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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based Founder operating in the Electronics space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Steven Yang
Founder & CEO of Anker
Steven Yang is the Founder and CEO of Anker Innovations. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Peking University and a master’s in computer science from the University of Texas – Austin. He was a senior engineer at Google in California before leaving to found Anker in 2011.
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About Anker, Hunan Ocean Wing: Anker is a multinational team of techies that provides a range of products from batteries and chargers to hubs and readers, and more.
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Maneesh Sethi
Founder & CEO of Pavlok
Maneesh Sethi Founder & CEO of Pavlok and Editor-in-Chief of Hack The System I studied at Stanford University, authored 4 books (including an international bestseller, written when I was 14 yrs old), work in Marketing, Psychology, and Information Technology. For the last three years, I’ve run the blog Hack the System — A guide to hacking fame, productivity, travel, languages, exercise, and business. Along the way, I’ve run multiple projects to showcase what I’ve learned and what anyone can do — most spinoffs of HtS.
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About Pavlok: Pavlok is an electronic wristband that helps users create and maintain good habits.
Markus Levin
Co-Founder of XYO
Markus mined his first Bitcoin in 2013 and has been captivated by blockchain technologies ever since. Markus has over 15 years experience in building, managing and growing companies around the globe. Markus is originally from Germany (with English as his second language), and specializes in getting the most out of companies by implementing data-driven systems and utilizing the key talents of each employee to get the best out of his team. After dropping out of his Ph.D. studies at Bocconi University, Markus began working with companies in hyper-growth industries around the globe. Markus has led cutting-edge technology ventures such as Novacore, “sterkly”, Hive Media and Koiyo.
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About XYO: XYO is a decentralized crypto-location oracle network aiming to provide accurate location data from cars to smartphones.
Arie Trouw
CEO & CTO & Founder of XYO
Ten years before Elon Musk wrote his first line of computer code, another young prodigy from South Africa was busy writing software on his TRS-80 Model I. In 1978, at the age of 10, Arie Trouw started developing software on the TRS-80 Model I, moving on to Atari, Apple, and PC. He then ran a series of bulletin boards centering on game-theory modification. Arie is an accomplished serial entrepreneur with a rich history of technological breakthroughs and business successes involving multiple 8-figure exit events. He is a strong believer in decentralization and the creation of the integrated owner/user model. Arie founded XY in 2012 (incorporated as Ength Degree, LLC before it was converted to a C Corporation in 2016). He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to starting XY-The Findables Company, Arie was CEO and Chairman of Pike Holdings Inc and Chief Technology Officer of Tight Line Technologies LLC. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the New York Institute of Technology. Fun Fact: He is a member of one of the first Afrikaans speaking families to emigrate to the US from South Africa in 1976.
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About XY Labs, XY – The Persistent Company, XYO: XYO is a decentralized crypto-location oracle network aiming to provide accurate location data from cars to smartphones.
Scott Scheper
Founder, Vice Chairman & CMO of XYO
Scott has worked on many exciting ventures with exceptionally talented people, including the Co-founder of Uber. Scott’s first “real boss” was Arie Trouw, who hired Scott in 2009 during an economic recession, when very few companies were hiring, and even fewer were starting companies. What began as a Facebook app startup with four guys and a ping pong table, grew to over 200 employees and 9-figures in revenue in less than two years. In 2013 Scott took a break from corporate life to pursue the dream of working remotely on a laptop while sipping tropical drinks on the beaches of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (U.S.). During this period, Scott launched Greenlamp, a programmatic advertising agency specializing in direct-response media buying. The agency was fully automated; built entirely using algorithms to manage the campaigns. The team was built with project-basis software engineers, and had only one full-time employee: that being Scott. The advertising campaigns were managed by an automated system, nicknamed “Stewie” (Family Guy). 24-hours a day, Stewie managed everything, making automated tweaks to the advertising campaigns. He even emailed Scott to chat about the changes made (Stewie’s emails included signature Stewie lines). In its first year of operation, Greenlamp generated over $12M in revenue. When not working, Scott can be found reading books by his idols, Gary C. Halbert and Charlie Munger, or sometimes even outside with friends and family in San Diego, California.
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About XYO: XYO is a decentralized crypto-location oracle network aiming to provide accurate location data from cars to smartphones.
Kevin Taweel
Founder & CEO of Asurion
Since co-founding Asurion in 1994, the company has grown from 40 to 10,000 employees becoming the world’s largest provider of technology protection services, partnering with the world’s top companies and brands and serving over 200 million customers. Previously, Kevin was chairman and president of investment firm Mill River Corporation and worked in mergers and acquisitions for Salomon Brothers. Kevin and his Asurion cofounder received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2001. Kevin is a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he teaches entrepreneurship courses in the MBA program, from which he graduated in 1992. He is also a member of the school’s advisory council and has served on its management board. Kevin received a bachelor`s degree in mechanical engineering from McGill University. He serves on the board of directors for ResponseLink, a provider of medical alert systems and the board of trustees for the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
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About Asurion, Stanford Graduate School of Business: Asurion helps people get the most out of their technology by providing expert help and product insurance and warranties.
Michael Leabman
Founder & CTO of Energous Corporation
Mr. Leabman became the Company’s Chief Technology Officer in October 2013. From September 2010 to September 2013, Mr. Leabman served as President of TruePath Wireless, a service provider and equipment provider in the broadband communications industry. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Leabman served as Chief Technology Officer for DataRunway Inc., a wireless communication company providing broadband internet to airlines. Mr. Leabman received both his Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Leabman’s extensive knowledge of the Company, its technology and the consumer and commercial electronics industry position him well for service on our board of directors.
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Stina Ehrensvard
CEO & Co-Founder of Yubico
Internationally awarded entrepreneur, innovator and speaker with an unfaltering energy and passion for making the internet safer for all. Education in industrial product design at the University of the Arts, Crafts and Design, Sweden.
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About Yubico: Yubico offers USB and wireless authentication solutions.
Jakob Ehrensvard
CTO & Co-Founder of Yubico
Built his first computer at the age of 15, self-employed software and hardware engineer since 19, designed the security system for Sweden’s largest nuclear plant at 25. Leading inventor of the YubiKey and FIDO/WebAuthn standards.
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About Yubico: Yubico offers USB and wireless authentication solutions.
