Mitchell London
Administrative Council Member at World Agriculture Forum
Mitchell London
Administrative Council Member at World Agriculture Forum
Redmond, Washington
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2024 - Current
Seascape is partnering with Barnstorm Agtech, licensing Barnstorm's Open Telemetry System and applying it to fleets of autonomous robotic boats that are to be used in marine aquaculture operations. This is just one part of a comprehensive plan to automate nearly all labor-intensive aspects of premium shellfish mariculture. I am a co-founder, working together with the owner of the East Hampton Oyster Company as we build this exciting and environmentally conscientious "blue economy" venture.
Administrative Council Member
2024
The World Agriculture Forum (WAF), modelled on the pattern of the World Economic Forum, is a working to address the important needs and opportunities worldwide in the agricultural sector. #greenrevolution #bluerevolution About the WAF: https://worldagricultureforum.com/aboutus
Chief Technology Officer
2020
I am a partner/co-founder of a transformative robotics venture that is on course to shape the future of agriculture. Watch for Barnstorm's open platform for "swarm farming". Barnstormers™ are heavily powered as well as precision deployable. Our initial focus is on automated spraying, but the system is extensible, designed to be applicable to many other agricultural uses as well as other tractors, vehicles, and robots.
President
2016
Aliyance Mechatronics (http://www.aliyancemech.com) is the primary distributor of VIDIR automated vertical storage in MENA, ASEAN, and South Asia (the eastern hemisphere essentially). Aliyance also works with large-scale manufacturers and startups in China, USA, India, and other parts of the world, especially East Asia, to enable their factory automation, robotic, electro-mechanical, and animatronic design concepts to be put in place rapidly and effectively.
JV Partner
2017 - 2018
In partnership with Engineering Services Int'l, IndiaFIRST Robotics, and civil engineering partner CUBE Construction, Aliyance won a 124Cr rupee (USD $18.4 million) government tender in Ahmedabad, India to establish the world's first robot themed science center, to be called "The Roboseum". Commissioned during October '17 by Gujarat's Chief Minister, The Gujarat Science City's robot museum will be ready in 2021 to receive more than one million visitors per year. "AFE" is a JV formed for this project [Aliyance Future Experience (India) LLP]
Business Unit Lead
2017 - 2017
ALROCO is the brand trademark for Aliyance Robotic Construction, a business unit of Aliyance Mechatronics. ALROCO was invited to participate in a highly selective programme in UAE called the Dubai Future Accelerator (cohort #3) throughout Q4-2017 ALROCO as a company (rather than business unit) will be launched in 2020. Using advanced robotic systems, this spinoff company aims to modernize and massively transform the global construction industry.
Member of the Board of Directors
2016 - 2017
Optimal Actuation ("OA") is capitalized with several million dollars from a Beijing-based multi-billion dollar sovereign wealth fund. I negotiated the financing transaction and I established the initial budgets and business strategy. OA was formed in order to capture market share outside of China in the rapidly expanding robotics and high precision industrial automation markets. Jacksonville, Florida, USA | Beijing, China | Pune, India
Member of the Board of Directors
2007 - 2012
Advised on business planning, contract negotiations, and corporate governance issues. The company provides robotic cislunar aerospace services to NASA, and has been awarded over $300 million in contracts. Together with Dr. William "Red" Whittaker of Carnegie Mellon University, I co-founded the business enterprise. I had also provided the initial funding.
President/Co-founder
2007 - 2008
Established strategic teaming relationships with (1) Raytheon Company's Missile Defense division (2) the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, and (3) Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute. Recruited space industry luminary Tony Spear as program manager. Mr. Spear was JPL/NASA's program manager of the Mars Pathfinder robotic mission. Some of the news-coverage during this time: > http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/sep2007/sb20070919_709373.htm > https://bit.ly/Astrobotic_2008MarsPathfinderTonySpear > https://bit.ly/Astrobotic_2008ArizonaLunarPlanetaryLab_DanteLauretta > https://bit.ly/Astrobotic_2007Raytheon > https://bit.ly/Astrobotic_2007WiredMagazineLondonWhittaker > https://bit.ly/Astrobotic_2007SpaceInvestmentSummit_SIS3 (Dec 6, 2007) I also served as a member of the Board of Directors for five years [2007 through 2012] helping Astrobotic mature into a valued NASA partner, with several million dollars in ongoing grants and contracts.
President
2009 - 2012
We produced a comprehensive SAT-PSAT-ACT training software product, available through all major retailers in N. America and via download. Headroom's "College Success" presented 17 full-length simulated SAT, ACT, and PSAT exams as well as hundreds of flashcards and many tutorials offering proven advice for score improvement. In 2010 our product displaced Kaplan as the global market leader in this competitive software category. From that time forward Headroom has been #1 ranked. Older product titles from Headroom Learning include: "Math Success Deluxe", "High School Success", "Middle School Success", and "Elementary School Success". Math Success was the leading math education software title sold in North America (2007-2009). It pioneered a new approach to e-learning, based on "peer tutoring" via life-like avatars. Headroom is expanding exam prep scope to include major tests of English as a foreign language; e.g. TOEIC, TEPS, IELTS, TOEFL and major portions of China's Gaokao.
Owner
2005 - 2011
This started out as a volunteer project for my son Joshuah's chess club, and it caught on rapidly. Nearly all scholastic chess tournament activity in Washington state were processed via www.Signup4Chess.com.
Partner, Co-founder & CTO
2007 - 2009
iCanMentor Payment Services created a web-based system for professional and part-time tutors, coaches and trainers. It enabled prospective students to search and compare services from various skilled mentors. Users could easily register for local or online training, and select recurring time slots.
Co-owner
2003 - 2006
ConnectSoft's "KidMail" parentally managed email for children was converted to a web format. www.kidmail.net
Education
B.Sc
1983 - 1986