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Ian Villa
FounderCo-Founder, COO, CPO at Whisper Aero
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
FoundedWhisper Aero
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53 StationsChicagoAbstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checks · since 2023Aero X VenturesWinston Salem · $500K – $3M checks · since 2023Kindred VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checksKindred VenturesSan FranciscoLaunch TennesseeNashville · since 2023Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2023Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2023Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2023Service Provider CapitalVail · since 2023U.S. Air Forcesince 2020
Co-founders at Whisper Aero
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Mark MooreCo-Founder, CEO
Experience
- Whisper AeroCOO & Chief Product Officercurrent2021 — presentNashville Metropolitan Area
- ToneAcoustic Strategycurrent2025 — presentNashville Metropolitan Area
- University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleAdvisory Boardcurrent2023 — present
- CUMBERLAND COUNTY PLAYHOUSE, INC. (THE)Board Member2023 — 2026
- Starburst AerospaceIndustry Mentor2021 — 2022
- On DeckDeep Tech Founding Fellow2021 — 2022
- Joby AviationProduct Strategy Lead2021San Francisco Bay Area
- UberHead of Strategy2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- UberHead of System Simulation2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- UberVehicle Partner & Strategic Modeling Lead2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- UberVehicle Systems Performance Engineer2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Northrop Grumman CorporationAeronautical Engineer2015 — 2017Space Park, CA
- Lockheed MartinCollege Technical Sr. Intern2014Fort Worth, TX
- Farhat Research GroupResearch Assistant2011 — 2013Stanford University
- CMSoft, Inc.Software Engineer Intern2013Palo Alto, CA
- Silicon Valley Space Business RoundtableEvent Coordinator2013Palo Alto, CA
- BluFlame Technology, Inc.Co-Founder2011 — 2013Manhattan Beach, CA
- Stanford Solar CarCFD Specialist2012Stanford University
- Army High Performance Computing Research CenterResearch Intern2011Stanford University
Skills & more
Aircraft DesignProgram ManagementConceptual DesignCFDFinite Element AnalysisProject ManagementResearchData AnalysisMatlabC++ANSYSLaTeX
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Microsoft OfficeSolidworksPythonJavaFinal Cut ProCPowerPointMicrosoft ExcelSolidWorksMicrosoft PowerPointMDAOICEM CFDLanguages English · Korean · Spanish
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- Who is Ian Villa?
- Co-Founder, COO, CPO at Whisper Aero
- Where does Ian Villa work?
- Ian Villa is Co-Founder, COO, CPO of Whisper Aero.
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- Ian Villa founded Whisper Aero.
- Where did Ian Villa go to school?
- Ian Villa studied at Stanford University (Master of Science (MS), Aeronautics and Astronautics); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Architecture and Systems Engineering: Models and Methods to Manage Complex Systems); University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management (Elevate Leader Series | The Strategic Leader).
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University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management mafia14
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Starburst Aero mafia5
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Gretchen Whitney High School mafia2
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Also attended Stanford University2,000
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at Floodgate
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of Dropbox
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Also attended University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management31
Niall O'DonnellManaging Director at RiverVest Venture PartnersTakaaki TobaruPartner at Remiges Ventures, Inc.Jonathan BurbaumEntrepreneur-In-Residence at The Innovation SpaceJosh StilingPrincipal, Investment at Anzu PartnersRaj KapanyInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsDenise LongleyManaging Partner and Co-Founder at Longley Capital
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Also attended Smartly Institute2
Shared employers
Also worked at University of Tennessee, Knoxville3
Also worked at Uber603
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGarrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of ExpaRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiGergely NemethSenior Engineering Manager at DoorDash; co-founder of RisingStack
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Also worked at Northrop Grumman Corporation107
Peter SpasovCo-President at Marlin Equity PartnersJeff PetersPartner at Ibex InvestorsDan KultranCo-Founder & CEO, Claros at Red Cell IncubationJJ AghaChief Information Security Officer & SVP, IT at Asymmetric Capital PartnersFelix ShpilmanVenture Partner at Moses CapitalHrach SimonianAdvisor at Driven
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Also worked at Lockheed Martin228
Manny StockmanManaging Partner at Osage University PartnersJeff BabioneSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsAlexander WortmannPartner at TCVShalanda ArmstrongManaging Partner at 100Km Ventures LlcDan MoskowitzInvestor at Third Point VenturesDanny CotterManaging Partner at The Westly Group
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