Andy B. Hodge

Andrew Bert "Andy" Hodge (born October 3, 1962) is an American engineer, product developer, and designer. He is the founder and CEO of Owl Cameras, Inc., a car security camera company in Palo Alto, California. He was the Senior Director of iPod product development at Apple Inc. from 2000-2010. At Apple he also managed core technologies for the first generation iPhone, including capacitative touch.
Hodge described the experience of working with Steve Jobs at Apple as like being “a kid in a candy shop, but you had to work very hard in that candy shop.”
Hodge has BS in interdisciplinary engineering from Purdue and an MFA in industrial design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
As of 2014 he held over 50 patents, for technologies ranging from media playback and customized gift cards to heart rate monitors and portable electronic devices that are integrated within a bicycle.
Since its first shipments in March 2018, video from the Owl Car Cam has identified several car burglars.
To date, the company has raised $28M in funding. Backers include defy.vc, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Sherpa Capital, Moment Ventures, Maniv Mobility, CSAA Insurance Group, and Canvas Ventures.

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