Carl Showalter

Carl Showalter is the current COO at Chef Robotics. Prior to that, they were with Formant, Plus One Robotics, and Fetch Robotics, where they served as the COO for 4.5 years. Carl has also been a part of Opus Capital as a founder and general partner for over 10 years. In that role, they were responsible for raising capital from limited partners, sourcing and leading investment rounds in early stage private technology companies, and providing strategic and tactical advice as a board member to portfolio companies. Throughout their career, Carl has focused on IOT, Cloud infrastructure and Storage, Enterprise SaaS and Data communications. Some of their notable investments include GainSpan and Arrayent (IOT), Panzura (Cloud Storage), Workboard (Enterprise SaaS) and SpiderCloud Wireless and Aquantia (Data communications). Carl has spent a large portion of their career working closely with management teams, assisting in strategy development, recruiting and tactical issues. Carl has developed a deep understanding of how technology markets create opportunities for startups which has allowed him to be successful in their investments. Carl is also well-connected in the venture investor community and has built long-term relationships with other venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and key technology executives.

Carl Showalter's educational career includes a Masters in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Carl Showalter reports to Rajat Bhageria, Founder and CEO. They are on a team with Mike Rubino - Head of Talent, John Unkovic - Head of Hardware.