CEO and Founder
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- CEO Founder at Mission Motors
- Past
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- Mechanical Designer at Tesla Motors
- Mechanical Designer at Velocity 11
- Technician at Edge Innovations
- Machinist at Risse Racing Technology
- Education
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- Stanford University
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Forrest North’s Summary
I am motivated by building products that can make the world a better place through good design in the areas of alternative energy, transportation, green building, recycling, and social justice.
Forrest North’s Specialties:
-Design for Aesthetics and Manufacturing
-Prototyping
-Brainstorming and Product Development
Forrest North’s Experience
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CEO Founder
Mission Motors
(Renewables & Environment industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
A high performance electric motorcycle company.
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Mechanical Designer
Tesla Motors
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Automotive industry)
September 2005 — June 2007 (1 year 10 months)
I worked mostly in the energy storage system division.
-Making hardware for the connection and packaging of lithium-ion cells in the battery.
-Testing various elements of pack cooling, thermal runaway suppression, the auxiliary power supply, and water ingress.
-Building the first 10 pre-production battery packs on the factory floor in Asia.
-Designing tooling for automation of battery module cladding for dimensional stability. -
Mechanical Designer
Velocity 11
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Industrial Automation industry)
February 2003 — April 2005 (2 years 3 months)
-Designed system layouts for $1-4mm high throughput screening (HTS) machines.
-Member of the custom engineering team.
-designed cooling and environmental controls for HTS machines
-Did on site customer installs of custom hardware at both Pfizer and Novartis.
-worked with foreign vendors.
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Technician
Edge Innovations
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 1996 — August 1999 (3 years 8 months)
I worked in a variety of areas of the business as a college student at various times over several years. I did mold making, fiberglass work, mechanical assembly, mechanical testing to failure. Swimming with animatronic swordfish. Developed the process and created roughly 100 expanded foam Swordfish carcasses in one week. I worked on projects for Free Willy II and III, Zeus and Roxanne, Anaconda, and The Perfect Storm.
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Machinist
Risse Racing Technology
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
February 1998 — December 1998 (11 months)
CNC machinist. Learned programming in G-code. Machine Setup. Part design, fabrication and assembly. Built an interactive trade show booth. Learned to Tig Weld aluminum and steel. Designed hydraulic shocks. Tested front forks for stiffness and fatigue and redesigned for strength. Worked on a fully hydraulic drive bicycle. Placed second in a tandem downhill mountain bike race. Did phone support and sales.
Forrest North’s Education
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Stanford University
Bachelor's , Urban Studies, Product Design , 1994 — 2001
Took many of the Core Mechanical Engineering classes, did all the core Product Design curriculum and took many art classes.
- Activities and Societies:
- Member of the Stanford Solar Car Project from 1994 to 1997. Lead the project to successful race finishes in Australia and Japan, in 1996. Co-lead the team to 3rd place finish in the U.S. in 1997.
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Forrest North’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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