John La Grou

Current

Co-Founder at Compathos
Co-Founder at Safeplug EFCI
Co-Founder at POW-R Consortium, LLC

Founder at Millennia Group

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Past

Start Up at Multitech Electronics

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John La Grou’s Experience

Co-Founder

Compathos

(Information Services industry)

2008 — Present (1 year)

A hybrid non-profit social action community. Beta in 2009. Roll-out planned 2010. www.compathos.com
Co-Founder

Safeplug EFCI

(Consumer Electronics industry)

September 2003 — Present (5 years 11 months)

Patent Holder / Research Engineer. Next generation residential and commercial electrical delivery. Besides saving massive amounts of energy, Safeplug EFCI technology can globally save thousands of lives, prevent tens of thousands of injuries, and eliminate tens of billions of dollars in property damage, every year. Over 400 patent claims, to-date. Gave a main-stage 2009 TEDTalk describing this technology (http://tiny.cc/BOuxO).
Co-Founder

POW-R Consortium, LLC

(Computer Software industry)

2000 — Present (9 years)

Chairman at POW-R Consortium, the world's leading data reduction software for audio CD production. Currently licensed by Apple, Digidesign-Avid, Sonic, Cakewalk-Sonar, Sequoia-Samplitude, Merging-Pyramix, Ableton, etc.. POW-R processing now used on over 100 million audio CDs shipped annually.
Founder

Millennia Group

(Music industry)

January 1990 — Present (19 years 7 months)

Catalyst at Millennia Group. Professional audio design and manufacturing. World leader in premium microphone preamplifier technology - over 40,000 channels in use by today's top artists, studios, orchestras, labs, and film scoring stages. Incorporated 1994. Received Charter B-Corporation status 2008 (www.bcorporation.net).
Start Up

Multitech Electronics

(Computer Hardware industry)

1985 — 1989 (4 years)

One of three original equity hires at Multitech Electronics in Mountain View, California. Managed OEM business group from start-up to >$100M. Changed name to Acer shortly before IPO in 1987. Acer is today the world's largest OEM PC group and 2nd largest PC company.