TAMU 150 Speaker Series: Anthony Wood

Overview

To kickoff the Sesquicentennial Speaker Series, Anthony Wood ’87 will sit down with Texas A&M University President Susan Ballabina for a conversation on entrepreneurship, innovation and the Aggie experience that helped shape his path. Wood will also share his perspective on Texas A&M’s next 150 years and the role Aggies can play in shaping what comes next.

A love of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and frustration at a mountain of videotapes needed to record it led Aggie inventor and entrepreneur Anthony Wood ’87 to create the digital video recorder, better known as the DVR. That groundbreaking innovation eventually led to Roku, an internet streaming device that has become so ingrained in people’s TV-watching experience that it’s hard to imagine a time when TV viewers had to record — and rerecord — their favorite shows on clunky physical media. Moderated by Texas A&M University President Susan Ballabina, you’re invited to listen as Wood shares more about his inventive nature and vision to move from DVR creator to streaming TV pioneer at the first Sesquicentennial Speaker Series on Oct. 8 in Rudder Theatre at 7 p.m. Tickets are FREE but please reserve your seat.