CPNet

An Industrial IoT and AI company that makes legacy manufacturing smarter and more profitable without major capital investments

  • Stage Product In Market
  • Industry Industrial/Energy
  • Location Harrisburg, PA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded May 2017
  • Employees 3
  • Incorporation Type LLC
  • Website cpnet.io

Company Summary

Founded by Wharton's MBA graduates, CPNet delivers tangible operational improvements to mid-market factories in the core manufacturing sectors, by offering real-time algorithmic decision support under SaaS terms.

Its E2E solution, combining advanced prescriptive analytics with edge computing capabilities, can save a typical factory-client $15K+/month of gross operational profit, generating over $50K in annual subscription fees to the company.

Team

  • CEO/CTO, Co-Founder

    Experienced R&D manager with passion for bringing innovations in manufacturing space, and expertise in robotics and machine vision system design, simulation, new product introduction, and software system architecture.
    Graduated PhD in Computational Mechanics program at University of Buffalo and obtained an MBA from Wharton School of Business (U. of Pennsylvania).

  • COO, Co-Founder

    Management consultant with 15 years of experience servicing Fortune 500 clients, with a portfolio of projects including but not limited to customer value analysis, business process optimization, capacity planning, MIS design, and operational risk.
    Graduated with MS in Operations Research from Columbia University and obtained an MBA from Wharton School of Business (U. of Pennsylvania).

  • Dru Kefalos
    Sales and Marketing Advisor

    Successful executive with 35 years of experience working for large organizations, distressed businesses, and new technology startups, who has held Multiple leadership roles across ExxonMobil, including turnaround of a struggling divested chemical business and an executive position in a newly formed JV based on novel nanomaterial technology.
    Dru earned his BS in Finance and MBA degrees from U. of South Carolina.

  • Rob Shaddock
    Product Development Advisor

    Rob Shaddock had been an EVP and CTO at TE Connectivity, where he would help set the global engineering vision for the Company and drive all aspects of innovation, development and delivery of advanced connectivity solutions for TE customers worldwide.

    Prior to joining TE, Mr. Shaddock held various executive positions at Motorola Mobile Devices, and is currently an advisor to SRI International, a nonprofit, independent research center.

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