Philippe Villers

Villers (left) and then Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis at the dedication of the new Automatix plant in Billerica, Massachusetts in 1983.

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 (2008) 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]

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.

External links

• GrainPro, Inc.
• Families USA Foundation
• Cognition Corporation