Barney Pell
Founder at Singularity University
Profile
Barney Pell is the founder of Powerset, Inc. (2005), Moon Express, Inc. (2010), QuickPay Corp.
(2010), and LocoMobi World, Inc. (2014).
He is also the founder of Singularity University.
Currently, he is an advisor at Speak With Me, Inc. (2005 - present), a venture partner at Radical Ventures Investments, Inc. (2019 - present), a venture partner at KittyHawk Ventures LLC, and a board member at UCSF Health Hub (2018 - present).
His former positions include chairman-scientific advisory board at Figure Eight Technologies, Inc. (2016 - 2019), board of director at Ionomr Innovations, Inc. (2017 - 2020) and Ecoation Innovative Solutions, Inc. (2017 - 2020), partner architect & development manager at Microsoft Corp.
(2008 - 2011), chief strategist & VP-business development at Stockmaster.com (1998 - 2000), vice president-strategy & business development at Whizbang Labs, Inc. (2000 - 2002), area manager-collaboration & assistant systems at NASA Ames Research Center (1993 - 1998), advisor at LinkedIn Corp.
(2004 - 2009), advisor at AppJet, Inc. (2009 - 2010), advisor at Movity, Inc. (2010), entrepreneur-in-residence at Mayfield Corp., and advisor at Portalarium, Inc. (2011 - 2017) and Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Inc. (2007 - 2010).
He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1989 and his doctorate from the University of Cambridge in 1993.
Barney Pell active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| Singularity University | Founder | - |
Radical Ventures Investments, Inc.
 Radical Ventures Investments, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Radical Ventures Investments Inc (Radical Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Jacobs Jordan, Benji sucher, Volkovs and Tomi Poutanen. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. | Private Equity Investor | 30/04/2019 |
KittyHawk Ventures LLC
 KittyHawk Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance KittyHawk Ventures LLC (KittyHawk Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Will Weisman. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. | Private Equity Investor | - |
| UCSF Health Hub | Director/Board Member | 30/09/2018 |
| Speak With Me, Inc. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/05/2005 |
Former positions of Barney Pell
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Ionomr Innovations, Inc.
 Ionomr Innovations, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Ionomr Innovations, Inc. develops electrochemical applications.it offers membrane & ionomer and chemical engineering services. The company was founded by Benjamin Britton, Steven Holdcroft and Titichai Navessin in 2015 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. | Director/Board Member | 30/12/2020 |
Ecoation Innovative Solutions, Inc.
 Ecoation Innovative Solutions, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Ecoation Innovative Solutions, Inc. develops software which helps to detect pests, diseases and deficiencies that affect crop value. The company was founded by Saber Miresmailli and Maryam Antikchi and is headquartered in North Vancouver, Canada. | Director/Board Member | 30/10/2020 |
Figure Eight Technologies, Inc.
 Figure Eight Technologies, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Figure Eight Technologies, Inc. operates as a crowdsourcing platform. The firm offers web date collection, Google search relevance, data collection service, open source data sets, and data scientist skills. The company was founded by Lukas Biewald and Chris Van Pelt in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Chairman | 30/10/2019 |
Moon Express, Inc.
 Moon Express, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Moon Express, Inc. engages in providing commercial and scientific missions to the moon. The company was founded by Naveen Jain, Bob Richards and Barney Pell and is headquartered in Cape Canaveral, FL. | Founder | 29/07/2019 |
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Training of Barney Pell
| Stanford University | Undergraduate Degree |
| University of Cambridge | Doctorate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 20 |
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Powerset, Inc.
 Powerset, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Powerset, Inc. provides online search engine services. It helps to search in normal language. The company was founded by Barney Pell, Ryan Ferrier, Steve Newcomb and Lorenzo Thione in 2005 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA. | Technology Services |
Figure Eight Technologies, Inc.
Figure Eight Technologies, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Figure Eight Technologies, Inc. operates as a crowdsourcing platform. The firm offers web date collection, Google search relevance, data collection service, open source data sets, and data scientist skills. The company was founded by Lukas Biewald and Chris Van Pelt in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Moon Express, Inc.
