Type: Private - Not-for-Profit
On the web: http://www.sri.com
Employees: 2,100

With Bloomberg Businessweek magazine calling SRI International "Silicon Valley's soul," the not-for-profit think tank ponders advances in biotechnology, chemicals and energy, computer science, electronics, and public policy -- and ways to commercialize those advances. SRI focuses on technology research and development, business strategies, and issues analysis. It has patents and patent applications in such areas as information sciences, software development, communications, robotics, and pharmaceuticals. SRI's clients have included Visa, Samsung, NASA, and the US Department of Defense. Originally founded in 1946 as Stanford Research Institute, SRI became fully independent of Stanford University in 1970.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $495.0M

Officers:
Chairman Emeritus: Samuel H. Armacost
President, CEO, and Board Member: Curtis R. Carlson
SVP and CFO: Thomas J. Furst

Competitors:
Battelle Memorial
PAREXEL
Quintiles Transnational

© 2012 Hoover's, Inc. All rights reserved.