, Inc. Google, Inc. Hotel De Anza Hyatt Place J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines KPMG LLP NBC Bay Area Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme Plantronics, Inc. San Jose Marriott San Jose State University Department of Music Scott’s Seafood Stanford Graduate School of Business TechShop, Inc. Telemundo
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
VISIONARY ($100,000 and above) Ann S. Bowers House Family Foundation The Swanson Family Charmaine and Dan Warmenhoven FOUNDER ($50,000 to $99,999) Casey and Jack Carsten Drummond-Berk Family Fund Deedee and Burton McMurtry The Moore Family Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore AMBASSADOR ($25,000 to $49,999) Jimi and Edward Barnholt Peggy and Yogen Dalal Davidson Family Foundation Grimm Family Fund-TMI Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation Shannon and Joseph Kava Joanne Harrington and Lorry Lokey James and Rebecca Morgan Family Foundation Jami Dover Nachtsheim and Stephen Nachtsheim Smith Family Foundation INNOVATOR ($10,000 to $24,999) Penelope and Ronald Blake Mary Lee and Edward Cannizzaro Nan and Charles Geschke Jon Graff Eva Grove Susan and John Diekman Eileen and Christopher DiGiorgio Barbara and John Glynn Dawn and Gary Guthart Barbara and William Heil, Jr. Connie and Jerry Held Trine Sorensen and Michael Jacobson The Krause Foundation Janie and Wayne Lambert Ludwick Family Foundation Joyce Milligan Christine and Tim Ritchie Amy and Matthew Sapp Janet Brownstone and Andrew Verhalen James P. Verhalen Family Foundation Marva and John Warnock Jack Wheatley INVESTING ($5,000 to $9,999) Jo and Barry Ariko Gordon Bell Carol and John Gallagher Beverly and Kenneth Haughton Deborah and Richard Justice Gloria Chen and John Kibarian Jaynie and Bill Kind Patti and Mike Klayko Kathleen and Smith McKeithen Jin and C.S. Park Bobbie and David Pratt Cathy and Roger J. Quinlan Donna Dubinsky and Leonard Shustek Timi Del Conte and John M. Sobrato SPONSORING ($2,500 to $4,999) Anna and Rob Bradshaw Linda and Joe Bronson Robert Bynum Mona Sabet and Joe Chernesky
Kathy and James Deichen Nancy Blachman and David DesJardins Mary Ellen Fox and Michael E. Fox Family Foundation Marnie Mar and Butch Francisco Patricia and Martin Giles John Giubileo David Hitz Beverly and Charles Huss David and Maureen Kennedy Ronnie and Karen Lott Shawn and Douglas MacKenzie Alison and Michael Mauzé Jill and Tom McEnery Kim Worsencroft and David L. McEvoy Shara and David Morishige Dean Morton Julie Packard Stuart Pann Joy and Jim Peacock Hal Powell Maria Constantino-Roelandts and Willem Roelandts Suzanne and Ali Salehpour Linda and King Won Mauria Finley and Greg Yap ENTREPRENEURIAL ($1,000 to $2,499) Anonymous Mechelle and Manny Barbara Barbara and Frank Barone Christina and James Barrese Janice and Thomas Berthold Paul Billig Denise Chilow and Simon Bloch Ruba Borno Jennifer and Charles Boynton Suzanne and Donald Bray Pamela and Peter Campagna Karin and Steven Chase Fannie Allen and George Cogan Sandi and Richard Conniff Sonja and Bill Davidow Marla and James de Broekert Celia and Jim Dudley Joan and Alan Earhart Elwanda and William Fenwick Jeanne and Frank Fischer Lawson Fisher The Brett and Michelle Galloway Foundation Renu and Dhrumil Gandhi Susan Valeriote and Ken Goldman Ronald Haak Munira