Ed Olkkola
Managing Director at Teakwood Capital &\\nBoard Member, Hyliion Inc
- Role
- Board Chairman & Founding Investor, Hyliion Holdings Corp (Hyln) at Hyliion
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ed Olkkola
A successful 25-year professional investment track record in venture capital, corporate venture funds, angel investing and private equity investment asset classes. Consistent top quartile investment returns over my entire investment management career. Directly lead 50+ minority and majority private investments and acquisitions and co-lead 90+ Held board and advisory board positions in over 60 public and private companies, non-profit institutions and other venture funds. Accomplished technology executive and general manager successfully bringing to market over two dozen new networking, software, communications and computing products. My record of achievement is heavily dependent on close association and alignment with exemplary management teams. I work diligently to craft disciplined, thoughtful and insightful investment perspectives based on my demonstrated leadership in operations, engineering, strategy, finance and business/corporate development. My investing philosophy integrates changing market dynamics with technology evolution to forecast market disrupting new business opportunities. Specialties: Venture capital, growth capital, finance, technology planning, business development, corporate development, product development, marketing and engineering
Experience
Board Chairman & Founding Investor, Hyliion Holdings Corp (Hyln)
Aug 2016 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Hyliion\'s mission is to eliminate the carbon intensity and reduce the greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions of the transportation industry by being the leading provider of electrified powertrain solutions for commercial vehicles. To fulfill this mission, Hyliion designs, develops and sells electrified powertrain solutions that can be installed on any heavy-duty Class 8 truck from any of the leading commercial vehicle manufacturers and in the process transforms transportation’s environmental impact
Education
D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University
MBA, High-Tech MBA Concentration
1982 — 1984
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Bachelor of Science, Finance and Information Systems
1978 — 1982
Harvard Business School
Advanced Executive Leadership Certificate Sponsored by Compaq Computer, Executive Leadership
1997 — 1997
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