David Schatz

David joined WiTricity in 2008 and serves as VP of Sales and Business Development. He is responsible for driving WiTricity’s customer engagements and closing business with carmakers, Tier 1’s, and infrastructure suppliers on a global basis. Prior to WiTricity’s strategic move to focus solely on the automotive industry, David was responsible for sales and business development in industrial, medical, and defense-related applications in addition to the automotive market.

Prior to joining WiTricity, David was V.P. of Corporate Development at Cognex Corporation, the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems. In this role, David led the acquisition and integration of 12 companies, contributing to the growth of Cognex to over $220M in annual revenues. David is co-author of seven patents. David holds a B.S. (1979) in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University, and an M.S. (1983) in Management from the Sloan School, MIT.