John Rockwell
InvestorVenture Partner at Tramway Venture Partners · Board director at FrostCarbon · Board director at Carbon Capture America · Board director at HiQ Solar
New Mexico
About
John Rockwell is a Venture Partner at Tramway Venture Partners with a background in physics and engineering. He served as an officer in the US Air Force working on R&D for large laser systems, landing gear, and cryogenic coolers, and later became an executive at Chromex, a manufacturer of Raman spectrometers. He subsequently spent about two decades running Marpac, a medical device manufacturer, and Sierra Peaks, an engineering firm, both of which he recently sold.
Board director at FrostCarbon
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Board director at Carbon Capture America
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Carbon Capture America's investors · 1
Board director at HiQ Solar
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HiQ Solar's investors · 1
Experience
- NoneRetiredcurrent2020 — present
- Sierra PeaksPresidentcurrent2000 — presentAlbuquerque-Santa Fe Metropolitan Area
- Marpac Inc.Presidentcurrent1995 — presentAlbuquerque-Santa Fe Metropolitan Area
Deals · 4
ORBION SPACE TECHNOLOGY, INC.Board seat
via Tramway Venture Partners · filed Dec 2025 · $37.1M raise
FrostCarbonBoard seat
via Tramway Venture Partners · filed Sep 2025 · $2.3M raise
Carbon Capture AmericaBoard seat
via Tramway Venture Partners · filed Mar 2020 · $4M raise
HiQ SolarBoard seat
via Tramway Venture Partners · filed Sep 2015 · $11.1M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Tramway Venture Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Rockwell?
- John Rockwell is a Venture Partner at Tramway Venture Partners with a background in physics and engineering. He served as an officer in the US Air Force working on R&D for large laser systems, landing gear, and cryogenic coolers, and later became an executive at Chromex, a manufacturer of Raman spectrometers. He subsequently spent about two decades running Marpac, a medical device manufacturer, and Sierra Peaks, an engineering firm, both of which he recently sold.
- Where does John Rockwell work?
- John Rockwell is Venture Partner at Tramway Venture Partners and Board director at FrostCarbon and Board director at Carbon Capture America and Board director at HiQ Solar.
- What boards does John Rockwell sit on?
- John Rockwell holds tracked board seats at Carbon Capture America, FrostCarbon, HiQ Solar, ORBION SPACE TECHNOLOGY, INC..
- Where did John Rockwell go to school?
- John Rockwell studied at Duke University (Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering); University of Idaho (Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering); St. Gertrudes Academy.
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