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About
Ivan Ball is co-founder and CTO of Heliponix, a company he previously operated under the names anu and gropod. The company develops rotary aeroponic growing systems that use automation, deep learning, and computer vision for home food production, and also offers 20-foot shipping container farms for commercial growers.
Founder at Heliponix
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Experience
- HeliponixCo-founder & CTOcurrent2016 — presentEvansville, Indiana
- Grain Processing CorporationElectrical and Instrumentation Division Engineer2017 — 2018Washington, IN
- Purdue UniversityPurdue Research Electrical Engineer2016 — 2017West Lafayette, IN
- Grain Processing CorporationElectrical Engineer Co-op2013 — 2016
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Leadership6Strategic PlanningPublic Speaking1Microsoft Excel9C++1Process Engineering6Project PlanningElectrical Engineering1Project ManagementAutomation1Instrumentation2
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- Who is Ivan Ball?
- Ivan Ball is co-founder and CTO of Heliponix, a company he previously operated under the names anu and gropod. The company develops rotary aeroponic growing systems that use automation, deep learning, and computer vision for home food production, and also offers 20-foot shipping container farms for commercial growers.
- Where does Ivan Ball work?
- Ivan Ball is Founder of Anu and Co-founder at Heliponix.
- What companies did Ivan Ball found?
- Ivan Ball founded Anu, Heliponix.
- Where did Ivan Ball go to school?
- Ivan Ball studied at Purdue University (Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians); Purdue University (Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians).
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Also worked at Purdue University91
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