Philippe Villers
Philippe Villers | |
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Villers (left) and then Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis at the dedication of the new Automatix plant in Billerica, Massachusetts in 1983 | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University B.A. MIT S.M. |
Occupation | Businessman |
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 (2013) 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.[1] GrainPro makes bags and storage cocoons out of polyvinyl chloride to protect grain in third world countries, where up to 25% of harvested crops are lost to insects and rodents.[2]
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.
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- GrainPro, Inc.
- Families USA Foundation
- Cognition Corporation
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