Noel Heiks
Managing Partner at Kirenaga Partners LLC
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2024 - Current
Buying distressed ranchland and deploying regenerative innovations for environmental sustainability, community vitality, and economic prosperity.
Managing Partner
2021
Board Member
2020
Censys Technologies develops remote sensing solutions for UAS service providers, enterprise organizations, and government entities.
Raised $11,950,000.00 from Collective Capital Ventures and Kirenaga Partners.
Board Member
2019 - 2024
Emcore offers a portfolio of compound semiconductor-based products for the broadband, fiber optics, space, and solar power markets.
Raised $17,250,000.00.
President and COO
2018 - 2019
Duos Technologies provides intelligent systems for inspection and security in rail, logistics, and critical infrastructure applications. www.duostech.com
Owner, Board Member
2016 - 2019
Founded, focused, and grew Nuvotronics from a small, defocused business to a multimillion dollar powerhouse in millimeter wave. Built alliances with the largest commercial and defense companies on the planet. Acquired by Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB) See www.nuvotronics.com for more details.
CEO, Co-Founder
2008 - 2016
Founded, focused, and grew Nuvotronics from a small, defocused business to a multimillion dollar defense electronics powerhouse. Acquired by Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB) See www.nuvotronics.com for more details.
Nuvotronics designs, develops, and fabricates custom networks of circuits and passive components for complex microwave systems.
Raised $15,200,001.00.
President, Founder
2007 - 2008
Built OptiSales from the ground up in 2007 through strategic investment, selling worldwide hard-to-find semiconductor equipment.
Marketing Director
2002 - 2006
Launched optoelectronic products in worldwide markets (specifically Asia) by leveraging Rohm and Haas's corporate marketing arsenal.
Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials is a semiconductors company that offers specialty chemicals.
Vice President and Co-Founder
1996 - 2002
Co-founded Haleos, selling microfabrication and optoelectronics products worldwide. Grew the company from 4 people and one customer to over 100 people and 60 customers. Raised $12M in VC, and sold the company in 2002 to Rohm and Haas, an $8B materials company (acquired by Dow Chemical NYSE: DOW)
Research Associate
1995 - 1996
Built data acquisition systems for fiber optic sensors for Raytheon, Boeing, and Alcoa-Fujikura.