Pepper Rutland
Founder and CEO of MMR Group
Pepper Rutland utilizes his adroit leadership in construction management and technology to oversee some of the most innovative industrial projects in North and South America. He founded MMR Group in order to provide a wide variety of services, including but not limited to electrical construction, instrumentation installation and technical services, power distribution, and communications networking. Pepper Rutland founded the company in 1991 and it has led to massive success ever since, earning numerous nods from Engineering News-Record, one of the most elite publications of the construction industry. In 2017, MMR Group was awarded numerous honors within their industry. Recent awards and special recognition include being named 6th on ENR’s Prestigious Top Specialty Contractors List for the second consecutive year, being recognized as the 7th largest Electrical Contractor in the nation by EC&M Magazine, being given the Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance 2017 Craft Workforce Development Award, and also being named an “Accredited Assessment Center” and “Accredited Training Sponsor” by The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER). MMR Group has enjoyed having a prestigious reputation within their industry, and these awards only serve to show their great commitment to customer satisfaction and excellence in the field. A believer in giving back to his community, Pepper Rutland supports his alma mater Louisiana State University by advising its construction management program and donating over a million dollars to the school’s engineering program through MMR Group. As a result of his contributions and continued support of the university, Pepper Rutland received an honor from LSU, which named a football stadium gate after his family. Pepper also serves as a board member of one of LSU’s scholarship foundations. Pepper’s donations have allowed LSU to update engineering and computer laboratories throughout the College of Engineering. The donations give students access to more advanced technology, 3-D building simulation and information modeling studios to arm students with the tools necessary to have successful careers in the construction industry. Pepper always looks for ways to help people who need extra support or guidance, and he founded the nonprofit Miracle League at Cypress Mounds to help children with disabilities be able to play baseball. In addition to these successes, Pepper is also a published author, and has penned both a scholarly piece on construction and a book on the changing energy industry. Adding to his successes, some of Pepper’s published pieces include the aforementioned co-authored construction book, “Construction Defaults: Rights, Duties and Liabilities – Role of the Completing Contractor”, which was published in the Wiley Law Library in 1989. Aspatore Books has also published one of Pepper’s pieces; a book called “Refining your Tactics Weathering A Turbulent Economy in the Energy Industry.” Pepper is an avid reader of the Wall Street Journal as well as the New York Times. Today, Pepper Rutland stays connected to his community and his peers at LSU through his blog. Pepper utilizes content marketing to offer information to his readers. Contact Pepper to learn more about his impact on his community, his philanthropic efforts and LSU. In 2017, MMR Group was awarded numerous honors within their industry. Recent awards and special recognition include being named 6th on ENR’s Prestigious Top Specialty Contractors List for the second consecutive year, being recognized as the 7th largest Electrical Contractor in the nation by EC&M Magazine, being given the Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance 2017 Craft Workforce Development Award, and also being named an “Accredited Assessment Center” and “Accredited Training Sponsor” by The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER). MMR Group has enjoyed having a prestigious reputation within their industry, and these awards only serve to show their great commitment to customer satisfaction and excellence in the field. A believer in giving back to his community, Pepper Rutland supports his alma mater Louisiana State University by advising its construction management program and donating over a million dollars to the school’s engineering program through MMR Group. As a result of his contributions and continued support of the university, Pepper Rutland received an honor from LSU, which named a football stadium gate after his family. Pepper also serves as a board member of one of LSU’s scholarship foundations. Pepper’s donations have allowed LSU to update engineering and computer laboratories throughout the College of Engineering. The donations give students access to more advanced technology, 3-D building simulation and information modeling studios to arm students with the tools necessary to have successful careers in the construction industry. Pepper always looks for ways to help people who need extra support or guidance, and he founded the nonprofit Miracle League at Cypress Mounds to help children with disabilities be able to play baseball. Everyone is always a winner and the founding members of the league believe that just because a child has a disability does not mean that they are not able to do the activities they love. The Miracle League hosts a new league each spring and fall and has seen rapid growth in the number of players as well as the number of volunteers each season. In addition to these successes, Pepper is also a published author, and has penned both a scholarly piece on construction and a book on the changing energy industry. Adding to his successes, some of Pepper’s published pieces include the aforementioned co-authored construction book, “Construction Defaults: Rights, Duties and Liabilities – Role of the Completing Contractor”, which was published in the Wiley Law Library in 1989. Aspatore Books has also published one of Pepper’s pieces; a book called “Refining your Tactics Weathering A Turbulent Economy in the Energy Industry.” Pepper is an avid reader of the Wall Street Journal as well as the New York Times. Today, Pepper Rutland stays connected to his community and his peers at LSU through his blog. Pepper utilizes content marketing to offer information to his readers. Contact Pepper to learn more about his impact on his community, his philanthropic efforts and LSU.
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About Miracle League at Cypress Mounds, MMR Group: A world leader in Electrical & Instrumentation Construction, Maintenance, Management, and Technical Services.
Jonathan Um
Co-Founder, COO of Hollar
Co-Founder & COO at Hollar.
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About Hollar: Hollar is an online dollar store that features toys, apparel, electronics, beauty, accessories, party supplies, to home essentials.
Eddie Rhyu
Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer of Hollar
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer at Hollar.
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About Hollar: Hollar is an online dollar store that features toys, apparel, electronics, beauty, accessories, party supplies, to home essentials.
Robert C. Walker
Founder, Investor, and Board Member of LARQ
Robert C. Walker has 20 years experience in the LED and compound semiconductor world, particularly in Asia, and 6 years of venture capital experience. He was formerly a Partner at Sierra Ventures and CEO of BridgeLux. He has a Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech.
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About LARQ: LARQ helps people access pristine drinking water easily and sustainably.
Hope McDonald
Co-Founder, Bosch mLab of Bosch
Hope is the director and founder of the Bosch mLab at the Chicago Connectory. She and her team support strategic projects and provide consulting services for startups from the Connectory and 1871 and the various brands and divisions in the Bosch family. She identifies and consults on potential investments and partnerships and is the innovator behind both the Bosch Next and connectiCity platforms. A 20 year veteran at Bosch, Hope leverages her network to align creative, strategic and financial opportunities to build best-in-class experiences. Her recent portfolio spans various mobile, internet of things, virtual and augmented reality experiences. She is a techy at heart, UX evangelist, and known for driving innovation in various roles throughout her career.
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About Bosch: The Bosch Group is a global supplier of technology and services.
David Koretz
Founder & CEO of Plum
David Koretz is a serial entrepreneur who founded four companies by the age of 19. He is currently President & CEO of BlueTie, and President of Mykonos Software. Under the leadership of Mr. Koretz, BlueTie has been a three-time recipient of Forbes Magazine “Best of the Web†as one of the top four Websites in the world for small businesses, winner of the 2008 AlwaysOn Top 100 award, PC Magazine Four Star Award, and the Ad-Tech award for Best B2B Transaction Website. Mr. Koretz was the recipient of Teen People Magazine’s “20 Teens Who Will Change the World” award, the “40 Under 40 Award,” and the Digital Rochester “Rising Star Award.” Mr. Koretz currently serves as a Board Member of Earthlink, BlueTie, RIT President’s Roundtable, Adventive, Mykonos Software, The Young Entrepreneur’s Academy, and the RIT School of Computing. He is a monthly columnist in Media Post.
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About Plum: Plum is an appliance that automatically identifies, chills to the perfect temperature, and provides a premium wine-drinking experience.
Elana Fishman
Co-Founder & COO of Wyze Labs
Elana Fishman is COO of Wyze Labs.
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About Wyze Labs, Wyze Labs: Wyze Labs is a smart home device company that aims to make smart home tech accessible to everyone.
Todd Dagres
Chairman and Founder of Liteboxer
Todd Dagres is the Chairman and Founder at Liteboxer.
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About Liteboxer, Signpost, Spark Capital: Liteboxer is a provider of a digital fitness platform used to provide an engaging full-body boxing workout.
Jeffrey Morin
Co-Founder and CEO of Liteboxer
Jeffrey Morin is the founder and CEO of Liteboxer.
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About Liteboxer: Liteboxer is a provider of a digital fitness platform used to provide an engaging full-body boxing workout.
Peter Winzer
CEO and Founder of Nubis Communications
Peter Winzer currently works as CEO and Co-Founder of Nubis Communications. He previously worked at Nokia Bell Labs as Research Director.
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About Nubis Communications: Nubis Communications is a startup providing services to the electrical and electronic manufacturing industries.
Guilhem de Valicourt
Co-Founder and Director of Photonic Integration of Nubis Communications
Guilhem de Valicourt currently works as Co-founder and Director of Photonic Integration. He previously worked at IPG Photonics as Principal – Integrated Photonic Engineer.
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About Nubis Communications: Nubis Communications is a startup providing services to the electrical and electronic manufacturing industries.
