Richard Weddle

Richard Weddle has built 6 start-ups and helped a dozen more. He has been – a machinist at Lockheed’s Skunkworks – a Software Engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (plutonium separator) – a Reliability Engineer at Livermore’s laser facility – a founder of Triplex, sold to Rockwell Automation – creator of algorithms for Idealab – a management consultant for Ernst & Young – held a top secret clearance for his work for the F.B.I. – created intellectual property license for the University of Southern California as the Director of Innovation Programs and now works for the U.S. Department of Defense on missile, laser, and satellite programs. He has degrees in science and business.