Leawood Venture Capital
Karl Gemperli is an experienced public company CEO and Board Member who has generated significant long-term shareholder value through technical leadership, strategic business development, and disciplined operations management. Founder and CEO of Elecsys Corporation (NASDAQ: ESYS), a pioneer of industrial wireless, IoT, and cloud data management solutions. Elecsys was named 3 times to Fortune’s “Small Business 100” list of fastest-growing public companies and to Forbes “America’s Best Small Companies.” Previously President of DCI, Inc., Vice President of Operations at Airport Systems International, and Director of Manufacturing at Goodrich Aerospace. A native of New York and member of the Investment Committee at Castor Ventures, the VC Funds for MIT alumni.