Trung Pham
Founder, CEO of RYSE
Co-founder of a rapidly growing entertainment app in Toronto, also part-time stunt double for Elon Musk.
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About RYSE: RYSE is an IoT company that develops smart shade solutions. We are the world’s most intelligent window shade automation platform.
Jonathan M. Rothberg
Co-Founder, Product Architect & CEO of Butterfly Network
Jonathan Rothberg is Co-Founder, Product Architect & CEO at Butterfly Network.
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About Butterfly Network: Butterfly Network designs a medical imaging device that reduces the cost of real-time and three-dimensional imaging and treatment.
Nevada Sanchez
Co-Founder, ASIC Design Lead of Butterfly Network
Nevada Sanchez is a co-founder of [Butterfly Network](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/butterfly-network#/entity). Previously, he was an FPGA developer and hardware engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sanchez holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and master’s degree in engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives in Branford, Connecticut, United States.
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About Butterfly Network: Butterfly Network designs a medical imaging device that reduces the cost of real-time and three-dimensional imaging and treatment.
Erik Palitsch
Co-Founder & CEO of Freeform
Erik Palitsch is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Freeform Future.
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About Freeform: Stealth-mode additive manufacturing company.
Thomas Ronacher
Co-Founder & CTO of Freeform
Thomas J. Ronacher is a Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Freeform Future.
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About Freeform: Stealth-mode additive manufacturing company.
Phil Dumas
Founder & CEO of UniKey Technologies
Phil Dumas is the Founder & CEO of UniKey Technologies. Phil is a driven innovator with in-depth experience in access control and launching disruptive technologies. He has a proven track record of successful product launches and profitability. Most notably, the technology behind the Kwikset Kevo, the first Smart Lock on the market with availability in Home Depot, Lowes, Best Buy, Amazon and Apple.com. Phil appeared on ABC’s hit show Shark Tank (Season 3 finale) to pitch UniKey, and was the first company to receive an offer from all five Sharks.
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About UniKey Technologies: UniKey Technologies offers a mobile platform to replace keys, codes, and passwords by turning a smartphone into a universal electronic key.
Lloyd Gladstone
Founder, Chief Operating Officer of Prong
Founder of Prong.
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About Crush Roulette, Prong: Prong is a consumer electronics company that is dedicated to designing and manufacturing innovative accessories for electronic devices.
Nikhil Bhogal
Co-Founder & CTO of June
Nikhil is the co-founder and CTO at June, where he oversees the engineering and design teams behind the product. He was previously the lead iOS developer for Path. Before that Nikhil was an engineer at Apple, where he worked on the first iPhone through iPhone 5, as well as the first iPad through iPad 3. He’s an inventor on many of Apple’s camera technology patents, including tap to focus, panorama processing, zero shutter lag and lockscreen camera. Nikhil started his career as an engineer at Motorola, focusing on embedded software development for the Razr family of phones. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and little one on the way. In his spare time, Nikhil enjoys cooking, photography, making espresso and building stereos.
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About June: June is a smart oven for your home that makes cooking perfectly easy.
Gower Smith
CEO & Co-Founder of Swyft
Gower Smith is the founder of ZoomSystems and Co-Chairman of the Board. Prior to starting the company in 2002, Gower founded and led several other successful technology startups, including ComputerLand (a retailer of PC and technology products, acquired by Random Access), CGF Electronics (Australian distributor for Apple computer products), Archives Computers (a networking and software company, acquired by Impact Systems), and Boomerang Imaging Supplies (a leading printing supplies business, acquired by TCR). Gower completed his radio technician certificate with the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, and studied microprocessors at the Melbourne Institute of Technology and Caulfield Institute of Technology.
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About Swyft: Swyft sells great products from leading brands in strategic high profile locations, serving customers.
Lincoln Smith
Swyft President & Co-Founder
Lincoln co-founded Lead Creation an Australian B-B digital marketing agency before co-founding Swyft.
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About Swyft: Swyft sells great products from leading brands in strategic high profile locations, serving customers.
Nicholas Woodman
Owner, CEO & Founder of GoPro
While the eight-person staff of GoPro was enjoying the success of their first HD HERO camera in 2009, founder and CEO Nick Woodman realized one thing: to support his vision, he was going to need a bigger staff. But before Woodman could think bigger, he had to start out small. After receiving a degree in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego, Woodman founded an online promotions company, Fun Bug. In 2001, Woodman sold Fun Bug and took off surfing and traveling the world. The decision inspired more than the personal – Woodman’s passion for surfing sparked the idea to create the now-popular wearable and gear mountable camera and in 2002, Woodman founded GoPro. After years of research and planning, the company released its first product, the GoPro HERO, a 35mm film-based camera that was worn on the wrist. Made up of some of Woodman’s friends and family members, the early GoPro team established the company as a true innovator by continually iterating on the product, moving from a film-based camera to a digital still and video camera. A lifetime extreme sports enthusiast, Woodman was learning how to race cars when he was compelled to move the camera from his wrist to the top of his car. This simple idea led to an array of camera mounting devices – for everything from helmets to surfboards, and even dog collars.
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About GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Brad Eckert
Co-Founder, CEO of Koko
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About Koko: Koko makes a device to monitor the health and safety of older adults in a completely passive way–with no wearables required.
Nick Weaver
Co-Founder and CEO of eero
Nick Weaver is Co-founder of eero inc. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Nick Weaver is an Associate at Menlo Ventures. Nick Weaver joined Menlo in 2012 and focuses on investments in mobile, consumer internet, digital media, and enterprise software. Prior to this, Nick Weaver worked at McKinsey & Company and advised technology and private equity clients on ecommerce, go-to-market strategy, and acquisitions. While at Stanford, he was involved Stanford Student Enterprises and helped found StartX (formerly, SSE Labs).
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About eero: Eero offers a Wi-Fi system for household use.
Nate Hardison
Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of eero
Nate is a Preceptor in Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He received his B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford in 2010 and his M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford in 2011.
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About eero: Eero offers a Wi-Fi system for household use.
Vikas Gupta
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Wonder Workshop
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About Wonder Workshop: Wonder Workshop provides a platform that makes programming fun and accessible for children while they play.
Jorge Perdomo
Inventor, Co-Founder of goTenna
Jorge leads the expansion of goTenna’s business into professional markets. Earlier on, Jorge headed up the product team. He previously worked as a data analyst and solutions architect.
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About goTenna, Lima Consulting Group, Lima Consulting Group: GoTenna is advancing universal access to connectivity by building intelligent and scalable mobile mesh networks.
Terry Anderton
Founder and CEO of WAGZ
Terry Anderton is the founder and CEO of Wagz and a lifelong dog owner. Terry has a long history of building disruptive and forward-thinking technology companies, including Gemr, a social commerce platform; Trunity, a cloud-based textbook company he took public in 2012; and NitroSecurity, a network security developer acquired by Intel in 2011. Terry has also served as a Senior Sales Executive for Cabletron Systems and McAfee. He started his career leading world wide sales and launching the game of Paintball for the inventor of the game.
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About WAGZ: Helping humans stay connected to their dogs through the world’s smartest dog collar.
George Palikaras
Founder, President/CEO of Metamaterial Inc.
Founder at Metamaterial Technologies
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About Metamaterial Inc.: Mastering Light using Smart Materials & Photonics. Changing the way we use, interact and benefit from Light.
