# Chuck Gershman

> Chuck Gershman is a semiconductor veteran, repeat founder, and the president, CEO, and co-founder of Owl Autonomous Imaging. After building and leading companies across network processors, analytics, and chip design, he is now focused on high-resolution thermal perception that helps autonomous vehicles, drones, robots, and defense systems detect, classify, and range objects when visible-light cameras struggle.

- **Role:** President, CEO, and Co-founder at Owl Autonomous Imaging
- **Organizations:** Owl Autonomous Imaging, Bay Microsystems, Kuveda, PacketArc, Intrinsix, LSI Logic, Texas Instruments
- **Education:** Drexel University, Loyola University Maryland
- **Known for:** Co-founded three startups and served on the executive teams of five., Helped lead technology-company exits involving acquisitions by Intel and PMC-Sierra., Guided Bay Microsystems from a pre-revenue startup to a profitable business with more than $100 million in aggregate sales.

## Career timeline

- **2000** — Served as vice president of marketing and sales at Bay Microsystems as the company prepared a new network-processor architecture.
- **2002** — As Bay Microsystems' senior vice president of sales and marketing, discussed the company's first 10-Gbit/s network processor shipments.
- **2006** — As president and CEO of Bay Microsystems, was named a finalist for the EE Times ACE High Technology Executive of the Year award after reporting 511 percent annual revenue growth and profitability.
- **2010** — Inducted into the Drexel University College of Engineering Alumni Circle of Distinction.
- **2011** — Appointed CEO of PacketArc as the Swedish networking startup shifted its headquarters to the United States.
- **2013** — Co-founded Kuveda and served as president and COO.
- **2016** — Named a Top 40 Healthcare Transformer by Medical Marketing & Media.
- **2018** — Co-founded Owl Autonomous Imaging with Gene Petilli.
- **2021** — Owl AI won $100,000 in the Luminate NY competition and continued work from RIT's Venture Creations incubator.
- **2022** — US Patent 11,490,067, Multi-Aperture Ranging Devices and Methods, was issued.
- **2025** — Listed as Owl AI's business contact on a US government award for reusable advanced ROIC circuit-block development.
- **2026** — Discussed startup leadership, pivoting, mentorship, and speed of decision on the Wealthing Podcast.
- **2026** — Outlined Owl's expansion across commercial and defense autonomy and its manufacturing-readiness priorities in a SemiWiki CEO interview.

## Achievements

- Co-founded three startups and served on the executive teams of five.
- Helped lead technology-company exits involving acquisitions by Intel and PMC-Sierra.
- Guided Bay Microsystems from a pre-revenue startup to a profitable business with more than $100 million in aggregate sales.
- Inducted into the Drexel University College of Engineering Alumni Circle of Distinction in 2010.
- Finalist for the 2006 EE Times ACE High Technology Executive of the Year award.
- Holds four US patents spanning network-processor architecture and multi-aperture ranging.
- Has reported securing more than $200 million in US government contracts and closing more than $500 million in technology sales over his career.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — In a SemiWiki interview, Gershman said Owl was expanding customer engagements across autonomy and defense while prioritizing next-generation thermal products, manufacturing readiness, and deployable AI perception.
- **2026-05** — Presented at Sensors Converge on thermal imaging architectures for safety, security, drones, and physical AI.
- **2026-02** — Appeared on the Wealthing Podcast to discuss leadership, pivoting, speed of decision, investor judgment, and mentorship.

## Links

- Website: https://owlai.us
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckgershman
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/owlai
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/OwlAutonomousImaging/

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Last updated: 2026-08-18