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Werner Goetz

Investor

Investment Committee Member, Partner Champion to Amped Innovation at Silicon Valley

Palo Alto

About

Werner Goetz joined SV2 as a Partner in 2018 and focuses on impact investing, helping evaluate startups in areas such as renewable energy generation and social impact in sub-Saharan Africa. He is a Partner Leader for SV2's Impact Investing Working Group. He spent over 25 years in Silicon Valley engineering and senior management roles, including work on LED lighting technology, and now runs Goetz Technology Consulting. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Erlangen in Germany.

Invests in

EnergyImpact & Social Good

Experience

  1. Goetz Technology ConsultingPrincipal Consultantcurrent2019 — presentPalo Alto, California
  2. Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2Partner, Member Investment Committee - Impact Investingcurrent2023 — present
  3. Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund - SV2Partner, Co-lead of Impact Investing Working Group2018 — 2023
  4. LumiledsSenior Director, Illumination Product Development, Strategy, and Systems2011 — 2019San Jose, CA
  5. LumiledsSenior Director, Product Development, Illumination Products2011San Jose, CA
  6. Philips Lumileds Lighting CompanySenior Director, World-wide Characterization2010 — 2011San Jose, CA
  7. Philips Lumileds Lighting CompanySenior Director, Epitaxy Technology2004 — 2010
  8. LumiledsSenior Manager, III-Nitride Epitaxial Growth Development2000 — 2004San Jose
  9. HPTechnical Project Leader1996 — 2000San Jose
  10. PARC, a Xerox CompanyResearch Associate1993 — 1996Palo Alto
  11. Stanford UniversityResearch Associate1993 — 1995

Education

  1. Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-NürnbergDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Applied Physics1984 — 1993

Skills & more

Product Development14Characterization18Technology DevelopmentMaterials Science2Sensors2Manufacturing3Physics2Semiconductors17Photonics2Optics10Optoelectronics5Thin Films4
+12 moreDesign of ExperimentsElectronicsICProduct ManagementR&DSPCAnalogEngineering ManagementTechnologySemiconductor IndustryFailure AnalysisSolid State Lighting

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