Moon Express, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Moon Express, Inc. engages in providing commercial and scientific missions to the moon. The company was founded by Naveen Jain, Bob Richards and Barney Pell and is headquartered in Cape Canaveral, FL. | Communications |
Stockmaster.com
 Stockmaster.com Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Part of Red Herring Communications, Inc., Stockmaster.com is a company that operates an online investment information website. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Mark Torrance. Stockmaster.com was acquired by Red Herring Communications, Inc. on May 16, 2000. | Technology Services |
Whizbang Labs, Inc.
 Whizbang Labs, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Whizbang Labs, Inc. develops software that automatically finds and extracts application specific data from Web pages. The company was founded by Robert Sherwin, Berkeley Geddes, and Dallan Quass on December 17, 1999 and is headquartered in Provo, UT. | Technology Services |
NASA Ames Research Center
 NASA Ames Research Center General GovernmentGovernment NASA Ames Research Center develops scientific research and applications for space technology. The company performs research on supercomputing, networking, intelligent systems, nanotechnology, fundamental space biology, biotechnology, aerospace, thermal protection systems, and human factors. NASA Ames Research Center was founded on December 20, 1939 and is located in Moffet Field, CA. | Government |
LinkedIn Corp.
 LinkedIn Corp. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services LinkedIn Corp. operates an online professional network on the internet. Its proprietary platform enables members to create, manage, and share their professional identities online, build, and engage with professional networks, access shared knowledge and insights, and find business opportunities. The company was founded by Allen Blue, Reid G. Hoffman, Jean-Luc Vaillant, Konstantin Guericke, and Eric Ly in November 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
AppJet, Inc.
 AppJet, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services AppJet, Inc. develops the EtherPad software. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by Aaron Iba, David Greenspan, Daniel Clemens. AppJet was acquired by Google LLC on December 04, 2009. | Technology Services |
| Speak With Me, Inc. | |
Movity, Inc.
 Movity, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Movity, Inc. provides online information services on geographic data. The company was founded by Vaughn Koch, Eric Wu and Shawn Hwang and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
| Mayfield Corp. | |
Portalarium, Inc.
 Portalarium, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Portalarium, Inc. develops and publishes online games, virtual worlds for social networks and mobile platforms and related services. It offers Shroud of the Avatar a game. The company was founded by Richard Garriott de Cayeux, Fred Schmidt and Dallas Snell in September 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Commercial Services |
QuickPay Corp.
 QuickPay Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services QuickPay Corp. provides mobile parking payment solutions. Its revolutionary QP QuickPay mobile parking platform offers users one mobile parking application that works across all parking environments-drivers can even raise parking gates using their mobile phones-and gives parking owners and operators an efficient way to enable mobile parking across all their assets with a single integrated solution. The company was founded in 2010 by Carl Muirbrook and Barney Pell and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA. | Technology Services |
LocoMobi World, Inc.
 LocoMobi World, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services LocoMobi, Inc. provides mobile parking payment solutions. It offers unified physical, mobile and cloud-based parking technology. The company provides complete parking revenue and access control systems as are traditionally available, but all of which are connected in real-time to cloud-based servers and integrated with license plate recognizing cameras. LocoMobi was founded by Grant Furlane, Barney Pell and Carl Muirbrook in 2010 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Technology Services |
Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Inc.
 Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Inc. is a non-profit company based in Berkeley, CA. The company's focus is on developing the mathematical theory of trustworthy reasoning for advanced autonomous AI systems. | Technology Services |
Ionomr Innovations, Inc.
Ionomr Innovations, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Ionomr Innovations, Inc. develops electrochemical applications.it offers membrane & ionomer and chemical engineering services. The company was founded by Benjamin Britton, Steven Holdcroft and Titichai Navessin in 2015 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. | Technology Services |
Ecoation Innovative Solutions, Inc.
Ecoation Innovative Solutions, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Ecoation Innovative Solutions, Inc. develops software which helps to detect pests, diseases and deficiencies that affect crop value. The company was founded by Saber Miresmailli and Maryam Antikchi and is headquartered in North Vancouver, Canada. | Technology Services |
Radical Ventures Investments, Inc.
Radical Ventures Investments, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Radical Ventures Investments Inc (Radical Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Jacobs Jordan, Benji sucher, Volkovs and Tomi Poutanen. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. | Finance |
KittyHawk Ventures LLC
KittyHawk Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance KittyHawk Ventures LLC (KittyHawk Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Will Weisman. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. | Finance |
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