Anthony Perugini

Anthony Perugini has held various positions in the engineering field since 2011. In 2011, they worked as a Mechanical Engineering Assistant at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where they designed an optical sensor mounting bracket for the successor to the LES-9 satellite, performed structural analysis of satellite components, and had a secret-level military clearance. From 2012 to 2015, they were a Hardware Quality Assurance Intern at Kiva Systems - an Amazon company, where they designed and constructed a protective work envelope around a robotic arm test station, maintained test floors, robotic drive units, and product shelving pods, and identified and corrected root cause of failure in a drive unit battery accelerated life testing station. From 2015 to 2017, they were a Mechanical Engineer at GeoOrbital, where they identified and corrected design flaws and failure modes through accelerated life testing, was responsible for electric wheel assembly and repairs, and developed manufacturing assembly instructions and guidelines. Lastly, from 2017 to present, they have been the Chief Technology Officer at GeoOrbital, where they designed and implemented upgrades for the second generation GeoOrbital electric wheel, GPS tracking for commercial wheel use, and an updated throttle design to comply with EU regulations; Time Magazine's Top 100 Inventions of 2019. Anthony also prototyped new use cases for the GeoOrbital wheel, including electric wheelchair, wheelbarrow, and mail delivery trike. Anthony is responsible for providing technology direction to the President and CEO, warehouse and assembly line optimization, developing and maintaining part vendor pipeline, bill of material creation, budgeting, and managing customers, sales, and repairs.

Anthony Perugini attended the University of Virginia from 2012 to 2016, where they earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a Business Minor.