Norihiro Kondo

Norihiro (Nori) Kondo is a Director of Panasonic Ventures L.L.C where he leads the Silicon Valley New Business Development Center. He is also a founding team member and Head of Business Development at Conductive Ventures. Nori has been working at Panasonic Corporation of North America for 18+ years in various B2B/B2G verticals. Nori actively works with multiple Silicon Valley and East Coast-based accelerators such as Plug and Play Tech Center, StartX, House/UC Berkeley, ERA, as well as various CVCs for inter-corporate collaborations. Nori serves as a strategic corporate adviser for Brand & Retail IoT, and as a mentor for multiple international programs of the Plug and Play Technology Center. Nori also serves as a corporate member of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF); advisor for Retail Marketing Society (RMS); board member of Asian American Multi-Technology Association (AAMA); and board member of Silicon Valley Robotics (SVR). Nori earned an M.S. in Information System Management from Ferris State University and graduated with a degree in Management Information Systems from Michigan State University and Faculty of Intercultural Communications from Josai International University in Japan.