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Edgar Auslander

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Investor at Meta

United States

Kauffman Fellow · Class 11

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About

Edgar Auslander is Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships for AI Wearables, XR, and Technology Licensing at Meta, where he originated the EssilorLuxottica partnership and the consumer smart glasses line that produced Ray-Ban Stories and Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. He was a founding member of Texas Instruments' Wireless Business Unit, a Kauffman Fellow and VP at VantagePoint Venture Partners, and founder of Menlo Business Partners; he has served on the board of QuickLogic (NASDAQ: QUIK), the founding board of The AR Alliance, and the advisory board of StartX at Stanford. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, an MEng from Cornell University, and an engineering diploma from ESME Paris, and has taught at institutions including UC Berkeley Extension, Haas School of Business, and

Experience

  1. MetaSenior Director, Strategic Partnerships, AI Wearables, XR, and Technology Licensingcurrent2016 — presentMenlo Park
  2. The AR AllianceFounding Board Membercurrent2024 — present
  3. University of California, BerkeleyUniversity Lecturer2023 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  4. American TowerEdge Advisory Board Member2022 — 2024Boston
  5. EvoStreamMember of the Advisory Board2013 — 2018San Diego
  6. Stanford UniversityAdjunct Lecturer2015 — 2017Stanford
  7. Menlo Business PartnersFounder and Managing Partner2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Knowles Intelligent Audio (formerly Audience)Vice President, Marketing and Business Development2014 — 2015Mountain View
  9. QuickLogic CorporationMember of the Board of Directors2014Sunnyvale
  10. QualcommVice President, Product Management / Corporate Development and Strategy2011 — 2014San Diego
  11. ST-EricssonSenior Vice President, Strategic Planning2009 — 2011Geneva, Switzerland
  12. Intel CorporationStrategic Alliances and Engineering, Ultra Mobility Group2007 — 2009Santa Clara, CA
  13. VantagePoint Venture PartnersVice President & Kauffman Fellow2006 — 2007San Bruno, CA
  14. Texas InstrumentsGeneral Manager, WW Strategy & Corporate Development2004 — 2006Dallas, TX
  15. IXI Mobile, Inc.SVP Marketing & Strategy2001 — 2004Palo Alto, CA
  16. Texas InstrumentsDirector, Worldwide Product Management and Marketing1990 — 2001Nice (France), and Dallas, TX
  17. EDHEC Business SchoolProfessor, Management of Organizations and Strategy1994 — 1995Nice, France
  18. Columbia University, The Office of Science and Technology DevelopmentAssociate, Technology Transfer1988 — 1990New York, NY

Skills & more

Start-upsProduct DevelopmentProduct ManagementCompetitive AnalysisProduct MarketingStrategyBusiness StrategyStrategic PartnershipsGo-to-market StrategyStrategic Planning39New Business Development85Venture Capital58
+8 moreWirelessCorporate DevelopmentTeachingStart-up VenturesEducational InstitutionsSemiconductorsMergersMobile Communications

Languages English · French

  • Honored Listee — Marquis Who's Who
  • Internet History, Technology, and Security — University of Michigan
  • Using Python to Access Web Data — University of Michigan
  • Python programming (Data Structures, Using Python to Access Web Data, Databases and SQL, Retrieving, Processing, and Visualizing Data) — University of Michigan
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital — Università Bocconi
  • Machine Learning (Prof. Andrew Ng's course, Grade Achieved: 99.6%) — Stanford University
  • Advanced Valuation and Strategy - M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital — Erasmus School of Economics

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Edgar Auslander?
Edgar Auslander is Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships for AI Wearables, XR, and Technology Licensing at Meta, where he originated the EssilorLuxottica partnership and the consumer smart glasses line that produced Ray-Ban Stories and Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. He was a founding member of Texas Instruments' Wireless Business Unit, a Kauffman Fellow and VP at VantagePoint Venture Partners, and founder of Menlo Business Partners; he has served on the board of QuickLogic (NASDAQ: QUIK), the founding board of The AR Alliance, and the advisory board of StartX at Stanford. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, an MEng from Cornell University, and an engineering diploma from ESME Paris, and has taught at institutions including UC Berkeley Extension, Haas School of Business, and
Where does Edgar Auslander work?
Edgar Auslander is at Meta.
Where did Edgar Auslander go to school?
Edgar Auslander studied at Kauffman Fellows Program (Kauffman Fellow, KFP11, Venture Capital); Columbia Business School (MBA, Marketing, Management of Organizations); Cornell University (MEEng, Signal Processing, Communications).

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