Rick Wilmer

Chief Executive Officer @ ChargePoint

About

Rick is an innovative and creative executive that forges great organizations to produce stellar outcomes. He is a fast learner that started as a technologist 30 years ago to became a CEO and expert Go to Market strategist that delivers top line growth with financial discipline. Extraordinary communicator that can inspire teams, customers and markets by articulating and delivering high impact stories that embody a value proposition. Diverse experience in a variety of technology segments, Go to Market strategies, worldwide geographies, and sales models. In-the-trenches experience managing all corporate functions - knows how to ask the right questions. Particularly strong in Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Finance. Extremely capable in a start-up environment raising both equity and debt financing and operating with limited financial resources. Well regarded by the venture capital community. Rick has extensive international experience, especially in Asia, where he resided for two years. Rick received his BS in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley and holds a patent in data storage technology.

Country

United States

City

San Francisco Bay Area

Industry

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing

Skill

Start-ups, Go-to-market Strategy, Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Product Management, Cloud Computing, Software as a Service (SaaS), Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, software as a service, Networking, Operations Management, Leadership, Wireless Technologies, Enterprise Software, Business Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Product Development, Product Marketing, Finance

Experience

Chief Executive Officer

ChargePoint

2023-11 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

Campbell, California

Chief Customer and Operations Office

ChargePoint

2022-7 - 2023-12 · 1 yr 6 mos

Campbell, California, United States

Head of Chowbotics at DoorDash

DoorDash

2021-1 - 2022-7 · 1 yr 7 mos

Hayward, California, United States

Joined DoorDash after the acquisition of Chowbotics

Chief Executive Officer

Chowbotics

2019-9 - 2021-1 · 1 yr 5 mos

Silicon Valley

GM

Arista Networks

2018-8 - 2019-9 · 1 yr 2 mos

Santa Clara, CA

Joined Arista as part of the Mojo acquisition and now running the WiFi business for Arista

CEO

AirTight Networks, Inc.

2014-12 - 2019-9 · 4 yrs 10 mos

Mountain View, CA

With a diversity of experience as a prior CEO and leader of various functional areas, Rick was brought into the company to drive rapid top line growth. He has refreshed the management team with top leaders from Fortune 500 technology firms, and brought a renewed focus to sales and marketing to fully leverage the brilliant Mojo engineering team and the stunning technology they have developed. The goal is to establish the company as the undisputed leader in secure, cloud-managed WiFi. Rick manages more than 300 employees in Mountain View, CA and Pune, India and other locations around the world.

President and CEO

Leyden Energy

2012-5 - 2014-8 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Fremont, CA

Hired as CEO to define and execute a revised strategic direction for a leading Li-ion battery technology company. Successfully rebuilt management team and re-strategized the company, raised an additional round of financing and developed important new technologies in two separate Li-ion battery categories (high-power and high-energy density). Made significant progress in the market, securing government grants and wins with major automotive and consumer electronics companies.

Entrepreneur in Residence

Lightspeed

2011-6 - 2012-5 · 1 yr

Menlo Park, CA

Joined Lightspeed after the successful sale of Pliant to SanDisk; Lightspeed was an investor in Pliant. Worked as an EIR developing ideas, working with entrepreneurs who were seeking funding, and mentoring Lightspeed-funded startup executives.

CEO

Pliant Technology

2011-3 - 2011-6 · 4 mos

Hired to lead a successful Solid State Drive (SSD) company through an aggressive revenue ramp-up. With more than 80 employees, the company had developed the first enterprise-class solid state hard drive that was reliable enough for mission critical data center applications. Focused strategies included go-to market, manufacturing, customer expansion, margin improvement, product road map development and financing. In the midst of closing the company’s Series E funding, Sandisk expressed interest in acquiring, which was completed at $340M.

COO

Santur Corporation

2008-7 - 2011-3 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Responsible for all departments (manufacturing, finance, sales, marketing, customer support, quality control, IT and human resources) in this leading optical networking company with operations in Fremont, CA and China. Streamlined business processes and departments, and consolidated departments to reduce costs, complexity and resource requirements. COGS and OpEx targets consistently achieved, while improving performance in critical areas such as on-time delivery, quality and customer support.

VP Business Operations

HPE Aruba Networking

2004-6 - 2008-7 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Hired to establish an operational model to handle extreme rapid growth of the company including the management of manufacturing, fulfillment and distribution, customer support, professional services, training, sales operations and inside sales, and IT. Lead the company through a successful IPO, establishing Aruba as a leader in the wireless networking industry. Accomplishments included building a 100-plus strong team with top operational execution, award-winning customer support, an innovative professional services model, an ERP transition to SAP, and winning thousands of marquee customers. Also served as acting VP of Development Engineering from September 2005 to June 2006.