Andy Wheeler
Director/Board Member at Benson Hill Holdings, Inc.
Profile
Andy Wheeler was the founder of Silicon Labs Ember, Inc. founded in 2001, where he held the title of Chief Scientist in 2002.
He currently holds director positions at Benson Hill Holdings, Inc., Desktop Metal Operating, Inc., Ripple Foods PBC, and is a General Partner at GV Management Co. LLC since 2012.
Mr. Wheeler has held former director positions at Transphorm Technology, Inc., Carbon, Inc., and Ripcord, Inc. He was also an Independent Director at Desktop Metal, Inc. from 2020 to 2021, a Director at Benson Hill, Inc., and Principal at Walt Disney Imagineering.
Mr. Wheeler was the Chief Technology Officer at Tendril Networks, Inc. in 2008 and Adura Technologies, Inc. in 2011.
He was a consultant at Zipcar, Inc. in 2000.
Mr. Wheeler received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Andy Wheeler active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
GV Management Co. LLC
 GV Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance GV Management Co LLC (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2009 by Bill Maris. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California with an additional office in San Francisco, Boston, New York and London. | Private Equity Investor | 2011-12-31 |
Ripple Foods PBC
 Ripple Foods PBC Food: Meat/Fish/DairyConsumer Non-Durables Ripple Foods PBC offers dairy products. Its provides unsweetened vanilla and chocolate, superfoods milk, nutrition, and frozen dessert. The company was founded by Neil Renninger and Adam Lowry in 1995 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Benson Hill Holdings, Inc.
 Benson Hill Holdings, Inc. Agricultural Commodities/MillingProcess Industries Benson Hill Holdings, Inc. operates a crop design platform to develop sustainable food and ingredients. It offers CropOS (Crop Operating System), a cognitive engine that provides decision support to accelerate crop improvement and enhance the sustainability of food, feed, fiber, and fuel production using plant biology, big data analytics and cloud computing. The company was founded by Matthew B. Crisp, Todd Mockler and Thomas P. Brutnell in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Director/Board Member | - |
Desktop Metal Operating, Inc.
 Desktop Metal Operating, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Desktop Metal Operating, Inc. engages in the provision of three dimensional printing services. It offers studio, production, and software solutions. The firm serves to automotive, heavy industrial, manufacturing tooling and machine design industries. The company was founded by Ric Fulop, Jonah Meyerberg, Emanuel Sachs, Rick Chin, A. John Hart, Christopher A. Schuh, and Yet Ming Chiang, in October 2015 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Andy Wheeler
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| DESKTOP METAL, INC. | Director/Board Member | 2021-07-26 |
Adura Technologies, Inc.
 Adura Technologies, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Adura Technologies, Inc. operated as a clean energy technology company. It applied low-power wireless mesh networking to the lighting controls and energy management markets. The company was founded by Joshua Mooney and Zachary M. Gentry in 2005 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 2011-12-30 |
Tendril Networks, Inc.
 Tendril Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Tendril Networks, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based energy services management solutions. Its products include home energy reports, engagement portal, orchestrated energy, home energy analytics, and energy assessments. The company was founded by Tim Enwall, Ted Farrell, Randy Willig, and Matthew O'Kelley in 2004 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 2008-12-30 |
Silicon Labs Ember, Inc.
 Silicon Labs Ember, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Silicon Labs Ember, Inc. provides wireless sensor and control network technologies. The firm develops wireless mesh networking technology chips, software, tools for Smart Energy, connected homes, as well as many other monitoring and control applications. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Founder | 2007-09-29 |
Zipcar, Inc.
 Zipcar, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Zipcar, Inc. operates a car sharing network. It operates membership-based businesses in major metropolitan areas and college campuses in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The firm offers makes and models of self-service vehicles by the hour or day to residents and businesses looking for an alternative to the high costs and hassles of owning a car. The company was founded in January 2000 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2000-12-30 |
Training of Andy Wheeler
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Graduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 2 |
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| DESKTOP METAL, INC. | Electronic Technology |
| BENSON HILL, INC. | Commercial Services |
| Private companies | 12 |
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Silicon Labs Ember, Inc.