Shamim and Amer Haider Jan Half Lucia Halliday Richard Hanley Arline and James Harper Peggy and Fred Heiman Atsuko and Tim Jenks Robert S. Kieve Foundation Jennifer Konecny Michael and Ina Korek Foundation Trust Terry and Bill Krivan Catherine Lego Laura Becker-Lewke and Reynold Lewke Karen and Walter Loewenstern Yu-Jing Lu Ellen and Jim Lussier Shilin Jiang and Gregory Luth Margie and Bruce Madding Rhonda and Vinod Mahendroo Ann and Robert Marangell Christina and Webb McKinney Maureen Langan and Dave Mewes Tashia and John Morgridge
Rosalind Solon Morris and J. David Morris Dona Munsch Anthony and Maria Pappas Carrie and Greg Penner Fund of the Walton Family Foundation Vickie and Mike Pope Jan and Don Provan Dorothy Reagan Robert Rodert Catherine E. Rossi-Roos and Mark Roos Linda Tsai and John Ryan Marianne and Carl Salas Pat J. Seawell Edward So The Somekh Family Foundation Andrea and Joseph Thomas Margaret and John Thompson Benjamin Wang Jana Van DeGoor-Washington and Kenneth Washington Anita and Steve Westly Elizabeth B. Wolf Arnold Zidell EXPLORER ($500 to $999) Veronica and Greer Arthur Laura Bailey Edward Baldwin Russita and Arvind Bedi Carol Benz Madonna and Gabriel Bolano Eric Boyle Sally and Richard Braugh Erin Brennock Teresa Briggs Busy Burr Atul Butte Rex Cardinale Elizabeth Carey Angela Carter Greg Casella Debra Matsuhiro and Russell Castronovo
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: Peter Donnelly
The Tech Challenge Executive Committee Chair Peter Donnelly of Dell addressed the participants and audience at the awards ceremony. The Tech Museum of Innovation | 15
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: Joy Peacock and Meaux Costello
Joy Peacock and Meaux Costello co-chaired the annual Girls @ The Tech Luncheon, where 180 business leaders and high school girls gathered for an afternoon of mentoring, including a panel discussion that explored the real challenges facing women in STEM careers and strategies for navigating them. Paula and Hsin-Ping Chang Jacqueline Chang Marlene and Jason Citron Andrew Clark Bernadette and Jeff Clavier Joan Colligan Pattie and Dave Cortese Steve Crouse Roberta and Andras Csaplar Grace and George Davis Krisanthy Desby Janet Dore Charlotte Drew Simon Ellis Diane Shearer and Bill Fahsholtz Debra Fant Brian Friday Marilyn and Bob Garibaldi Christian Gentle Stephen Godfrey Jerome Guillen Iskara and Baldev Gupta Richard Hackworth Stanley E. Hanson Foundation Melanie and Christopher Harrell Andrea and Brent Harris Anne and Sean Hehir Virginia and Wolfgang Henke Melinda Rogers and Eric Hixon Erin Hoffman Emily and Karen Holton Jovita Honor Hari Jayaram Ana Mendez and Rajeev Jayavant Sylvia and Jim Katzman Foundation Lisa and Jay Kerley Christina Klayko Patti and Tom Larkins Steve Leistner Shannon and Craig Lewis Alicia Rojas and Howard Lyons Gretchen and James Mair 16 | Annual Report | 2017
