Cambridge Street Ventures, LLC was formed by Wynn Sanders to incubate ideas into reality. Wynn has spent his career bridging the innovation divide between new, state-of-the-art technology and end application. After obtaining his Doctorate in Materials Engineering from MIT, he began 13 years of Active Duty in the United States Air Force, eventually earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. As a skilled and accomplished researcher (cited over 1100 times) he developed new materials for aircraft and rocket engines as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory and as a visiting scientist with the German Aerospace Center in Germany. He was then a program manager for Air Force Office of Scientific Research in London, UK where he developed and invested in over 50 visionary research building blocks around the world in topics as diverse as superatom production, high-throughput materials characterization, and acoustic metamaterials. Finally, in various roles for the Global Positioning Systems Directorate, he led teams of 60+ people to develop the next generation GPS cryptographic processor, he fielded over 150,000 GPS receivers into the theater of operation, and managed the business operations for the $2.1B GPS next generation ground control upgrade to ensure pivotal future effects for 2B global GPS users. Wynn has developed extensive leadership and managerial skills throughout his career that complements his technical depth. Along the way, he started numerous successful entrepreneurial endeavors and helped others to incubate and launch successful business.