Jan Goetgeluk
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Virtuix
Jan Goetgeluk is the founder and CEO of Virtuix and the developer of the Virtuix Omni, the first virtual reality interface to move freely and naturally in video games and virtual worlds. Jan is originally from Belgium and came to Houston in 2007 as a Project Engineer for Katoen Natie, a Belgian petrochemical logistics conglomerate. Jan decided to stay in the US and left Katoen Natie to obtain his MBA degree at Rice University in Houston, where he became President of the Rice Finance Club and Founder and Chair of the inaugural Rice Energy Finance Summit in 2009. While at Rice, Jan received the Jones Citizen award for his leadership contributions to the business school and the Jones Scholar award for his academic performance. Upon graduation in 2010, Jan joined JP Morgan as an Investment Banker in the Natural Resources coverage group in Houston and New York. While working as an investment banking associate, Jan started developing the Omni after hours in early 2011, In February 2013, after two years of researching, experimenting, and prototyping, Jan decided to leave his full-time job and founded Virtuix to bring the Omni to market. In June 2013, Jan launched the Omni Kickstarter campaign, raising $1.1 million through the sale of more than 2,500 Omnis.
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About Virtuix: Virtuix is a developer of a virtual reality platform that enables players to walk and run in 360 degrees in virtual reality.
Terrence Gaskin
Founder & Chairman of Project Overlord
Terrence Gaskin, Founder and Chairman of Project Overlord, was raised in Washington DC. Mentored by entrepeneurial parents, and starting his first job doing door-to-door sales at the age of 12; Mr. Gaskin learned at a young age the essential values of drive, ambition, humbleness and integrity that it takes to be successful. Entering the technology space after a successful career as an insurance broker, Mr. Gaskin continues to strive to be involved in several global philanthropic initiatives related to hunger and children’s advocacy. The founding principles he lives by are being relentless, passionate, focused, humble, thankful, caring and always being driven. He is committed to changing the world on multiple fronts for the better.
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About Project Overlord: Project Overlord, specializing in the creation & design of Technology designed to eliminate wheel theft on various vehicle types globally
Colin Angle
Chairman, CEO and Founder of iRobot
Colin Angle is incurably optimistic about the future of people and robotics. A robot builder from MIT who wanted to change the world by making practical robotics a mainstream reality, Colin envisions a world where intelligent and and purpose-first robots help people do more. As a visionary at the forefront of the growing home robot industry, today Colin serves as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the iconic consumer robot company he founded in 1990: iRobot. He is an industry pioneer and one of the world’s leading authorities on practical robots. Under Colin’s leadership, iRobot has grown from a MIT startup to become the global leader in consumer robots, with $884 million in revenue and more than 1,000 employees in twelve countries. In 2002, iRobot established the home robot category with the creation of the award-winning Roomba robot vacuum. The company’s product line, including the Roomba and the Braava family of robot mops, made practical home robots a reality for the first time and have become the most successful consumer robots in history, with more than 25 million sold worldwide.
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About iRobot, Ixcela, Robots in Service of the Environment, Science From Scientists: iRobot is an American technology company that designs and builds behavior-based AI robots.
Junwei Bao
Co-Founder & CEO of Innovusion
During his career, he has spent nearly 20 years developing innovative technologies and products in the precision instrument and optical sensor space. Prior to founding Innovusion, Junwei led the Sensor and Hardware Team for the Autonomous Driving Business Unit at Baidu. In other previous roles, he co-founded Timbre Technologies, Inc., the startup that invented and productized OCD, the “microscale LiDAR” for semiconductor manufacturing, and led Tokyo Electron’s metrology division in Silicon Valley. Junwei holds a B.S. in Physics from Peking University. He received his M.S. and PhD in Electrical Engineering at UC Berkeley. He has more than 40 patents in the area of optical metrology and semiconductor process control.
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About Innovusion: Innovusion is an autonomous vehicle LiDAR technology developer.
Yimin Li
Co-Founder & CTO of Innovusion
Yimin Li currently works as the Co-Founder and CTO for Innovusion.
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About Innovusion: Innovusion is an autonomous vehicle LiDAR technology developer.
Dirk Spiers
President, Founder & CEO of Spiers New Technologies
Dirk Spiers is the founder and President of Spiers New Technologies. He is a pioneer and leader in the repair, remanufacturing and refurbishment of advanced battery packs as well as the manufacturing of Energy Storage Systems (ESS) with new or second life battery modules and cells. His experience in reman, battery, solar and wind technologies puts him at the forefront of developing programs to manage the life cycle battery packs and using battery storage systems with renewable energy sources. He has developed and established Advanced Battery Pack programs with some of the leading EV OEM’s. Spiers New Technologies specialises in the manufacturing, refurbishment and repair of high voltage powertrain systems and Energy Storage Systems. Their state-of-the-art, energy neutral, battery center is based in Oklahoma City where they work on the battery packs of all the leading OEM’s.
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About Spiers New Technologies: Spiers New Technologies is a full-service provider of advanced battery packs used in hybrid and electric vehicles.
Maximus Yaney
CoFounder & CEO of Kangaroo
Maximus Yaney is a disruptor, entrepreneur, engineer, and avid inventor. A serial dreamer and company builder, Maximus is Co-Founder and CEO of Kangaroo.
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About Ellis Carpet Cleaning, Kangaroo: Kangaroo is an electronics company that provides simple home security systems.
Andrew Farah
CEO & Co-Founder of Density
Andrew Farah, a co-founder and CEO of a startup called Density.
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About Density: Density builds the technical infrastructure for cities, buildings, and spaces to measure how they’re used.
Jordan Messina
Co-Founder of Density
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About Density: Density builds the technical infrastructure for cities, buildings, and spaces to measure how they’re used.
Robert Grazioli
Founder & Designer of Density
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About Density: Density builds the technical infrastructure for cities, buildings, and spaces to measure how they’re used.
Ben Tarbell
Co-Founder & CEO of Ebb Carbon
Ben Tarbell currently works as the Co-Founder and CEO for Ebb Carbon.
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About Ebb Carbon, Powerhouse: Ebb Carbon is working on a reverse electrochemical ocean deacidification process that will capture CO2 from the atmosphere.
Matthew Eisaman
CTO & Co-Founder of Ebb Carbon
Matthew Eisaman currently works as the CTO and Co-Founder for Ebb Carbon.
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About Ebb Carbon: Ebb Carbon is working on a reverse electrochemical ocean deacidification process that will capture CO2 from the atmosphere.
Todd Pelman
Co-Founder & Chief Engineer of Ebb Carbon
Todd Pelman currently works as the Co-Founder and Chief Engineer for Ebb Carbon.
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About Ebb Carbon: Ebb Carbon is working on a reverse electrochemical ocean deacidification process that will capture CO2 from the atmosphere.
Manan Patel
CEO & Co-Founder of VOLANSYS TECHNOLOGIES
Manan has diverse and rich work experience of over 20+ years in various industries across multiple disciplines. At Volansys, as a CEO and Founder, Manan is responsible for defining Business Strategies and Company’s Overall Direction, Engineering Function, Technology Management, Talent Nurturing and Leadership Enabling & Team Building. His expertise lies in identifying optimum technologies for solutions, architecture and design of solutions encompassing complete life cycle in the areas of Audio / Video and Convergence, Web Based Technologies, Renewable Energy, Consumer Electronics, Streaming Media & Surveillance Systems. During his last tenure, Manan held technology leadership roles in one of India’s leading Electronic Design Services Companies. As a founding team member, he grew the company to 700+ people with revenue in excess of USD 18M. He established and grew the Embedded Division to 250+ team members with revenues exceeding USD 8M+ in three years. He was instrumental in building Streaming Media and Surveillance practices. Manan holds Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering from Gujarat University, INDIA.