Michael Mak Shuang Mao Elizabeth Witter and Jeffrey Mayer Peter Meier Rand Morimoto Anne and Ron Murphy David Muskat Sukanya and Omkaram Nalamasu Shawn O’Connor Alexander Ohlgart Robert Pender Ethel Queen Shanthi Ramamurthy Alice Rimer Heather Rock Ruth and Barnett Rosenblum Grace Nichols and Yuri Saito Steve Schramm Brian Schunck Janeen and Robert Sohigian Shannon Sullivan Peggy and Harvard Sung Pamela and Edward Taft Daniel Tellep William Unger Kumar Vora John Wernli Evelyn Williams Pete Woodhouse SUSTAINING ($250 to $499) Anonymous Naveed Agboatwala Elaine Spotswood and Winifred Alexander Marc Allard Miriam Taimisto and Glenda Anderson Jill Antonides Elizabeth Arias Lucia Soares and Miguel Avila Lawrence Baca Laurie Kraljev and Caroline Baker Sameeta and Dhiraj Ballal Laura Barton Maria Isabel Basa April Beach Brian Beattie Nancy Beckman Annie Bedichek Jennifer Beedon Catherine Behroozi Malini Bhattacharya Clive Blackridge Tia Verches and Will Bluhm Tamara Bongi Gary Boortz Susan Borkin Joan and John Bower Kristin and Blaine Bowman Susan Bradford-Moore Kourtney Brewster Marcie and Chet Brown Arlene and Gregory Brown Miyuki Brown Maureen Buggy Jennifer Bull Janice Toyoshima and David Bungo Mariah Busta Maria Cabuby Lou Caputo John and Nancy Cassidy Family Foundation Daniel Cer Hongxia Chen Jenn Chen Jin Yin Chen Tianhong Chen Jessica Cheng
Prasanta Chinara Jung Cho Raymond Choi Gloria Chou Karen Clark Shemetta and Thomas Cobourn Denise and Timothy Cole Joan and Edward Conger Linda and John Conover Robert Cook Linda and Daniel Cooperman Alisa and Fred Cordesius Shayna Counts Nancy and Alan Covington Kimberly and Keith Cox Mary Cox Kirsten Crum Edwin Cruz Kori Dagum Amy and Matthew Dale Heather DaRosa Steve Davis Laura and Arnold de Leon Stan DeBella The Delan Family Stacey Dembroge Willie Demmons Troy Devincentis Tara Devlin Mahooya Dinda Tara Dowdell Sharon Carroll and Robert Downs Andrea and Adam Draper Phyllis and William Draper Clemens Drews Mark Duggan Jennifer and Leonard Dulski Crecenciano Duran Amanda and Barry Eberly Jenna Ellis Keagan Elsley Tim Enney Claudia Hill and L.C. Enoksen R. Erfuth Mary and Scott Eschen Laura Howard and Gene Faucher Amy Fields Julie Filice Janine Flagg Charles Fleischer Sophie Horiuchi and Paul Forrester Liat Frenkel Jennifer Friess Brian Furtado II Kate and Nicholas Galiotto Mary Ann Gallo Jacqueline Gamaza Kanko Ganguly Mary Beth Garber Tania Brewe and John Garcia Jose Garcia Teri Gardner Laurie and Mark Garfield Mary Katherine and Dylan Sanders Garrett Lenore Olivas and Rich Gee Kenneth Genz Aymeric Gisselbrecht Eryka Glover Janice and Mel Goertz Eric Goldlust Xiaoyun Gong Raquel Gonzalez Vicente Gonzalez Julia Goodwin Jean Gregor Mary Ann and John Grilli
Chrissie Davis and Sebastian Grillo Mark Gunther Stephanie Gutierrez Joseph Haemer Michael Hahn Dina Venezky and Stephen Hahn Linh Hankins Kathryn and Kirk Hanson Jim Heldberg Kathleen and Richard Hendricks Isaias Hernandez Rosemary and Miguel Hernandez Karl Hillesland Harvey Hinman Diana and Robert Hirahara Matthew Hoffman Sara Hollister Susan Holmes Tristan Holtman Joe Hoppa David Hsiao Feng Hu Christine and Peter Huddleston Wes Hummel Sabrina and Forrest Iglesbee Anthony Intintoli Elisabeth and Pierre Irissou Amy Iwamoto Dina and Neil Jacobson Lucie Jay Alissa Juillet Leah Jullia Peggy and Mark Kaminsky Arthur Kao Shaila Karim Deepti Kannan and Alanghat Karunakaran Leslie Kellogg Jacob Kiefer Haritha Kilaru Kay Knox Allison Koehler Gayathri Koneru
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: Connie and Jerry Held
Connie and Jerry Held were among 500 Silicon Valley VIPs at The Tech for Global Good celebration, where we saluted five new laureates, experienced their exhibits and shared conversation about technology and health.
