Joel Atwater Email & Phone Number

Mountain View, CA, US

Heading up the effort on portfolio management to accelerate world-changing AI research.

Boutique engineering consultancy: innovation + simulation + strategy.

Mountain View, CA, US

Launching early stage projects at X (aka Google[x]) and across Alphabet. Some you've heard of, some are private. Machine learning and hardware to solve the world's most pressing problems.- Co-Founder, X’s moonshot for the electric grid- Early stage hardware lead, Project Tidal (ML-powered computer vision for aquaculture).- Head of Systems Engineering and.

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

• Led crazy-fast hardware development:Drove renewable energy technology from idea to full-scale pilot-plant in 25 months (iterating through 9 working prototypes).Accomplishments:
• Invented core technology concept and founded HydroRun to develop hydrokinetic power systems utilizing autonomous tethered gliders.
• The system trades steel for software, reducing material and installation expense, yielding a cost of energy at 4¢/kWh.
• Raised over $2M from private equity investment funds by recognizing a $55B market opportunity.
• Built an effective, close-knit, multidisciplinary (software, firmware, electrical, mechanical, sales) team through careful hiring, culling when needed, and deliberate creation of positive company culture.
• Constructed 1,100lb, 10ft-span, fully autonomous glider capable of 20,000lbf lift, and hydraulic power take-off with 40kW electrical output.

Structured Reports Corp. (SRC) creates software that allows building inspectors to perform detailed and efficient inspections while enabling multi-unit residential owners and strata councils to better maintain and manage their buildings.

Vancouver, CA

• Founded company with two colleagues to commercialize airborne wind energy systems using traction kites. These systems reduce the materials needed for wind power by up to 95%.==> Crosswind successfully raised over half.
• Negotiated investment agreements and commercial partnerships.
• Managed a technical team ranging from a technician to a PhD Engineer in developing industrial and flight control systems.
• Represented the company at numerous conferences and public events.
• Conducted economic, performance and financial modelling of Crosswind and its competitors’ systems.
• Managed the company’s patent filings and intellectual property affairs.

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

• Developed simulations for determining the impact of hydrokinetic power generation on existing BC Hydro assets, and developed stand-alone tools to do the same.
• Briefed the utility on the physical and generation impacts of a proposed project.
• Presented methodological findings to international working groups on tidal power.
• Developed methods for the assessment of tidal power resources.
• Authored briefing/analysis papers for government and industry for tidal power resource and technology.

• Coordinated logistics for a research camp with scientists and engineers from multitudes of universities and agencies.
• Setup and deployed instrumentation for meteorological measurement.
• Collected water samples for analysis.

Phd, Civil Engineering

Masc, Civil Engineering

Basc, Mechanical Engineering