Where does Gur Kimchi work?

Gur Kimchi is Senior Advisor – Science & Technology at NEW VISTA CAPITAL.

Where did Gur Kimchi go to school?

Gur Kimchi studied at School of hard knocks (Learn from failures, Driving TRLs, DfXs, Productivity and OODA loops).

Gur Kimchi

Investor

Senior Advisor – Science & Technology at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Co-founder of Data Blanket and former Vice President at Amazon (Air Mobility).

Experience

Evolved RoboticsCo-Founder & Tech Fellowcurrent2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
Stealth StartupCofounder & Tech Fellowcurrent2024 — presentUnited States
DatablanketCo-Founder & Board Membercurrent2022 — presentGreater Seattle Area
OumiAdvisorcurrent2024 — presentUnited States
Claryo, Inc.Advisorcurrent2022 — present
AerolaneCofounder & Non-Executive Chairpersoncurrent2020 — presentUnited States
Near Earth AutonomyIndependent Board Membercurrent2021 — presentPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
New Vista CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentGreater Chicago Area
Otto AviationAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
Ascent AeroSystemsAdviser and Technical SMEcurrent2024 — presentUnited States
Ascent AeroSystemsIndependent Board Member & Technical Fellow2020 — 2024Greater Boston
WeelAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSubject Matter Expert - AI, Autonomy, Robotics, and Safetycurrent2020 — present
GSI TechnologyAdvisorcurrent2020 — present
North American Wave Engine CorporationAdvisor2020 — 2025
Vertical AerospaceIndependent Board Member & Certification Committee Chair2021 — 2025United Kingdom
The Building Machines CompanyAdvisor2021 — 2024Greater Boston
OpteranAdvisor2021 — 2023United Kingdom
HyPointAdvisor2020 — 2022
Federal Aviation AdministrationDAC (Drone Advisory Committee) Member2016 — 2021
AmazonVice President, Amazon2020Seattle, Washington, United States
AmazonVice President, Prime Air2012 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
AmazonVice President, Vendor Systems (+ 2 tech incubations)2012 — 2014Seattle, WA
PNW WildernessBarista2012Bellevue, WA
MicrosoftPartner Engineering Manager2011 — 2012Bellevue, WA
MicrosoftPartner Development Manager, Contextual Mobile Search2010 — 2011
MicrosoftPartner Development Manager, MSN/Virtual Earth Core Platform2008 — 2010
MicrosoftSoftware Architect2004 — 2008
MicrosoftLead Program Manager / Tech Lead - Unified Communications2002 — 2004
wazeBoard Member (representing Microsoft's Investment)2011 — 2012
VocalTecChief Architect2000 — 2002
TrulyGlobal (a VocalTec Spinout)Chief Technology Officer1998 — 2000
VocalTecDevelopment Lead, Algorithms, Network and Media Engines1996 — 1998
VocalTecMacOS Team Lead1995 — 1996Herzliya, Tel Aviv District, Israel
www.nrha.comNRHA Professional Horse Trainer1988 — 1995
self employedReal Time Software, Hardware, Composites, Computational Physics1979 — 1988

Skills & more

Team Leadership15Search7Team Management4Public Speaking1Barista1Cloud Computing99Distributed Systems93Software Design80Scalability58Architecture42Start-ups56Mobile Devices45

+12 more

AlgorithmsWeb ServicesMobile ApplicationsSoftware DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringSystem ArchitectureTeam BuildingVoIPBusiness StrategyProduct ManagementSecurityWireless

Languages English · Hebrew

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Colleagues at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

Ben Story

Investor at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

Brando Brandolini d'Adda

Investor at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

Carole N. House

Former White House National Security Council Special Advisor; Former Chair, CFTC Technology Advisory Committee at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

Chris Cassidy

NASA Astronaut and former Navy SEAL at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

Chuck Corcoran

Major General USAF (ret.) at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

Dan Hart

Former CEO Virgin Orbit at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

Daniel Fata

Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

Dave Kumashiro

Brigadier General USAF (ret.) at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

Frequently asked questions

Who is Gur Kimchi?: Co-founder of Data Blanket and former Vice President at Amazon (Air Mobility).
Where does Gur Kimchi work?: Gur Kimchi is Senior Advisor – Science & Technology at NEW VISTA CAPITAL.
Where did Gur Kimchi go to school?: Gur Kimchi studied at School of hard knocks (Learn from failures, Driving TRLs, DfXs, Productivity and OODA loops).