Amy and Lance Kotsubo Christine Kouvaris Jerry Kozak Sylvia Krimsley Ashok Kulkarni Rini Kundu Joachim Kunkel Tharun Kuppireddy Miranda Kwan Anita and Yucaipa Kwock Jennifer Laddish Margherita Lai Karen Lamorte Jeannine Larabee Brian Latimer Joseph Jonathan Leabres Helene and Edward Lee Haemi Lee Sun Lee Trudy Leitz Robyn Leslie Karen Chu and Steven Leung Alisa Lewis Bethany Lewis Michele and Bjorn Liencres Aaron Lim Stephen Lima Barbara and William Linder Tony Lomeli Laura Long Hai Tao Loo Karen and Howard Loomis Sarah Lou Mike Louer Tom Lu Rosemarie and Dale Luck Phyllis and Jerry Lun Diem Luong Zheng Ma Robin and Stephen MacDonald Terry and David Markle Ezequiel Marquez Susan Marsch Alan Martinez Jessica Mattson Sharon McCauley Rob McDowell Sarah and Larry McGee Colin McGrath Carl Meeds Bette and Albert Mendizabal Archie Mesina Robert Meyers Nancy Reagan and Charles Mignosa Kevin Miller Mike Miller Cheryl Knepfler and John Miranda Tom Mohr Michele Mork-Ovson David Morrison Martin Mueller Bart Munro Kris Myers Karthigayan Natarajan Punam Navalgund Sudha Neelakantan Angie and Paul Newhagen Jenifer Ngo Wong Thomas Ngo Minhngoc Nguyen Grace and Brian Nichols Susan and Arnim Nicolson Matthew Niehaus Patricia Carlino and Mark Nixon Ruilene Noguera Carol Novello
Liz and Paul Nyberg Mildred and Merlin Nygren Johannes Oberhofer Juan Ocampo Otieno Ododa Pam Krebs-Oki and Mark Kiyoto Oki Dirk Orgassa Adelaida Ortloff Jin Hui Ou-Yang Nancy and Curtis Palm Allegra Parisi Todd Park DJ Patil Elizabeth and Tom Pavel Jennifer Pendley Jeffrey Percival Jeanne Perret Jeff Pinsker David Pisoni Michael Pliner Raje Ponnuswamy Vanessa Potter Pratima Prabhu Venkatarama Pulumati Lee Pulver Jae Pyeon Ziaorong Qiang Emily Ramos Lauren Reedy Delyna Reil Daniela Relaford Ernesto Rey Carlos Reyna Janet and Jim Reynolds Richard Rhee Kim Richardson Gene Roberts Joseph Roberts Kelly Roche Kevin Roche Dawn Rodrigues Linda and Ron Rossen Judy-Ann Rosti Jann Rudkin Kathleen Russler Kathleen Rydar Janet and James Ryder Hermelinda Sagredo Safieh Saib Caitlin Samenfeld-Specht Kurt Schallitz Cynthia Schreuder Monica Schuet Karin Schwab Carol and David Schwartz Charles Scoma Sadia Altaf and Tarique Shafaeen Tushar Shah Bonnie Sharp Raymond Sheffield Shoshana Shelef Scott Shipman MT Siegling Krisshnaveni Sivanesan Kerry Slattery David Smith Gordon Macgregor Smith Jared Smith-Mickelson Lawrence Snapp Gwen Sobolewski Angela Song Karen Songerwala Alaina Sparks Sarah Springer Nicolette St. Angel Katie Stamos The Tech Museum of Innovation | 17
Melissa Stanis Dana Doctorow and Daniel Stellenberg Jackie Sturm John Suazo Dawn Sullivan Jawahar Swaminathan Tina Swift Adam Tai Siu Fai Tam Rebecca Ternus Lydia Terrill Anup Tikku Frank Tomei Hua Tran Lana Tsang Andrea Guerra and Marcus Tylutki Jannette Unck Teruo Utsumi Brad Vale Tracy Valentine John Vartanian Beth and Toby Villa Rama Vuyyuru Faiga Walfish Diane and Clint Walker Edith Cohen and Alexander Wang Amy Wang Fung Wing Wang Jan Wang Zhihong Wang Hisham Abdalla Wasfy WB Way Ann Weiss Jenny Wen Katie Wheeler Caron and Rick Whitacre David Whiting Deanna Wilk Annie Wilkins Julie Willey Dan T. Williamson Martin Winter Corinne and Todd Wipke Anne and Derek Witty Elaine and Harvey Wong Herbert Wong Johanna Wong Steven Wong Catherine Woo Lauren Woodman Kathleen and Rich Woodward Jennifer and Fred Worley Frank Worrell David Wu Patricia Wyrod Tong Xie Patricia Nakashima and Ken Yamamoto Donna and Lewis Yobs Leah and Mark Zanella Jie Zhao Renee Ziegenfus Jessica Owen and Martin Zinkevich
