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Mick Mountz is founder and CEO of Kiva Systems, which makes order fulfillment systems using mobile robots for warehouse automation. The company was bought by Amazon.com in March 2012.[1][2][3][4]

Personal information

Born in Frankfurt, Germany as a military brat. Graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School. Previously worked at Motorola, Apple, Webvan.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Mick Mountz". Kiva Systems. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  2. ^ "Kiva Systems Founder Mick Mountz On Starting Up, Problem Solving And Innovating In The Hardware Scene". International Business Times. 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  3. ^ "Mick Mountz: The hidden world of box-packing | Talk Video". TED (conference). Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  4. ^ "Mick Mountz | Speaker". TED. 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  5. ^ Jessica Harris (May 24, 2013). "From Scratch" (Podcast). NPR. Retrieved 2014-04-13. (Mentioned in first minute)