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Philippe Villers

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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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

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1. ^http://www.voxiva.net/board.asp
2. ^[https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2013/12/17/concord-based-company-aims-help-alleviate-world-hunger/aIGEHu8DbD3nI2yViuiABP/story.html For Phil Villers, helping feed the world is in the bag], Bella English, Boston Globe, December 17, 2013

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GrainPro, Inc.
Families USA Foundation
Cognition Corporation

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