Autotech Ventures Culture d’entreprise

Dr. Alexei A. Andreev, Ph.D. has been a Venture Partner at Harris & Harris Group, Inc., since December 2, 2015. Dr. Andreev serves as Managing Director at AutoTech Ventures. He also founded the firm. He is co-founder and Director of the American Business Association of Russian Expatriates (AmBar). Dr. Andreev joined Harris & Harris Group as an Executive Vice President and Managing Director from March 2005 to December 2015. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Renaissance Insurance. From 2002 to March 2005, he served as an Associate of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). Between 2002 and 2005, where he was exclusively focused on nanotechnology and material science investment opportunities. While at DFJ, he played an integral role in sourcing and funding EoPlex, Intematix, Solicore and D-Wave Systems, for which companies he served as an active Board Director or Observer. He worked for TLcom Capital Partners LLP. He spent three years as Associate with Sputnik Funds and The Sputnik Group. At Sputnik Funds, he evaluated investment opportunities, financially restructured portfolio companies and served on the board of the regional cellular provider, Techinfo Communications. He has been a Director of Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy, Inc. since January 2007. He is an Obersver on the board of Rollick Outdoor, Inc. He serves on the Board of Directors of Work Truck Solution, Inc. Dr. Andreev has been a Director of D-Wave Systems Inc. since 2006, EchoPixel Technology since 2013 and UberSeq since 2014. Dr. Andreev serves as a Director of EchoPixel, Inc. and Cswitch Corporation. Dr. Andreev served as a Director of Adesto Technologies Corporation from August 2010 to March 28, 2016. He served as an active Board Director or Observer of Intematix and Solicore. He served as a Director of Eoplex Technologies Inc since 2010. Dr. Andreev served as researcher at the Center of Nanotechnology (ISAN) in the Russian Academy of Sciences where he focused on the electronic and optical properties of quantum dots and multi-layered nanostructures. He was the recipient of the Scholarship for the Most Promising Young Scientist from the Russian Academy of Sciences, the State Scientific Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists, the Scholarship from the International Center of Fundamental Physics and the Soros Science Foundation Graduate Scholarship. Dr. Andreev holds a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics (cum laude) and a B.S. with honors in Engineering and Material Sciences from Moscow State University of Steel and Alloys. He also holds a M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Quin Garcia serves as a Managing Director at AutoTech Ventures. He founded the firm. He serves as an Advisor to Peloton Technology and a Board Observer at IQ Taxi. He serves as a Director of Conencted Signals since 2013. He also serves as an Observer at IQ Taxi since 2014 and as an Advisor at Peloton Technologies since 2014. Mr. Garcia was a part of the Founding Team of Auto Alliances; Better Place between 2007 and 2012. He also served as a Business Analyst of Management Consulting at Strategic Management Solutions between 2005 and 2007 and a Vehicle Dynamics Research Assistant at Stanford Dynamic Design Lab from 2006 to 2007. He was a Powertrain Team Leader at Cornell HEV Team from 2003 to 2004. He is fluent in the English, Mandarin, and Spanish languages. Mr. Garcia received an MS in Management Science and Auto Eng from Stanford University in 2007 and BS Applied Econ and Management from Cornell University in 2004.

Maurice Gunderson serves as the Managing Director of Autotech Ventures. Maurice started at Autotech Ventures in Aug of 2017. Maurice currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Daniel Hoffer serves as the Managing Director of Autotech Ventures. Daniel started at Autotech Ventures in Jul of 2018. Daniel currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.