# Raymond Wang

> Raymond Wang is the Co-Founder and CEO of AeroVect, a Silicon Valley startup building AI-powered autonomous driving systems for airport ground support equipment. A Harvard computer science graduate (Class of 2020) who grew up in Vancouver, Canada, Wang came to aviation obsession early - as a high school student he won the $75,000 Gordon E. Moore Award at the 2015 Intel ISEF for an invention that reduced pathogen transmission on aircraft by 55x, and later gave a TED Talk on the subject. At Harvard he co-founded Civology (YC W20) before pivoting to AeroVect, where he and co-founder Eugenio Donati built the world's largest airside driving dataset and deployed autonomous tractor systems at major hubs including Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson and Dubai International. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Manufacturing & Industry, 2022), Wang is reshaping the last 500 feet of global logistics - the chaotic tarmac - with self-driving software built from scratch for the airport environment.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at AeroVect
- **Organizations:** AeroVect, Sustainable Youth Canada, Civology (YC W20), HostGenius (Angel Investor)
- **From:** China (grew up in Vancouver, Canada)
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** A.B. Computer Science, Harvard University (John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences), W20 cohort (Civology), Y Combinator, Coursework, MIT, Dual Enrollment Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Associate's Degree, Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto), Secondary Education, St. George's School
- **Known for:** Won $75,000 Gordon E. Moore Award (Best in Fair) at 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), Named Forbes 30 Under 30 - Manufacturing & Industry (2022), TED Talk: 'How germs travel on planes - and how we can stop them' (2015, viewed millions of times)

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Founded RayCorp, an aviation product development company focused on ECS products for commercial airliners
- **2015** — Won $75,000 Gordon E. Moore Award (Best in Fair) at Intel ISEF for aircraft cabin airflow invention; gave TED Talk on airplane germ transmission
- **2016** — Invited by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau to State Dinner celebrating Canada-US Relations during VP Biden's official visit
- **2015-2016** — Founded Sustainable Youth Canada, a 500+ member federally-registered nonprofit empowering 110,000+ youth across 8+ Canadian regions
- **2017** — Interned at Delta Air Lines in Operations Strategy and Market Development
- **2018** — Program Manager intern at Microsoft
- **2019** — Investor at Two Sigma Ventures in New York
- **2020** — Harvard A.B. Computer Science; co-founded Civology through Y Combinator W20 (solar financing and political polling tools)
- **2020** — Co-founded AeroVect with Eugenio Donati; built first prototype in a Bay Area garage during pandemic
- **2021** — AeroVect conducted public demonstrations at GSE Expo Las Vegas; secured early backing from Xfund and Scribble Ventures
- **2022** — AeroVect deployed at San Francisco and Atlanta airports; raised Seed round; named Forbes 30 Under 30 (Manufacturing & Industry)
- **2023** — International partnership announced including Dubai International Airport; partnered with GAT, dnata, and Delta Air Lines

## Achievements

- Won $75,000 Gordon E. Moore Award (Best in Fair) at 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)
- Named Forbes 30 Under 30 - Manufacturing & Industry (2022)
- TED Talk: 'How germs travel on planes - and how we can stop them' (2015, viewed millions of times)
- Invention reduced pathogen transmission on aircraft by 55x and increased fresh-air inhalation 190%
- Invited to State Dinner by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau in 2016
- Named one of Canada's Top 20 Under 20
- Built world's largest airside autonomous driving dataset at AeroVect
- Logged tens of thousands of live aircraft crossings autonomously with AeroVect Driver
- Completed Y Combinator W20 with Civology
- Holds Private Pilot ASEL license
- Earned Associate's Degree from Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto

## Latest updates

- **2023-09** — AeroVect announced international expansion including Dubai International Airport partnership
- **2023-02** — Featured in Ground Handling International on AeroVect's agnostic autonomy platform for GSE
- **2022-07** — AeroVect closed Seed funding round with investors including Xfund and Scribble Ventures
- **2022-01** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 - Manufacturing & Industry alongside co-founder Eugenio Donati

## Links

- Website: https://aerovect.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymondrwang
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/RM_Wang

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