TECH 3.0 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
$10,000,000 and above Ann S. Bowers $1,000,000 to $9,999,999 William K. Bowes Jr. Foundation Brin Wojcicki Foundation Ann Howland Doerr and John Doerr Barbara and John Glynn Bequest of Michael L. Hackworth Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Palo Alto Networks Denise Foderaro and Frank Quattrone Charmaine and Dan Warmenhoven $500,000 to $999,999 El Camino Hospital Google, Inc. Kaiser Permanente $100,000 to $499,999 Abbott Vascular Jimi and Edward Barnholt Susan and John Diekman Barbara and William Heil, Jr. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation House Family Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Services The Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Krause Foundation James and Rebecca Morgan Family Foundation National Science Foundation Jami Dover Nachtsheim and Stephen Nachtsheim John Michael Sobrato Charitable Fund The Swanson Family $50,000 to $99,999 Mary Lee and Edward Cannizzaro Casey and Jack Carsten Cisco Foundation Eileen and Christopher DiGiorgio Geschke Foundation Connie and Jerry Held Betty and Gordon Moore Josie and Dan Perez Christine and Tim Ritchie Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation $25,000 to $49,999 Anonymous Sonja and Bill Davidow Kathy and James Deichen Drummond-Berk Family Fund Brendan Iribe Shannon and Joseph Kava Gloria Chen and John Kibarian Joanne Harrington and Lorry Lokey Robert Grimm Susan and Dan’l Lewin Joyce Milligan Cheryl and Lonnie Smith Jack Wheatley $10,000 to $24,999 Adobe Foundation Christina and James Barrese Penelope and Ronald Blake Jennifer and Charles Boynton Teresa Briggs
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Esther John and Aart de Geus Facebook Genentech, Inc. Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula Worth and Andrew Ludwick Marka and Bill May Kathleen and Smith McKeithen Karen and Mark McLaughlin Michael Petersen Bobbie and David Pratt Cathy and Roger J. Quinlan Renuka and Peter Relan Amy and Matthew Sapp Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner Mauria Finley and Greg Yap Sandy and Chris Yen $5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous Association of Science and Technology Centers Renee and David Crawford Lori and Joe Fabris The Abe Farag Family Foundation Mary Ellen and Michael E. Fox, Sr. Jennifer and Randall Krenzin Beverly and Kenneth Haughton Cathy and Kevin Kimball Jaynie and Bill Kind Maria and Anthony Pappas Dan Rose Donna Dubinsky and Leonard Shustek IN-KIND Autodesk, Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc. DNA2.0, Inc. NetApp, Inc. NeuroSky, Inc. Nvidia Corporation Somaxis
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: SAP and Sharks Foundation
The Tech’s partnership with the Sharks Foundation and SAP helps bring STEM education to more kids with Sharks Field Trip Days.
