| Philippe Villers | |
|---|---|
 Villers (left) and then Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis at the dedication of the new Automatix plant in Billerica, Massachusetts in 1983 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University B.A. MIT S.M. |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Philippe Villers founded the company Computervision with Marty Allen in 1969. In 1980 he co-founded Automatix, an early robotics company, which he led until 1986. He later served as president of Cognition Corporation for 3 years. He is currently (2013) president of GrainPro, Inc., and board member of a number of high-tech startups, as well as president of Families USA Foundation, which he endowed. GrainPro makes bags and storage cocoons out of polyvinyl chloride to protect grain in third world countries, where up to 25% of harvested crops are lost to insects and rodents.
Villers was born in France and came to the United States as a child. He earned a B.A. from Harvard University and an S.M. in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1960. He also holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
References
- "Voxiva: Board of Directors". Archived from the original on 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2006-04-02.
- For Phil Villers, helping feed the world is in the bag, Bella English, Boston Globe, December 17, 2013
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