Chris Sporck
Chris Sporck has a diverse experience spanning over several companies and roles in the semiconductor industry focusing on power electronics and battery management. Currently, Chris is Director of the Battery Management Product Line at Monolithic Power Systems (MPS) where he manages the business and leads a global team of over 40 engineers. His team develops high-voltage battery management solutions for renewable energy and E-mobility applications, along with battery charger ICs for consumer and industrial applications.
Chris has had an interest in technology from a very early age - he founded Pinnacle PCs in high school, a custom PC building and troubleshooting business. He attended Cornell University and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering in 2010. After graduating in 2010, he started working at startup Summit Microelectronics as a Product Engineer where he focused on automating all the company’s bench validation testing and later becoming a Field Applications Engineer. During this time, to improve his knowledge of power electronics, he pursued a Professional Certificate in Power Electronics specializing in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Two years later, Qualcomm acquired Summit, where he held various roles including systems engineering, product definition, and leading the battery charger and fuel gauge PMIC system engineering group.
Chris has a strong passion for technology and innovating new IP. He is the lead inventor of parallel charging technology utilized in many phones to create the fastest and most thermally optimized battery charging designs and holds over 20 patents dealing with battery management and DC/DC power conversion. Chris has invested in 12 startups over the past 10 years, with 1 exit (RenovoRX) and 1 failure (Aspire). His two largest investments are with TigerGraph (graph database analytics) and Burrow (direct to consumer furniture).
He looks forward to being an active member of the Band where he hopes to learn more about early stage investing and meet other members. Chris enjoys spending time with his wife (Meagan) and their two boys, Carter (5) and Christian (3). In his spare time, Chris loves to travel, be outdoors, invest, and anything related to fitness and sports