Alex Fielding Explained

Alex Fielding
Birth Place:Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Occupation:Chief Executive Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Computer scientist
Electrical engineer
Children:1

Alex Fielding (born 1978) is an American engineer and manager. He is the CEO and co-founder of Privateer Space, a space startup with a global online marketplace that aims to connect customers seeking planetary data with orbiting satellites and AI. He co-founded the company with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and MacArthur Genius Moriba Jah.[1] [2] Privateer announced in 2023 that it had grown the business from the Google Maps of space to become the first AI powered space data ride sharing platform with an upcoming satellite autopilot system called Pono set to fly on SpaceX in December 2023.[3] [4] [5] [6] The International Space Station National Labs, in partnership with Privateer announced a deal whereby Privateer publicly tracks and displays mission data on International Space Station telemetry, astronauts, and mission objectives live on the ISS National Labs website.[7] He was co-founder and CEO of robotics company Ripcord, Inc from 2014 to 2021.

Biography

Alex Fielding started his career as an engineer at Cisco Systems and Apple Computer. Shortly after departing Apple, he worked at Exodus Communications for Ellen Hancock. Exodus' CEO who was Apple's former CTO.He co-founded Wheels of Zeus with Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak in 2001. It was sold to Zontrak in 2006.[8]

Fielding became CEO of encryption products company Ripcord Networks in 2004 with former Apple CEO Gil Amelio, CTO, Hancock, and Wozniak on its board.[9] The company existed through about 2009 when its assets were purchased in an undisclosed transaction.[10] He was then chief technology officer at Power Assure from 2009 to 2013, and then vice president at Vigilent until 2014.[11]

Started working with NASA in 2010 with CTO Chris C. Kemp and started what might be another company of the same name, Ripcord, Inc while in a partnership at the agency in 2014. Fielding later was named an advisor to space startup Astra where Kemp is CEO.

Ripcord announced $180 million in funding in March 2017 from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lux Capital, Legend Star (part of China-based Legend Holdings[12]), and Steve Wozniak.[13] [14] [15] Ripcord is utilizing vision guided robotics, industrial automation, and advanced sensors to digitize paper records. Once digitized, Ripcord provides a software as a service records service called Ripcord Canopy.Further funding was announced later in 2017 and in 2020, including investor CDK Global.[16] In September, 2020, Ripcord announced a joint venture with Fuji Xerox.[17] In August 2021, he was replaced at Ripcord by William Kurtz, former chief financial officer while the company prepared for a public offering.[18]

Fielding joined the board of directors of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education in 2017.[19] He was on the boards of the CodeWarrior Foundation, and California Women Empowering Women, a 501c3 non-profit. He is an advisor to TEDMED and TED WED. He is a donor to UNICEF. Fielding is a former member of Mensa International and Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs. He is a contributing member of two NIST working groups on the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP).

Patents

Fielding is listed as an inventor on the following robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence patents:

Sources

Notes and References

  1. News: Steve Wozniak's latest moonshot is a private space company . I. Bonifacic . September 13, 2021 . Engadget . September 13, 2021 .
  2. News: Steve Wozniak and Alex Fielding's startup Privateer aims to be the Google Maps of space . A. Alamalhodaei . October 12, 2021 . TechCrunch . October 13, 2021 .
  3. News: Steve Wozniak's Space Company Wants to Be a 'Ride Share' for Satellites . Nikki Main . August 1, 2023 . Gizmodo . August 1, 2023 .
  4. News: Privateer wants to create a 'data ride-sharing economy' for space . A. Alamalhodaei . August 1, 2023 . TechCrunch . August 1, 2023 .
  5. News: Steve Wozniak's Privateer Is Forging an Online Market for Satellite Access . L. Grush . August 1, 2023 . Bloomberg . August 1, 2023 .
  6. News: Investing in Space: Rocket Lab stock leads the sector in year-to-date gains . M. Sheetz . August 3, 2023 . CNBC . August 3, 2023 .
  7. News: The International Space Station National Laboratory and Privateer Announce Data and Information Sharing Partnership for Growing Space Community . K. Kowing . August 3, 2023 . SpaceRef . August 3, 2023 .
  8. News: Wozniak shuts down Wheels of Zeus: Not everything turns out to be Apple . Michael Kanellos . March 16, 2006 . CNet News . October 25, 2013 .
  9. Web site: Ripcord's Board . August 4, 2004 . Cult of Mac blog . Leander Kahney . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040828202030/http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=395766 . August 28, 2004 . October 25, 2013 .
  10. Web site: Ripcord: Company Management . Old company web site . https://web.archive.org/web/20080917080531/http://www.ripcord.com/management.html . dead . September 17, 2008 . October 25, 2013 .
  11. Web site: Alex Fielding Vice President of Operations, Power Assure Inc. . October 18, 2021.
  12. Web site: Legend Star: Incubator of great technology . dead . March 26, 2017 . Legend Holdings web site . https://web.archive.org/web/20170326051424/http://www.legendholdings.com.cn/en/Biz/IncubatorInvest.aspx . September 22, 2021 .
  13. Web site: Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak joins $9.5 million investment into 'robotic digitization' startup Ripcord. 2017-03-23. VentureBeat. 2017-03-25.
  14. Web site: Ripcord gets $9.5 million Series A for its corporate file digitization service . March 23, 2017 . Heater . Brian . TechCrunch . September 22, 2021 .
  15. News: Ripcord Removes the Pain of Paper Cuts With Robot Digital Filers . March 23, 2017 . Bloomberg.com. 2017-03-25.
  16. Web site: Ripcord lands $145M for dealership digitization . Pitchbook . February 26, 2020 . September 22, 2021 .
  17. News: IDC . September 8, 2020 . Ripcord and Fuji Xerox Joint Venture Positioned to Support a Hybrid Workforce and the "Next Normal" . Holly Muscolino and Allison Fantony . September 22, 2021 .
  18. Web site: Bill Kurtz: Interim Chief Executive Officer . Ripcord web site . https://web.archive.org/web/20210129190835/https://www.ripcord.com/team/bill-kurtz/ . January 29, 2021 . September 22, 2021 .
  19. News: Two Leading High-Tech Entrepreneurs and Champions of Open Educational Resources to Join ISKME's Board . Press release . Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education . January 13, 2017 . September 22, 2021 .
  20. http://ip.com/pat/US11048732 US Patent No. 11,048,732
  21. http://ip.com/patent/US11030199 Systems and Methods for contextual retrieval and display of search results
  22. http://ip.com/patent/US10778858 Systems and methods relating to document and fastener identification
  23. http://ip.com/patent/US10142167 Computer Vision based document and fastener identification
  24. http://ip.com/patent/US10387456 Region based machine learning for records tagging
  25. http://ip.com/patent/US10198479 Utilizing machine learning and NLP for contextual retrieval and display

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