P A R TN ER SHI P S , C OUNCI L S A N D C O M M I T TE E S How do we bring the latest tech to life for young people around the Bay Area? With some help from our friends, of course! Here are the people and organizations that make our most ambitious exhibitions and signature programs possible and the partners who are connecting K-to-career STEM pathways in our Tech Academy school districts. The Tech Academies STEM-RICH INSTITUTIONS Ignited The Walt Disney Family Museum PRE-K-12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS Alum Rock Union School District Campbell Union School District Campbell Union High School District East Side High School District Franklin-McKinley School District Gilroy Unified School District Morgan Hill Unified School District Mount Pleasant Elementary School District Oak Grove School District San José Unified School District Santa Clara County Office of Education OUT-OF-SCHOOL PROGRAMS Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County City of San Jose City Year of San José/Silicon Valley Sacred Heart Community Service Think Together YMCA of Silicon Valley
INDUSTRY PARTNERS Anritsu Cisco Systems Inc. Google Juniper Networks Microsoft TEALS Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce NASA NextFlex Seagate Silicon Valley Leadership Group Silicon Valley Organization Zynga HIGHER EDUCATION Base 11 Foothill College Gavilan College Mission College San José State University UC Cooperative Extension West Valley College FAMILY PROGRAMS San José Public Library Santa Clara County Library District School Linked Services TECH ACADEMY SUPPORTERS Genentech Institute of Museum and Library Services Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation Region 5 Expanded Learning Partnerships The David and Lucile Packard Foundation IN-KIND DONORS Whole Foods J. Lohr Vineyards & Winery
TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL Sally Benson, Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy Scott Bryan, Imagine H2O Guillermo Castilleja, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation William Collins, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Matias Duarte, Google David Festa, Environmental Defense Fund Ilan Gur, Cyclotron Road KJ Janowski, Prospect Silicon Valley Nancy Pfund, DBL Partners THE TECH FOR GLOBAL GOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL Chris Beard, Mozilla Pascal Finette, Fastrack Institute, Singularity University Jerry Held, The Held Group Siobhan Kenney, Applied Materials Jami Dover Nachtsheim Frank Quattrone, Qatalyst Doug Scott, Advocate Creative Judy Swanson REBOOT REALITY ADVISORY COUNCIL Greg Castle, Anorak Ventures Chris Chin, HTC Vive Josh Dorsey, Silicon Valley Bank Adam Draper, Boost VC, chair Zvi Greenstein, NVIDIA Brendan Iribe, Oculus/Facebook Amitt Mahajan, Presence Capital Jeannine Sargent, Katalyst Ventures Alberto Torres, formerly of Atheer GIRLS @ THE TECH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Meaux Costello, Buckingham Strategic Wealth Mauria Finley, Allume Sara Hollister, BNY Mellon Silicon Valley Innovation Center Bev Huss, Qool Therapeutics Mike Jacobson, Cooley Jennifer Johnson, Canyon Snow Consulting Rhonda Mahendroo, LeiLueur Andre Marais, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner Mika Mayer, Cooley Joy Peacock, BNY Mellon Silicon Valley Innovation Center Bena Vohra, Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula THE TECH CHALLENGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE George Apostol Jr., Samsung Greg Brown, STEM consultant Julia Chen, Cisco Systems, Inc. Dan Christman, Marvell Semiconductor John Decker, EY Peter Donnelly, Dell Aymeric Gisselbrecht, STMicroelectronics John Giubileo, Accenture Bill Heil, The Tech Museum of Innovation Board of Directors John Heinlein, Ph.D, Arm Atsuko Jenks, GSVlabs Renée McKaskle, Hitachi Vantara Ekta Sahasi, Konica Minolta Neda Shakoori, McManis Faulkner The Tech Museum of Innovation | 19
WH AT A YE A R !
