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Alex Fielding

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CEO & Chairman at Privateer Space · Director & Ripcord Co-Founder at Ripcord

Kihei, Hawaii, United States

FoundedPrivateer SpaceRipcord

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Lars LeckieunlockedAlex: together at Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. (2011–2014)
Alex: together at Orbital Insight
Alex: together at Astra
×5Alex: together at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

About

Alex Fielding is CEO and Chairman of Privateer Space and Orbital Insight, and the founder and director of Ripcord, a company that develops vision-guided industrial robots for digitization and cloud-based access. He previously co-founded the GPS company Wheels of Zeus with Steve Wozniak, sold in 2006, and served as CTO at Power Assure and VP at Vigilent. He holds patents in vision-guided robotics, machine learning, and cloud computing, is an advisor to Astra, and is a founding member of Singularity University.

CEO & Chairman at Privateer Space

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Privateer Space's investors · 7

Aero X VenturesWinston Salem · $500K – $3M checksE2MC VenturesOrlando · $250K – $2M checksIronGate Capital AdvisorsNew YorkRepublic Capital (ex Republic Labs)New YorkRosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checksSeraphim SpaceLondon · $1.3M – $3.8M checksSilent VenturesDallas · $1.5M – $3M checks

Co-founders at Privateer Space

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James CrawfordFounder

Director & Ripcord Co-Founder at Ripcord

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Ripcord's investors · 17

15th RockYokohama · since 2024Baidusince 2023Catapult VenturesSilicon Valley · $250K – $1.5M checksComet LabsSan FranciscoFOG VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2024Hemisphere Ventures LLCMckinneyIcon VenturesPalo Alto · $6M – $12M checks · since 2024Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2024Legend Star北京 · $425K – $112M checksLux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2024MUFGLondon · since 2023Partners for GrowthTiburon · $1M – $50M checksPartners for Growth (PFG)SQN Venture Partners, LLCCharlestonTitanium VenturesSydney Nsw · $5M – $10M checksTyche PartnersLos Altos · $1M – $10M checks · since 2023

Experience

  1. Orbital InsightCEO & Chairmancurrent2024 — presentMaui, Hawaii
  2. Privateer SpaceCEO & Chairmancurrent2021 — presentMaui County, Hawaii, United States
  3. RipcordFounder and Directorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. RipcordCEO2014 — 2021Hayward, CA
  5. AstraRobotics Advisor - Advisory Boardcurrent2018 — presentSF Bay Area
  6. OrangeMentor2018 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  7. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAgency Direct Contractor2010 — 2015
  8. Piston Cloud Computing, Inc.Advisor to the CTO2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  9. VigilentVice President Federal & Energy2013 — 2014El Cerrito, CA
  10. Power Assure, Inc.Chief Technology Officer2009 — 2013Santa Clara, CA
  11. Wheels of ZeusCo-founder CTO, and Advisor2001 — 2005
  12. Exodus CommunicationsWest Coast Manager Platinum Network Engineering, Sr. Staff Engineer1999 — 2001
  13. Apple ComputerSr. Staff Engineer, Engineering Manager1996 — 1999Cupertino, CA

Skills & more

VMware99Cisco35SAS7026Colocation15Production14Brocade14HIPAA11SAP9Energy Efficiency24Transmission10Citrix14Xen11
+12 moreData CenterLoad BalancingHyper-VSOXMergersISOVirtualizationCitrix MetaframeXenServerVDIStorageStorage Area Networks

Languages C · C++ · HTML/CSS · Objective-C · PHP · Perl · Python · Ruby

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Who is Alex Fielding?
Alex Fielding is CEO and Chairman of Privateer Space and Orbital Insight, and the founder and director of Ripcord, a company that develops vision-guided industrial robots for digitization and cloud-based access. He previously co-founded the GPS company Wheels of Zeus with Steve Wozniak, sold in 2006, and served as CTO at Power Assure and VP at Vigilent. He holds patents in vision-guided robotics, machine learning, and cloud computing, is an advisor to Astra, and is a founding member of Singularity University.
Where does Alex Fielding work?
Alex Fielding is CEO & Chairman of Privateer Space and Director & Ripcord Co-Founder at Ripcord.
What companies did Alex Fielding found?
Alex Fielding founded Privateer Space, Ripcord.
Where did Alex Fielding go to school?
Alex Fielding studied at Singularity University (Founding Member); Stanford University (Continuing ed. Sharpening the saw. M&A, Business Administration); San José State University.

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