Silicon Labs Ember, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Silicon Labs Ember, Inc. provides wireless sensor and control network technologies. The firm develops wireless mesh networking technology chips, software, tools for Smart Energy, connected homes, as well as many other monitoring and control applications. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Electronic Technology |
Tendril Networks, Inc.
Tendril Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Tendril Networks, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based energy services management solutions. Its products include home energy reports, engagement portal, orchestrated energy, home energy analytics, and energy assessments. The company was founded by Tim Enwall, Ted Farrell, Randy Willig, and Matthew O'Kelley in 2004 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO. | Technology Services |
Zipcar, Inc.
Zipcar, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Zipcar, Inc. operates a car sharing network. It operates membership-based businesses in major metropolitan areas and college campuses in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The firm offers makes and models of self-service vehicles by the hour or day to residents and businesses looking for an alternative to the high costs and hassles of owning a car. The company was founded in January 2000 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Finance |
Transphorm Technology, Inc.
 Transphorm Technology, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Transphorm, Inc. provides power conversion modules. It simplifies the design and manufacturing of motor drives, power supplies and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles. Transphorm designs and delivers its power conversion devices and modules from material technology and device fabrication to circuit design and module assembly. The company was founded by Umesh K. Mishra and Primit A. Parikh in 2007 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Benson Hill Holdings, Inc.
Benson Hill Holdings, Inc. Agricultural Commodities/MillingProcess Industries Benson Hill Holdings, Inc. operates a crop design platform to develop sustainable food and ingredients. It offers CropOS (Crop Operating System), a cognitive engine that provides decision support to accelerate crop improvement and enhance the sustainability of food, feed, fiber, and fuel production using plant biology, big data analytics and cloud computing. The company was founded by Matthew B. Crisp, Todd Mockler and Thomas P. Brutnell in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Process Industries |
Walt Disney Imagineering
 Walt Disney Imagineering Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Walt Disney Imagineering engages in providing engineering services. The company is headquartered in Glendale, CA. | Industrial Services |
Adura Technologies, Inc.
Adura Technologies, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Adura Technologies, Inc. operated as a clean energy technology company. It applied low-power wireless mesh networking to the lighting controls and energy management markets. The company was founded by Joshua Mooney and Zachary M. Gentry in 2005 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Producer Manufacturing |
GV Management Co. LLC
GV Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance GV Management Co LLC (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2009 by Bill Maris. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California with an additional office in San Francisco, Boston, New York and London. | Finance |
Carbon, Inc.
 Carbon, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Carbon, Inc. engages in provision of digital manufacturing solutions. Its products include hardware, printing materials, and software. The company was founded by Edward T. Samulski, Steven Lars Nelson, Joseph M. DeSimone, Nikita Ermoshkin, and Alex Ermoshkin in 2013 and is headquartered Redwood City, CA. | Producer Manufacturing |
Desktop Metal Operating, Inc.
Desktop Metal Operating, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Desktop Metal Operating, Inc. engages in the provision of three dimensional printing services. It offers studio, production, and software solutions. The firm serves to automotive, heavy industrial, manufacturing tooling and machine design industries. The company was founded by Ric Fulop, Jonah Meyerberg, Emanuel Sachs, Rick Chin, A. John Hart, Christopher A. Schuh, and Yet Ming Chiang, in October 2015 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA. | Commercial Services |
Ripple Foods PBC
Ripple Foods PBC Food: Meat/Fish/DairyConsumer Non-Durables Ripple Foods PBC offers dairy products. Its provides unsweetened vanilla and chocolate, superfoods milk, nutrition, and frozen dessert. The company was founded by Neil Renninger and Adam Lowry in 1995 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA. | Consumer Non-Durables |
Ripcord, Inc.
 Ripcord, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Ripcord, Inc. operates robotic digitization company. Its solutions include compliance, finance, healthcare, legal, and infrastructure. The company was founded by Alex Fielding, Kevin Hall, and Kim Lembo and is headquartered in Hayward, CA. | Technology Services |
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