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About VOLANSYS TECHNOLOGIES: VOLANSYS is a Digital Transformation and Product Realization company offering an integrated portfolio of IoT services, solutions and IPs
Bhavin Shah
Founder, EVP Sales & Marketing of VOLANSYS TECHNOLOGIES
Bhavin has over 20+ years of industry experience working on cutting edge technologies. At Volansys, as a Executive Vice President for Sales & Founder, Bhavin is responsible for Business Analysis, Sales and Business Development and Strategic client relationships. He is responsible for driving new sales along with focus on delivering profitable business for our company. He held leadership role in Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) based Product Company and one of India’s leading Electronic Design Services Companies. He led India Development Centre to deliver customized product (FMC) based on customer requirements and handled customer engagements. He grew Embedded Division of India’s leading Electronic Design Services Company from 25 to 250 people and increase the revenues as well as head count. He has extensive experience on Silicon Platform Services, Consumer Electronics, Streaming Media and Security Surveillance Systems from concept to prototype development, Porting BSP, Driver Development, Audio/Video Algorithm Optimization and Application Development. He has successfully executed multi-million USD businesses. He was involved in Build Operate Transfer (BOT), multi-year, multi-projects engagements. Bhavin holds Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering.
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About VOLANSYS TECHNOLOGIES: VOLANSYS is a Digital Transformation and Product Realization company offering an integrated portfolio of IoT services, solutions and IPs
Anna-Katrina Shedletsky
Founder and CEO of Instrumental
I’m the CEO of Instrumental, a company I founded to solve manufacturing’s biggest problem: the 20 to 35 cents of every dollar spent in manufacturing that is wasted. I have two degrees in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and was an Apple Product Design Engineer for six years. I designed mechanical components for three iPods and led system product design for the Apple Watch Series 1. I spent over 300 days in China finding and fixing issues on one of the most admired manufacturing supply chains in the world. I regularly speak about the future of manufacturing and automation and write technical articles at www.instrumental.com/blog. As an advocate for increased diversity in technology, I founded the Women in STEM Mentorship Program WISMP.org in 2013, which has matched hundreds of women university students studying in STEM fields with practicing industry mentors to support their transitions into fulfilling STEM careers.
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About Instrumental: Ship hardware products on time with high-resolution manufacturing data.
Samuel Weiss
Founder & CTO of Instrumental
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About Instrumental: Ship hardware products on time with high-resolution manufacturing data.
Maxim Lobovsky
Co-Founder and CEO of Formlabs
Maxim Lobovsky launched a successful career as an entrepreneur and startup founder by age 25. As a Program in Media Arts and Sciences master’s student at MIT’s Media Lab, Lobovsky enjoyed access to three-dimensional printers to create necessary components for his projects, designed and printed to spec. Lobovsky could see the potential applications of 3D printing for designers, architects, engineers, and other small businesses;however, the machines he used were prohibitively expensive. After graduating, Lobovsky worked with two of his friends to create the first small-scale, affordable 3D printer for “prosumers,” or professional consumers, and thus was born his startup, Formlabs. Once they had a prototype, called the Form 1, Lobovsky and Formlabs’ co-founders began a Kickstarter campaign, using the power of crowdsourced funding to finance the production of commercial models. Formlabs raised more than $1 million in a week, and nearly $3 million overall—30 times their original fundraising goal. The Form 1 is compatible with CAD software, and uses stereolithography technology to print layers as thin as .001 inches.
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About Formlabs: Formlabs develops accessible 3D fabrication systems designed for printing intricate figures.
Natan Linder
Co-Founder and Chairman of Formlabs
Natan Linder is the Co-Founder of Formlabs, creator of the Form 1 3D Printer. Natan is an R&D Executive with over 10 years of experience has a broad understanding of the Wireless and Mobile industries. He has strong entrepreneurial leadership experience, taking products from concept definition to market launch, and a proven track record building cross-functional R&D teams. Natan has worked with industry leaders leaders such as Sun Microsystems and Samsung Electronics.
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About Formlabs, Tulip Interfaces: Formlabs develops accessible 3D fabrication systems designed for printing intricate figures.
Pierre-Emmanuel Evreux
Founder & CFO of Leia
Pierre has a passion for creating businesses with a profound competitive edge. Having moved from Wall Street to Silicon Valley to found Leia Inc. in 2013, Pierre believes that Leia Inc. is reimagining the way we experience and interact with content. Much more than nano-technology, it’s about humanity and beauty: allowing millions of people to get closer to the things they love. What Pierre loves the most is to see the smile on people’s face when they experience LitByLeia products for the first time.
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About Leia: Leia is an experience platform offering 3D Lightfield products and software applications.
David Fattal
Founder & CEO of Leia
David has had a lifelong fascination for Physics. In his early scientific career, he became an expert in the manipulation of light at the nanoscale – including single photon guns, quantum teleportation and holographic displays. Today as the CEO and Chief Innovator at Leia Inc, David has a passion for “making magic”. He gets up in the morning to share this passion with his team and the world at large.
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About Leia: Leia is an experience platform offering 3D Lightfield products and software applications.
Zhen Peng
Founder, CTO of Leia
Zhen has always been enthusiastic in adopting technologies to enrich life, bringing wow moments to the everyday through nano-photonics. At Leia Inc., Zhen is leading the efforts in nano-fabrication to implement it’s core technology in mass production, putting his fingerprint on a product that can truly make an impact in people’s life.
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About Leia: Leia is an experience platform offering 3D Lightfield products and software applications.
Gene Berdichevsky
CEO & Co-Founder of Sila Nanotechnologies
Gene Berdichevsky is the Co-Founder & CEO of Sila Nanotechnologies. Prior to co-founding Sila, Gene was the seventh employee at Tesla Motors where he served as Principal Engineer on the Roadster battery, leading the development of the world’s first, safe, mass-produced, automotive lithium-ion battery system. Gene holds two degrees from Stanford University; an MS in Engineering with a focus on energy and materials, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He has co-authored 42 patents and 4 academic publications. Gene has been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list, the MIT Technology Review 35 Under 35, and was a recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
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About Sila Nanotechnologies: Sila Nanotechnologies is a provider and manufacturer of higher energy density lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.
Gleb Yushin
CTO & Co-Founder of Sila Nanotechnologies
Gleb Yushin is a Co-Founder & CTO of Sila Nanotechnologies. He is also a Professor of Materials Science at Georgia Institute of Technology and an Editor-in-Chief for Materials Today. Gleb has co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications, and over 40 patents. For his contributions to the development of energy storage materials Gleb has received numerous awards and was recognized as one of the world’s most influential scientific minds by the Electrochemical Society. Gleb holds BS and MS degrees in Physics from Polytechnic Institute and a PhD in Materials Science from North Carolina State University
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About Sila Nanotechnologies: Sila Nanotechnologies is a provider and manufacturer of higher energy density lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.
Alex Jacobs
Co-Founder & VP Engineering of Sila Nanotechnologies
Alex Jacobs is a Co-Founder & VP Engineering at Sila Nanotechnologies. Prior to Sila, he designed and developed battery packs at Tesla, including those used in the Roadster and Daimler’s Smart Fortwo electric drive. He later oversaw battery cell build and test at lithium ion materials manufacturer Amprius. Earlier in his career Alex worked in product design at IDEO, where he co-developed two novel medical devices for a Fortune 500 client, both now FDA approved and in production. Alex holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and has co-authored 18 issued or pending US patents.
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About Sila Nanotechnologies: Sila Nanotechnologies is a provider and manufacturer of higher energy density lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.
