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William Rice
Vice President at Rice Packaging
Greater Boston
Overview
William Rice is a Finance professional with a strong background in Corporate Development and serves as a Board Member in multiple organizations. With experience at companies like Bose Corporation and Motorola, he has excelled in roles such as Corporate Development Manager and Principal Staff Engineer, showcasing expertise in Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, and Product Development.
Rice has held significant roles at Bose Corporation and Motorola, demonstrating a successful track record in Corporate Development and Engineering, while also leveraging his skills in M&A and Venture Capital to contribute as a Board Member in various organizations.
Work Experience
Vice President
2023 - Current
Board Member
2020
Poly Labs manufactures high-tech urethane-moulded components for a wide range of markets, including medical and impact protection.
Board Observer
2019 - 2023
Aira provides tech-enabled services for the 300 million visually impaired people around the globe.
Raised $35,565,000.00 from Bose Ventures, Arboretum Ventures, Lux Capital, ARCH Venture Partners, Felicis and Jazz Venture Partners.
Board Observer
2018 - 2023
RadioPublic is a game-changing resource for startup capital, resources, and expertise for podcasters.
Raised $1,200,000.00 from TechNexus Venture Collaborative and Bose Ventures.
Venture Investor - Bose Ventures, Corporate Development Manager
2016 - 2023
New Product Strategist - Emerging Businesses
2015 - 2016
Active Motion Control Business
Board Observer
2018 - 2022
Vesper is an electrical and electronic manufacturing company that specializes in microphones, piezoelectric, and audio.
Raised $56,000,000.00 from Bose Ventures, Gopher Asset Management, MegaChips, Unitrontech, Amazon Alexa Fund, ITIC: Industrial Technology Investment Corporation, Castor Ventures, WPG Holdings, Accomplice and Sands Capital Ventures.
SVP Engineering
2013 - 2015
Founding team member of San Diego-based startup focused on the home automation market. Through patented technology and innovative engineering design, Green Edge Technologies developed and brought to market EDGEhome, a unique energy management and home automation system. Responsible for hardware product development: • New product development, from product requirements definition to commercialization. • Product roadmap definition and portfolio planning. • Electronics design and development: Schematic capture, PCB design, DVT. • Electro/Mechanical design & Mechanical packaging: Significant experience packaging integrated electronic technologies with challenging and complex mechanical constraints.
Product Manager
2011 - 2013
TORCOMM developed a multi-platform (Android, iOS, OS X, Win) and multi-device (Smartphone, Tablet, PC) cloud storage software service. • Responsible for developing business model and monetization strategy for cloud storage software platform. • Analyzed market opportunities, which included market analysis and competitive analysis to determine feasibility and economic viability of the consumer software platform. • Developed and refined financial models and projections based on revenue and cost analysis. • Created investor pitch decks and materials to support funding activities. • Formulated product definition (PRD, MRD) including product strategy, functionality, features, and user interface.
Principal Staff Engineer
2009 - 2011
• Electrical lead on an Android based CDMA/GSM/UMTS mobile handset that launched at Sprint in May 2011. • Launched two Boost Mobile CDMA mobile handsets for Boost Mobile in Q2 2010. • Scoped development effort, complied marketing requirements documents, wrote technical requirements specification, and created design validation plan. • Responsible for EE schedule, design validation plan execution, carrier deliverables, and regulatory certification compliance. • Managed our ODM EE design team from design phase through mass production and product launch.
Sr. Staff Electrical Engineer
2008 - 2009
• Worked on a small EE team developing new wireless office products. • Responsible for the schematics and component level design of 2 advanced ARM9 micro-processor systems that interfaced to a variety of communication systems, including multiple wireless communication systems as well as SDRAM, FLASH, SD Card, and USB. • Worked closely with ME to resolve issues pertaining to floor planning, placement and partitioning of PCBs in both the fixed and headset units.
Sr Electrical Engineer
2005 - 2008
• EE lead on a QSC6075-based tri-band CDMA handset. Responsible for all electronics in the upper half of phone, including component selection, schematics, PCB and FPC layouts, and verification. • Led 20+ person cross-functional team to implement new technology into a phone. Team included electrical, mechanical, software and manufacturing engineers. • Schematic owner of WiFi/CDMA combo phone. Drove design and schematic reviews, specified components, and provided factory support at prototype builds. • Led cross-functional engineering team for the qualification of a 2nd source display on CDMA RAZR phone. Successfully mitigated a 1.3 million display shortage which accounted for $250M of revenue in 4Q06. Effort included travel to suppliers and manufacturing facilities in China to oversee prototype builds from display module level assembly to final prototype assembly.
Motorola exists to invent, build and deliver the best mobile devices on the planet, improving the lives of millions of people.
Electrical Engineer Co-op
2001 - 2005
Engineering co-op (intern) on four different 6-month assignments (2+ years of full time work experience). Worked in the New Ventures Group, the Electrical Analysis & EMC Group, and the Automotive Systems Division. Performed a number of tasks including testing, spec writing, firmware development, prototyping and design work.
Active Motion Control Business
Education
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