Ralph Eschenbach
Corporate Officer/Principal at The Phi Beta Kappa Society
Profile
Mr. Eschenbach is the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Trimble Navigation Ltd.
He has held this position since 1994.
Before that he was Vice President of Avionics.
He joined Trimble in 1983 as Vice President of Engineering.
Before joining Trimble he was Department Manager at Hewlett Packard labs, responsible for research in several areas of communication protocols and systems.
It was at HP that he developed the first working GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver in 1976 that demonstrated the potential for addressing a low cost market for a positioning sensor.
That receiver became the basis for Trimble's entry into the GPS market.
Mr. Eschenbach received his BSEE from UC Berkeley in 1968 and MSEE from Stanford University in 1970.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
He studied one year at the University of Goettingen in Germany and speaks fluent German and conversational Spanish.
He is on the Board of Directors of PinPoint Golf Marketing, LionhearthTechnologies, Adhere Technologies, Waveband, and Telemonitor.
He is Former Chairman of the FAA R,E,& D Committee which advises the Administrator on the FAA Research budget and a member of the NASA R&D Advisory Committee.
He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Community Education Center.
This is a non-profit multicultural preschool for low-income children in the Redwood City, CA area.
Ralph Eschenbach active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
The Phi Beta Kappa Society
 The Phi Beta Kappa Society Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Phi Beta Kappa Society operates as an organization for liberal arts and science education. The non-profit company is based in Washington. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Former positions of Ralph Eschenbach
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Osprey Ventures Investors
 Osprey Ventures Investors Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 1999, Osprey Ventures Investors is a venture capital firm located in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2016-12-30 |
| TRIMBLE, INC. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 2012-12-31 |
Cloudastructure, Inc.
 Cloudastructure, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Cloudastructure, Inc. offers cloud-based infrastructure to provide integrated building automation solutions for video monitoring and surveillance as a service and door access controls as a service. Its products and services include cloud video surveillance, cloud access control, cloud video recorder, cloud door controller, and SmartKey. The company was founded by Rick Bentley and Glenn Forrester in 2013 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Peloton Technology, Inc.
 Peloton Technology, Inc. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Peloton Technology, Inc. operates as an automated vehicle technology company that provides vehicle-to-vehicle communications and radar-based active braking systems. It develops active safety systems and uses radar and DSRC vehicle-to-vehicle communications to link between pairs of trucks, reducing collision-related expenses and fuel costs. The company was founded by Steve Boyd, Chris Gerdes, Dave Lyons and Joshua P. Switkes in 2010 is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Chairman | - |
| Hewlett-Packard Laboratories | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Ralph Eschenbach
| Stanford University | Graduate Degree |
| University of California, Berkeley | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
|---|---|
| TRIMBLE, INC. | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 8 |
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Osprey Ventures Investors
Osprey Ventures Investors Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 1999, Osprey Ventures Investors is a venture capital firm located in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
deCarta, Inc.
 deCarta, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services deCarta, Inc. provides geospatial software solutions. It provides specialized geospatial technologies for online mapping, routing, navigation, geocoding, local search and geo-data integration and processing. The firm's platform is used by LBS applications and services in the mobile, internet, enterprise-fleet and automotive markets where scalability, flexibility and reliability are vital. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Technology Services |
Flywheel Software, Inc.
 Flywheel Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Flywheel Software, Inc. provides a mobile and web taxi-hailing application. It offers Flywheel, an application that enables passengers to hail taxi from their smart phones and also uses this application with dispatch system that allows real-time tracking and communication between the passenger, driver, and dispatch through the Flywheel dispatch platform. The company was founded by Rakesh Mathur, Elijah Windsor, Tal Flanchraych, John D. Wolpert and Ryan Huffman in 2009 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Technology Services |
| Avionics Mobile Services | Consumer Services |
| Hewlett-Packard Laboratories | |
The Phi Beta Kappa Society
The Phi Beta Kappa Society Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Phi Beta Kappa Society operates as an organization for liberal arts and science education. The non-profit company is based in Washington. | Commercial Services |
Peloton Technology, Inc.
Peloton Technology, Inc. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Peloton Technology, Inc. operates as an automated vehicle technology company that provides vehicle-to-vehicle communications and radar-based active braking systems. It develops active safety systems and uses radar and DSRC vehicle-to-vehicle communications to link between pairs of trucks, reducing collision-related expenses and fuel costs. The company was founded by Steve Boyd, Chris Gerdes, Dave Lyons and Joshua P. Switkes in 2010 is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Cloudastructure, Inc.
Cloudastructure, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Cloudastructure, Inc. offers cloud-based infrastructure to provide integrated building automation solutions for video monitoring and surveillance as a service and door access controls as a service. Its products and services include cloud video surveillance, cloud access control, cloud video recorder, cloud door controller, and SmartKey. The company was founded by Rick Bentley and Glenn Forrester in 2013 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |
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