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Vinay Balan

Vice President Operations & Chief Safety Officer at Third Wave Automation

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Shreeganesh RamananunlockedVinay: together at University of Madras (1997–2001)
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Vinay: together at Third Wave Automation
Vinay: together at University of Central Missouri

Vice President Operations & Chief Safety Officer at Third Wave Automation

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Third Wave Automation's investors · 9

eGateway CapitalColumbus · $5M – $15M checksHeartland VenturesColumbus · $500K – $30M checksHeartland Ventures S7Washington · $5M – $30M checksHomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checksInnovation EndeavorsPalo Alto · $1M – $15M checks · since 2024Norwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checks · since 2024Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checks · since 2024Toyota VenturesLos AltosWoven CapitalTokyo · $10M – $50M checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Third Wave Automation

APArshan Poursohi
Arshan PoursohiChief Executive Officer & Cofounder

Experience

  1. Third Wave AutomationVice President, Operations & Customer Success, Product Safety Officercurrent2024 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  2. Third Wave AutomationProduct Safety Officer2022 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  3. AmazonSr. Robotics Safety Engineer, DEX-Robotics (Amazon Scout)2019 — 2022Seattle, WA
  4. AmazonBusiness Process Engineer, Global Sales Operations (Amazon Business)2017 — 2019Seattle, WA
  5. AmazonGlobal Safety Engineering Manager2014 — 2017Seattle, WA
  6. ehsIgnite,IncFounder & CEO2013 — 2015Seattle, WA
  7. IntermolecularEHS & Product Safety Manager2013 — 2014San Jose
  8. SolyndraEHS Manager2007 — 2013Fremont, CA
  9. EORMEHS Specialist2005 — 2007San Francisco Bay Area
  10. AirServ CorpRegional Safety Coordinator2004 — 2005San Francisco Bay Area
  11. C-Cubed SolutionsCustomer Service2003Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Skills & more

Safety-critical SystemsEHS58Team Leadership3Safety Engineering7Engineering20Cross-functional Team Leadership9Risk Assessment20EHS Management Systems15Root Cause Analysis15Customer Service6Creative Problem SolvingFacilities Management4
+8 moreHazard AnalysisEnvironmental AwarenessAccident InvestigationRoboticsBusiness ContinuityISO 14001Staff MentoringOccupational Health

Languages English · Hindi · Tamil

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Who is Vinay Balan?
Vice President Operations & Chief Safety Officer at Third Wave Automation
Where does Vinay Balan work?
Vinay Balan is Vice President Operations & Chief Safety Officer at Third Wave Automation.
Where did Vinay Balan go to school?
Vinay Balan studied at University of Central Missouri (MS, Aviation Safety); University of Madras (B.E., Aeronautical Engineering); Indian High School (High School).

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Girish MathruboothamFounder of Freshworks; co-founder of Together FundKarthik ChakkarapaniInvestor at Foundation CapitalRaghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundSiva KolappaGeneral Partner at Data TechShreeganesh RamananInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalGokul DixitPartner at Dallas Venture Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Third Wave Automation6

Seth WinterrothPartner and Head of Policy at Eclipse VenturesScott BradyFounding Partner at Innovation EndeavorsMatthew HowardGeneral Partner at Norwest Venture PartnersArshan PoursohiChief Executive Officer & Cofounder at Third Wave AutomationAl BiglanVice President Engineering at Third Wave AutomationVictor OsimitzVice President Strategy & Commercial at Third Wave Automation

Also worked at Intermolecular9

Rick LewisGeneral Partner at US Venture PartnersSumeet JainInvestor at Nimble PartnersTom BaruchInvestor at Baruch Future VenturesSteve EmpedoclesAdvisor at Kilonova CapitalEric J.Founder at BaniqlDavid LazovskyPresident and Chief Executive Officer at Celestial AI

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Also worked at Solyndra6

Soumitra MishraVenture Partner at Merak VenturesJohn ScottPresident at AspenView Technology PartnersChris SpindtExecutive Officer at EnovixBen BiermanExecutive Officer at GlassPoint SolarCorby C. WhitakerChief Commercial Officer at Aspen AerogelsShig HamamatsuSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Ooma