Elwood 'Woody' Norris
- Executive
Known as a prolific inventor and talented technology integrator, Elwood
G. Norris founded American Technology Corporation in 1980. After
starting his career in the U.S. Air Force as a Nuclear Weapons
Specialist, Norris became Director of the Engineering Experiment
Station at the University of Washington. Upon conceiving his first
commercial invention in 1970, Norris left the University to embark on
his entrepreneurial career. Since that time he has developed over 25
diverse product ideas and technology breakthroughs. He holds 47 U.S.
patents and has more than 100 patents pending worldwide. In 2005, he
was named the Lemelson-MIT Inventor of the Year.