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John Spruill is listed as Founder @ Startup-Driven | Startup Advisor & Investor | Consultant | Fractional COO/CTO | ex-Tesla, Director | ex-Canoo, VP | ex-Saleen, VP at Startup-Driven, based in Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for John Spruill.
John Spruill previously worked as Founder at Startup-Driven and Investor, Advisor and Chief Operating Officer at Clientown. John Spruill holds Bsme, Mechanical Engineering from University Of Maryland.
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With nearly 3 decades of career experience in the Automotive Industry and having created and led large engineering organizations to launch hundreds of new vehicle models, I’ve been at the genesis of 5 startups at various stages during my career. Startups are part of my DNA. I enjoy embracing the unknown and working through the challenges of how to scale a start-up business to deliver the intended results by building thriving teams, operationalizing each business unit, and solving complex technical challenges.I created Startup-Driven as a platform for me to work with startups as a Consultant, Advisor, and Investor to help companies avoid making costly and time-consuming mistakes as they smart scale towards the prize.From my past, having served in an executive capacity at several Automotive companies, as well as founding my own consultancy, being active in philanthropic endeavors, participation in boards, as well as an investor/advisor in new endeavors, I am energized by the complexities of startup culture. My lightning in a bottle experience at Tesla, having joined in 2009 as a founding member of test and validation when there were only 400 employees in total, exemplified the success of my startup philosophies and strategies in practical terms during the explosive growth of Tesla. Over the decade, I scaled my business unit’s exponentially as the company grew to more than 55,000 employees globally. Having worked directly with Elon and other executives at Tesla, I grew my organization from scratch to become the largest team within the engineering organization and launched all of Tesla’s products ranging from Roadster 2.0 to the development of the Model Y, all while meeting Elon’s demanding and often impossible timing expectations.After leaving Tesla, I founded my own consultancy in 2019 and worked to launch another new startup EV company, Canoo, into the market, while also working with an automotive software company to mature their product for market introduction. In 2023 I became an investor & COO of Clientown to launch a new SAAS CRM product in the Real Estate Sector. And in 2024 I founded Startup-Driven to share my skills and experiences with other startups to empower their success.I do my best work by applying my talents and proven track record of scaling startups for rapid growth while cultivating a healthy team centric culture. Reach out and let me know how I might be able to help you.
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I founded Startup-Driven as a platform to work with early-stage startups as a Consultant, Advisor, and/or Investor to help companies avoid making costly and time-consuming mistakes as they operationalize their business and scale towards achieving their goals.
Justin, Texas, US
o Responsibility set grown to include Component & System Level testing in addition to expanded Vehicle Level test responsibilitieso Develop in-house test capabilities to aid product development, new product innovations, and validationo Founded a new Attributes Organization supporting product development activities to deliver exciting new products that meet.
Justin, Texas, US
o Reduced overall test program expenses and test program duration from prior expectations, while also increasing the total number of tests to be performed for a more robust test program to meet validation & regulatory compliance requirements. o Developed the Test Strategy for Canoo, having created an end-to-end Test Process, new Test Plans & Test.
Austin, Texas, US
Founded and grew a test organization from infancy to maturity inclusive of delivering on a vision to in-source testing at Tesla which ultimately led to the build out of an all new 300k sqft test center which was used to successfully test and validate the new Model 3.Test Teams founded and led: o Active Safety Test - Homologation Test/ADAS Test/Performance.
Austin, Texas, US
Joined Tesla as the founding member of testing where I created their systematic Testing process, inclusive of Test Planning, Test Matrixes, Test Procedures, Test Execution, Test Incident Reporting (TIR’s), Test Reports, Concerns for countermeasure tracking, and KPI’s. Built a test organization from zero to over 130 highly talented and effectual team.
Joined Steve Saleen’s business partner to co-manage all aspects of a start-up Aftermarket Supercharger company, while leading Engineering. o Innovated a specialized Product Design and Development process, utilizing SLS rapid prototyping, for developing new Supercharger Kits in a 3 month development cycle, ensuring a 1st to market advantage over competitors.
Followed Steve Saleen on a new start-up business venture to Homologate and Import ZX Auto vehicles from Baoding, China and concurrently develop SMS performance vehicles to rebuild the Saleen business and brand. Responsible for creating an engineering department and leading all Engineering activities to design and develop Emissions Certified and Safety.
Corona, CA, US
Dearborn, Michigan, US
Managed (35) production and skilled trades hourly employees in the E-Coat/Phosphate/Sealer Zone. Met daily production demands at an output of 70 trucks per hour.
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John Spruill works for Startup-Driven.
John Spruill is listed as Founder @ Startup-Driven | Startup Advisor & Investor | Consultant | Fractional COO/CTO | ex-Tesla, Director | ex-Canoo, VP | ex-Saleen, VP at Startup-Driven.
John Spruill is based in Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area, United States while working with Startup-Driven.
John Spruill has worked for Startup-Driven, Clientown, Canoo, Tesla, and Techco.
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John Spruill holds Bsme, Mechanical Engineering from University Of Maryland.
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