2017 was our biggest year yet. We opened three new exhibits, including the groundbreaking Body Worlds Decoded; launched the Tech for Global Good program; hosted 1,800 industry leaders for the annual conference of the Association of Science-Technology Centers — and much more.
N EXT L EVEL With three new exhibitions in 2017 — Reboot Reality, The Tech for Global Good and Body Worlds Decoded, The Tech completed a major transformation of the upper level.
Body Worlds Decoded 5,200 sq. ft.
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The Tech for Global Good 1,700 sq. ft.
Reboot Reality 3,600 sq. ft.
I NSIDE BO D Y WORLD S D E C O DE D Body Worlds Decoded, which opened in October 2017, is the only experience in the world to combine real human bodies from the renowned BODY WORLDS exhibit with augmented reality. It’s one of the most ambitious projects we’ve ever undertaken.
In partnership with the Institute for the Future, The Tech created Iris, a custom AR system built on the Google Tango platform. Iris uses the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, a Tango-enabled smartphone, allowing visitors to view and interact with 3D models.
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The exhibit incorporates art in an anatomy-inspired gallery and at a sketching table for visitors.
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May 12 Girls @ The Tech Luncheon, presented by NetApp “It’s important that we allow girls the opportunity to grow in the tech industry, especially as so many Silicon Valley companies face challenges in diversity,” said Gretchen Walker, vice president of learning. “Engineering, computer science and other STEM careers are more appealing to a broader segment of young women when they see the applications of those fields to solve problems and improve lives.”
April 22 March for Science The Tech was proud to sponsor this event as 10,000 science lovers of all ages marched through downtown San Jose, ending on our doorstep at Plaza de Cesar Chavez.
Feb. 20 and May 6 Girls Day, presented by Intel The first Girls Day of 2017 coincided with the opening of "Dream Big," the IMAX film celebrating triumphs of engineering and design ingenuity.
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April 29 to 30 The Tech Challenge, presented by Dell The 30th Tech Challenge—Rock the Ravine—involved more than 2,500 students who designed and built devices to help explorers cross an ice field with multiple ravines.
Feb. 18 Innovation on Ice: Skate Challenge Can you build a faster ice skate? The Sharks Foundation and SAP helped bring this design challenge to The Tech Studio.
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May 26 Reboot Reality Our new exhibit asks the question: How will new immersive technology shape the future of media and art?
May 6 “Amazon Adventure” This IMAX film is the story of Henry Bates, whose 11-year journey through the Amazon led to crucial contributions in biology.
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June 25 Community Day The Tech opened its doors to all of our neighbors, inviting thousands to play, build and explore at no cost.
Aug. 1 Bio Inks The latest homegrown, hands-on biotech experiment in BioDesign Studio allows visitors to harvest organic ink from bacteria that has been cultured in our own lab.
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Oct. 15 Body Worlds Decoded It just might be the most ambitious exhibit we've ever launched. The Tech combined the incredible BODY WORLDS with a custom augmented reality device, Iris, for a unique experience that explores the wonder of the human body like never before.
Nov. 7 Moore Inventor Fellows The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation is supporting scientist-inventors who are shaping the future with their innovations in research, environmental conservation and health care. The 2017 cohort was announced at The Tech in an event that celebrated the power of invention to improve our world.
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Nov. 4 The Tech for Global Good celebration The Tech honored changemakers during a festive night dedicated to five social innovators—whose stories are featured in a new exhibit—and author Khaled Hosseini, who was named this year’s James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian for his work with refugee communities.
Dec. 14 “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Dome or dome not, there is no try for the “Star Wars” fans who made it out for the opening. The Tech Museum of Innovation | 23