Liam Casey
Founder & CEO of PCH International
Liam is the founder and CEO of PCH. He has lived 23 years in China and is recognized as a thought leader in new product introductions, supply chain orchestration, sustainability and startup initiatives. He is on the boards of the California College for the Arts, and UC Berkeley Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation.
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About PCH International: PCH provides a unique, intelligent, end-to-end product development and supply chain orchestration platform for the world’s best brands.
Melissa Brandao
Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of HerdDogg
Melissa Brandao is Founder and CEO of HerdDogg. For the past decade, Melissa has been a pioneer in the Internet of Things, for the farm. Recognized as a rural innovator at the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian, she advocates for entrepreneurship and jobs as a path towards economic recovery for small town America. Prior to HerdDogg, Melissa founded the electric vehicle company, Barefoot Motors, the first female ever to found a vehicle company. She was recently invited by President Obama to participate first ever White House Demo Day. She has lived and worked in several countries including Russia, Brazil and Mexico. She is a multi-patent holder, she speaks several languages and appeared in the 2016 reality TV show, America’s Greatest Makers.
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About HerdDogg: HerdDogg is a global herd health and data science platform.
Jerome Scholler
Co-Founder of Osmo
Jerome Scholler is Co-founder of Osmo, and he is deeply passionate about the intersection of creative design, education and technology. He is a seasoned engineer from the game industry, having previously worked at Lucasarts and Ubisoft and worked on the user interface of Chrome for Android at Google.
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About Osmo: Osmo is an interactive play company bringing harmony between physical and digital.
Piet Morgan
Founder & CEO of Hammerhead
Piet’s passion for biking began in his childhood in South Africa, where he cycled with his friend and classmate, Chris Froome, one of the best cyclists in a generation. The challenge of navigating on a bike became fully apparent to Piet when he biked across the United States, and he dedicated himself to a solution through the power of software. Piet graduated from Yale University, where he was a cyclist and member of the Yale Crew, stroking the varsity 8.
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About Hammerhead: Hammerhead is building the world’s best bicycle computer.
Laurence Wattrus
Co-Founder & SVP Hardware of Hammerhead
Laurence is a passionate mountain biker and engineer. He studied electromechanical engineering at the University of Cape Town while cycling and paddling competitively. He went on to complete his master’s degree at Brown University in 2013. Laurence is an expert navigator and seeker of innovation. From age twelve his room was covered in disassembled gadgets and bike parts. He spends time behind the camera and maintains a deep respect for nature.
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About Hammerhead: Hammerhead is building the world’s best bicycle computer.
Jon Morgan
Co-Founder & COO of Hammerhead
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About Hammerhead: Hammerhead is building the world’s best bicycle computer.
Jeremy Hitchcock
Founder / Exec Chair of Minim
Operator/tech/investor, 2x founder/CEO, Bookery MHT.
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About Bookery Manchester, Minim, New North Ventures, Orbit Group: Minim (NASDAQ: MINM) was born as a networking company and now delivers intelligent software to protect and improve the WiFi we depend on.
Nicole Zheng
Founder and President of Minim
Nicole Zheng is the Co- founder and CMO of Minim (OTCQB: MINM), the creator of innovative internet access products under the globally-recognized Motorola brand. While at Minim, she has been recognized by Entrepreneur as a Top Female Founder in the United States (2020). Prior to Minim, Nicole held the position of Chief Marketing Officer at cloud software companies Antidote Technologies and OnSIP (ACQ: Intrado). She has served as a board member of Alliance of Channel Women, a nonprofit on a mission to advance careers for women in the communications technology sector through education, community, and advocacy. Nicole holds a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering and B.S. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as business certifications from The Wharton School. She currently resides in Southampton, NY.
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About Minim, Zoom Telephonics (now Minim): Minim (NASDAQ: MINM) was born as a networking company and now delivers intelligent software to protect and improve the WiFi we depend on.
Alec Rooney
CTO and Co-Founder of Minim
Alec Rooney is the Co-founder and CTO at Minim.
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About Minim: Minim (NASDAQ: MINM) was born as a networking company and now delivers intelligent software to protect and improve the WiFi we depend on.
George Whitesides
Co-Founder of MC10
Whitesides joined Harvard’s Department of Chemistry in 1982 and served as department chairman from 1986 to 1989. From 1963 to 1982, he was a faculty member at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Whitesides held advisory positions on the National Research Council, National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and he is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and the American Philosophical Society, among other organizations. He has received dozens of honors, including the American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Pure Chemistry (1975), the Arthur C. Cope Award (1995), the DARPA Award for Significant Technical Achievement (1996), the National Medal of Science (1998), the Von Hippel Award (2000), the Kyoto Prize (2003), the Dan David Award (2005), the Welch Award (2005), the Priestley Award (2007), the American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (2007), the Prince of Asturias Foundation Award (2008), the Nanoscience Prize (2008), the Wheland Medal (2008) and the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry (2009). In addition to Aresenal Medical, George is a co-founder of a number of companies including Genzyme, GelTex, Theravance and 480 Biomedical. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1960 and a doctorate from the California Institute of Technology in 1964.
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About 480 Biomedical, GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Genzyme, Harvard University, Lyra Therapeutics, MC10, Soft Robotics, Theravance Biopharma: MC10 develops virtually invisible, conformal electronics that reshape rigid conventional electronics into thin flexible devices.
Jake Duneier
Founder & CEO of Purple Technologies
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About Clyde Duneier, Inc., Purple Technologies: Purple Technologies creates beautiful products that enhance the human experience.
Fahim Aziz
Founder & CEO of Backpack
Hacker at Backpack
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About Backpack, Kyokushin Wooster: Backpack is a website that connects travelers and shoppers globally.
Behrooz Abiri
CTO and Co-Founder of GuRu
A hardware hobbyist and International Physics Olympiad gold medalist – Behrooz has always been an avid inventor. He’s spent his life studying, learning, and exploring emerging technologies. His work at GuRu stems from a wish to share miraculous technology with the world at large. At GuRu, Behrooz is responsible for the ongoing development of core technology and system architecture. Under his leadership, GuRu’s millimeter-wave technology has been developed into an accessible consumer product. Before GuRu, Behrooz helped develop system design and architecture in Caltech’s Space Solar Power Initiative. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech.
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About GuRu: Enables safe, effective and customizable transmission of power over-the-air using proprietary mmWave and Smart RF Lensing technology
Florian Bohn
CEO & Co-Founder of GuRu
Florian has always felt compelled to understand the way the world works. His curiosity moved him to study Electrical Engineering at Caltech (B.S. Cum Laude), to receive an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC Santa Barbara, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech. At GuRu, Florian is thrilled to be building technology that will enrich people’s lives on a global scale. He is also proud to be building a community of passionate and like-minded engineers at the organization. As a co-founder and CEO at GuRu, Florian brings years of technology experience. At Axiom Microdevices, he helped define and implement high-frequency RF integrated circuits which have shipped more than 400 million units. At Agilent Laboratories (formerly HP Labs) he worked on clock and data recovery circuits as well as novel test and measurement systems. As a Caltech Lead Scientific Researcher, Florian guided engineering and operational aspects of implementing the microwave system at Caltech’s Space Solar Power Initiative.
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About GuRu: Enables safe, effective and customizable transmission of power over-the-air using proprietary mmWave and Smart RF Lensing technology
Ilan Abehassera
Co-Founder, President & COO of Willo
Ilan Abehassera is the Co-Founder, President & COO at Willo.
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About Diaspora Ventures, Oui Are New York, Willo: Willo develops technology in oral health that automatically empowers everyone to achieve the best at-home clean possible.
