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Koji Intlekofer

Director Solutions Engineering at Ridecell

Seattle, Washington

Overview 

Koji Intlekofer is a Product & Operations Executive with a background in hardware and connected systems, having founded successful startups and scaled them up. His career highlights include founding Shift Labs and viaCycle, showcasing expertise in product strategy, technical leadership, and operations management. Currently, Koji serves as a Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund and has held leadership roles at Ridecell, demonstrating his executive leadership skills and ability to drive new product introductions in the transportation and healthcare sectors.

Work Experience 

  • Venture Partner

    2019 - Current

    Pioneer Fund combines capital, expertise, connections, and support from 200+ Y Combinator alumni who have all invested in Pioneer Fund.

  • Director Solutions Engineering

    2022 - 2025

  • Co-Founder / Chief Technology Officer

    2013 - 2022

    Enabling Safe and Accurate Infusion Therapy for Anyone, Anywhere

  • Co-Founder / Chief Operating Officer

    2009 - 2013

    Easy, convenient, sustainable distributed transportation for the urban environment.

Our mission is to bring affordable, sustainable transportation to areas that need it most.

Raised $50,000.00 from Village Capital.

  • Function Engineer

    2009 - 2012

    • Prototype generation and development • Product realization • Prototype and competitor testing - designed test rigs and procedures • Consumer research

  • Sustainable Business Strategies

    2009 - 2009

    Sustainable mobility

The Lincoln Motor Company that sells luxury vehicles under the Lincoln brand.

  • Researcher

    2007 - 2007

    Working under government grants and tight deadlines I worked with a diverse group of engineers and scientists to develop and program a cooperative human-robot team. • Designed and coded search and following algorithms for a mobile robot team • Designed and built mobile field backpack system for communication and control of robot teams • Assisted other engineers with implementation of various components including voice recognition, team hierarchy manipulation, and mapping. • Presented two demonstrations for military personnel and local and national news, including CNN

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