Philippe Villers

Philippe Villers founded the company Computervision with Marty Allen in 1969. In 1980 he co-founded Automatix, an early robotics company, which he led until 1986. He later served as president of Cognition Corporation for 3 years. He is currently (2006) president of GrainPro, Inc., and board member of a number of high-tech startups, as well as president of Families USA Foundation, which he endowed. [http://www.voxiva.net/board.asp]

Villers was born in France and came to the United States as a child. He earned a B.A. from Harvard University and an S.M. in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1960. He also holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

External links

* [http://www.grainpro.com/ GrainPro, Inc.]
* [http://www.familiesusa.org/ Families USA Foundation]
* [http://www.cognition.us/ Cognition Corporation]