Hugo de Gentile
Co-Founder & CEO of Willo
Hugo de Gentile is the Co-Founder and CEO at Willo
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About Willo: Willo develops technology in oral health that automatically empowers everyone to achieve the best at-home clean possible.
Daniel Schoonover
Founder & Hardware Engineer of iwinks
When it comes time for words, Schoonover is no Steinbeck. But he is quite humble. One might even say the most humble! At age 28, he’s tallied an astounding stash of graduate degrees compared to number of girlfriends. Truth time? His earliest memory is a lucid dream. But dont take his word for it – lets hear some real-life testimonials! “Danny is the most talented human I know.” —Esther Schoonover (no relation).
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About iwinks: iWinks is consumer electronics company that creates precision sleep enhancement products.
James Bower
Founder of Wikipad
James Bower is the president of MasterImage 3D, LLC.
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About Citizens Reserve, SUKU, Wikipad: Wikipad is an Android-powered gaming tablet that has the features of a high quality tablet and is tough enough to take all.
Jason Hardi
Founder & CEO of Muzik
Jason Hardi is the visionary founder & CEO of Muzik, a hardware & software (“Smartware”) platform that is powering a new generation of connected, intelligent, wearable ambient technology. Jason and his team have created the worlds first smart headphone that seamlessly integrates with 3rd party apps and controls all connected devices. He invented the first motion controlled peripherals that send motion tracking data in real time without any latency. Over the last 5 years Jason has invented & designed many disruptive consumer electronic products, received 5 CES Innovation Awards, and has been issued several patents. In 2016, Jason and his team successfully launched and sold out of their first product (Muzik One) in Best Buy, Amazon, Brookstone, and Jet. He was the keynote speaker at the Microsoft Developer Build Conference in 2015 & 2016, and has been featured in Huffington Post, Billboard, Rolling Stone, TechCrunch, USA Today, Innovation & Tech Today and many other media outlets. Jason has successfully raised over $80 for Muzik, funded by some of the most strategic partners, industry leaders, celebrities, professional athletes, and Twitter. Jason graduated with a Bachelor of Science from NCSU, with concentrations in finance and marketing.
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About Muzik: Creators of The Worlds First Smart headphones designed to connect artists, fans, and brands like never before.
Raul Polakof
Founder & CEO of Scanntech
Raul Polakof is Founder & CEO at Scanntech.
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About Scanntech: Scanntech provides point-of-sale software to retail stores.
Phillip Raub
Founder/Board Member of b8ta
Phillip Raub is the CEO of Model No. and also the co-founder and board member at b8ta, a software-powered retailer designed to make physical retail accessible for product makers and exciting for consumers. In his role at b8ta, he oversaw the day to day operations of the company. Previous to b8ta, Phillip held executive roles at Nest/Google, where he led the Global Channel Marketing team. Prior to Nest, Phillip spent six years at Nintendo as the Director of Retail Marketing. In addition to his years of experience at Nest and Nintendo, Phillip held various leadership roles in marketing at Gap Inc.
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About b8ta, Model No.: B8ta is a software-powered retailer designed to make physical retail accessible for all.
William Mintun
Co-Founder, EVP of Operations of b8ta
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About b8ta: B8ta is a software-powered retailer designed to make physical retail accessible for all.
Sujeet Kumar
CEO, Co-Founder of Zenlabs Energy
Dr. Sujeet Kumar is the founder and CEO of Zenlabs Energy, a company developing high-energy fast-charging lithium-ion batteries for Electric and Aerial Vehicles. Before Zenlabs, Dr. Kumar served as CTO of Envia Systems where he developed high-capacity manganese-based cathode and won several DoE awards. Dr. Kumar worked as a senior scientist for Greatbatch, leading the development of cathode materials for implantable medical batteries. Dr. Kumar started his career at Nanogram Corp as its first employee where he led several energy storage projects. Dr. Kumar has won the R & D 100 award for developing high energy lithium-ion batteries and is the inventor of over 60 patents. Dr. Kumar has a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Rochester and a B.Tech from IIT, Varanasi.
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About Envia Systems, Greatbatch, Zenlabs Energy: Zenlabs Energy has developed high energy density lithium ion batteries for ground and aerial electric vehicles.
David Moxam
Founder & Managing Partner of MalibuIQ
David Moxam (Mox) is a founder of Malibu IQ and acts in the role of Managing Partner. He chairs the Ideation Council with representative executives from HRL, GM, Boeing, and the owner investors of Malibu IQ, to set strategy and approve the formation of new companies (NewCos). Mox also works with the Malibu IQ Investment Team making contributions in NewCo value proposition and creation of the path to commercialization for NewCos. Primarily focused on commercializing invention assets originating at HRL, as a technically strong investment group, Malibu IQ also looks for opportunities that have the potential to leverage or align its core assets; and has the ability to invest in seed and series A level ventures. Additionally, the Team has resources and relevant subject matter expertise in a number of emerging disciplines to provide a fair bit of initial commercial guidance in addition to capital. Mox is a successful entrepreneur with extensive experience in bringing advanced technologies to market. His expertise includes working in a senior executive capacity with a Global 500 leader; and in founding a pioneering technology start-up through sale to a prestigious private equity group. Through invitation, he has served on the Board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for 2 terms and is a vocal champion of new innovation models for accelerating advanced technology insertion into design and production. Operating globally, he has received the prestigious UK Queen’s Award for Enterprise and was recognized as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Technology in the US. While with EDS in 1998 he received their Pinnacle Award for Leadership, for work in founding the global financial markets group and IT developments with the NASD, Electronic Broking Services and the NYMEX. Mox was the founder of Authentix, Inc. a molecular engineering firm operating in the authentication & security industry; a founder and Director for Compassites Software Solutions in India; and he enjoys putting sweat equity into standing up NewCos. Two recent NewCos (independent of Malibu IQ) are; Decisio Health (predictive algorithms for healthcare), and Tenaxis ArterX (a next generation surgical sealant). Mr. Moxam holds graduate diplomas in Physics and Business Administration from Laurentian University in Canada; and has participated in corporate executive programmes with INSEAD in France. Notably, Mox has recently slipped to #2 on the family fly-fishing grid, losing coveted #1 to his son Cody.
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About MalibuIQ, Manti Resources, The Clear Creek Group: HRL Labs Technology Commercialization
Jong-Wook Shin
Founder, President and CEO of iiRcade
Results-driven, customer and consumer-focused executive with vision, dedication and drive to succeed. Visionary leader with strong entrepreneurship and innovation experiences as a founding CEO of an award-winning startup and vice president of innovations at LG Electronics. Winner of 2018 CES Innovation Award and Startup of the Year finalist recognitions at CES, IFA, Smart Kitchen Summit, Startup Conference. Recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious ‘Outstanding Top 45 Asian American in Business’ award in 2010 and Sony Mobile Presidential Award in 2011. 22+ years of experiences in the consumer electronics and mobile industry, leading organizations and creating innovative products with amazing experiences at Motorola, Sony Mobile, Intel, LG and HOPii. 16+ years of experiences in product management, product planning, product strategy, portfolio management, business strategies and business management. 18+ years of team management experiences and 8+ years of executive leadership experiences. 12+ years of strong experiences in disruptive innovations and entrepreneurship with startup experiences, new experience products and disruptive innovations creation accomplishments. Comprehensive knowledge and experiences in managing products from concept to launch and beyond. Strong business and technical skills. A dynamic self-starter with proven ability to resolve complex challenges in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Extensive experiences in customer and vendor management, and managing projects in both matrix organizations and startup environment. Excellent leadership skills from various executive leadership experiences. Kellogg MBA. Excellent people skills and highly persuasive negotiator. Strong communication and presentation skills. Great team player who is very dependable, very hard working and always makes a difference. Committed to professional excellence and success.
