Wade Appelman, Chief Business Officer at Owl AI, has extensive experience holding leadership roles in both private and public sector organizations. Wade has led sales and marketing efforts for five venture-backed startups with total exit valuations of $900 million. He also helped launch to market several companies including SensL (acquired by onsemi in May 2018), which was a leader in single photon detection used in LiDAR and medical imaging. In addition, he launched an agricultural robotics company, Harvest Automation an early user of LiDAR technology.
Wade joined onsemi in May 2018 through the acquisition of SensL Technologies, where he was VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing and led the company’s business strategy since 2012. As VP and GM of onsemi’s depth sensing division, he led the team developing adoption of low-light sensors in LiDAR and brought with him a strong background securing early customer designs in automotive, medical, and industrial markets.
Wade has also held a leadership role in three publicly traded corporations, including onsemi, Cabletron Systems (where he led product marketing for the $1B switch and routing division), and Vitesse Semiconductor (where he led product marketing and product management for the 500-employee Advanced Networking Products Division).
He holds a B.S. from Wagner College in New York, NY.