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About iiRcade: Bringing Arcade Gaming to the 21st Century
Avishai Geller
Founder & CEO of Maven Machines
Avishai Geller founded Maven Machines, Inc. in 2014 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer.Before founding Maven, Avishai Geller gained extensive experience in multiple technology industries in roles ranging from Vice President of Product and Sales to Engineering Manager. He earned his BSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.
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About Maven Machines: Maven Machines is a mobile cloud solution for trucking, transportation, and logistics industries.
Maxwell Bogue
Co-Founder of 3Doodler
Max Bogue is Co-Founder of WobbleWorks, Inc., the parent company of 3Doodler. Before founding WobbleWorks Inc., Max was a Director of Consumer Robotics at Handy Robotics and an R&D Manager at WowWee, where he launched products including Rovio, RS Media and ChatterBots. Max bas been described by the Huffington Post as “the happiest man at CES”, by PCMag as “one of the top 10 things at New York Toy Fair 2018” and was credited with bringing “The Craft (And The Joy) Back To Tech”. Max has been invited to keynote and speak at events worldwide, include LeWeb, CE Week and “tech+”, organized by the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy. Max is a graduate of Purdue University’s Computer Science Program, having also attended USC’s Film Production Program.
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About 3Doodler: The 3Doodler is a 3D printing pen that enables users to draw in midair and create 3D versions of their doodles and ideas.
Peter Dilworth
Co-Founder of 3Doodler
By day, Dilworth is the CTO of 3Doodler’s parent company, Wobbleworks LLC, a toy and consumer design house based out of New York, Boston and Hong Kong. The company’s creations include 3Doodler, Flap-itz, a line of fun, easy-to-use headbands with articulated, moving ears, Butch the Dino, which uses a two-legged, bi-pedal walking platform that features four directional walking using only two motors, and the aforementioned Troody, a projected started while at the MIT Leg Lab. Before Wobbleworks, Dilworth designed robot toys for Wowwee and was part of the research staff at MIT’s Media and AI Labs. He graduated from Northeastern University and is currently based in the Boston area.
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About 3Doodler: The 3Doodler is a 3D printing pen that enables users to draw in midair and create 3D versions of their doodles and ideas.
Johnny Hou
Founder / CEO of NZXT
Johnny Ho is a Founder and CEO at NZXT. He is also Co-Founder at Acaia. Mr. Ho received a bachelor of science in Computer Engineering at UC Irvine.
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About Acaia, NZXT: NZXT builds PC hardware for enthusiasts and gamers globally.
Charles Huang
Co-Founder of Green Throttle Games
Charles is the Co-Founder of Blue Goji Corp and CEO & Co-Founder of Indigo 7 and also the Advisor of Berkeley SkyDeck. He is a former co-founder of RedOctane and the co-creator of the Guitar Hero video game franchise. Guitar Hero launched in 2005 and went on to become the fastest video game to reach $1B in sales. Charles left Guitar Hero in 2010 and is currently the co-founder of Indigo 7, a startup focused on brands in fashion apparel and entertainment. He is an active, serial angel investor. Charles immigrated to California as a young child and currently resides in Silicon Valley with his wife and two daughters. He holds a BA in Economics and Asian Studies from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About Green Throttle Games, Sinovation Ventures: Green Throttle Games develops quality, innovative games and hardware for mobile devices.
Chad Laurans
Founder & Chairman of SimpliSafe
Chad Laurans is the Founder and Chairman of SimpliSafe.
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About SimpliSafe: SimpliSafe is a home security solutions provider that designs, engineers, and sells wireless security alarm systems, cameras, and services.
Eleanor Laurans
Co-Founder of SimpliSafe
Eleanor (Besharov) Laurans is the Co-Founder of SimpliSafe and a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School.
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About SimpliSafe: SimpliSafe is a home security solutions provider that designs, engineers, and sells wireless security alarm systems, cameras, and services.
Charles Michael Yim
Founder and CEO of Breathometer
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About Breathometer, CMY Ventures, Cohabit Labs, Inc., Cointopia, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, VitaBowl, Walt Disney Television: Breathometer develops a breath analysis technology that helps people make smarter decisions and improve their lives.
Christina Bellman
Founder & CEO of LEVO Oil Infusion, Inc.
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About LEVO Oil Infusion, Inc.: The world’s first automated oil infuser
Garrett Aida
Founder & CEO of Dark Energy
Garrett Aida is Founder/CEO at Dark Energy.
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About Dark Energy: Dark Energy creates destruction-tested, rugged, waterproof hunting tech products.
Stefan Lederer
Co-Founder & CEO of Bitmovin
Stefan Lederer is co-founder and Head of Business of bitmovinin 2012, a company which focuses on products, cloud services and consulting in the area of adaptive HTTP streaming. He received his B.Sc. (Bakk.) in Information Management in Aug’10, his M.Sc. (Dipl.-Ing.) in Computer Science in Mar’12 and his M.Sc. (Mag.) in Marketing and International Management in Jun’13, all with distinction from the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. He gained practical and international expertise in various companies (IBM, McKinsey&Company, Dolby, Hillside, Ilogs, etc.) and has a strong business focus in marketing and international management. He founded his first company in 2008 and led several IT projects in central and eastern Europe. In his position of an Assistant Professor at the Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Institute of Information Technology (ITEC), Multimedia Communication Group he participated in several EC-funded projects (ALICANTE, SocialSensor). His research topics include transport of modern/rich media, multimedia adaptation, QoS/QoE as well as future internet architectures and he has published more than 20 papers in these areas. He participated in the MPEG-DASH standardization, contributed several open source tools (DASHEncoder, DASHoverCCN VLC plugin) and datasets.
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About Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Bitmovin: Bitmovin is a multimedia technology company providing adaptive streaming video infrastructure for global digital media companies.
Christopher Mueller
Co-Founder & CTO of Bitmovin
Christopher Mueller is CEO and Co-founder of bitmovin and Head of Technology. He received his M.Sc (Dipl. Ing.) in Computer Science from the Aplen-Adria University Klagenfurt with distinction. He gained practical expertise in various companies, notably Infineon Semiconductors and Dolby Laboratories Inc. Los Angeles, USA. His main research interests are multimedia streaming, networking, and multimedia adaptation. In his position as an Assistant Professor (Univ. Ass.) at the Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, Institute of Information Technology (ITEC), Multimedia Communication Group (MMC) he has published more than 20 papers in these areas and currently holds 2 U.S. patents. He participated in the MPEG-DASH standardization and is the author of the MPEG-DASH reference software libdash. He contributed several open source tools, notably MPEG-DASH VLC plugin and libdash, worked in various EC-funded projects, e.g., ALICANTE and SocialSensor, and he is the supervisor and main contributor of the MPEG-DASH ITEC blog (dash.itec.aau.at) with more than 100k views per year.
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About Bitmovin: Bitmovin is a multimedia technology company providing adaptive streaming video infrastructure for global digital media companies.
Zach Supalla
Founder & CEO of Particle
Zach Supalla is the founder and CEO of Particle, an IoT startup that’s making it easier to build, connect and manage internet-connected hardware products deployed at massive scale. Supalla earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and an MEM (masters in engineering management) from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern. Before Particle, Supalla worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, advising Fortune 500 companies on strategy, operations and product development. He is a graduate of HAX, the world’s first, and most prolific hardware accelerator.
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About Particle: Particle provides hardware and software tools to help users prototype, scale, and manage IoT products.
