Andy Butler, Founder & CEO
Andy is an inventor and entrepreneur whose passion and commitment to technology was unleashed at his three companies, SmartLevel™, D2M and RoboToolz™. Andy's vision of D2M is to provide an environment where the best and brightest technical talents could thrive and push the boundaries of technology with a singular mission: to Innovation with Substance™ for our customers and internal ventures.
Andy knows first hand the challenges of designing, developing, and delivering breakthrough products from the sketchpad to store shelves. He has taken over 20 inventions to the market bringing to bear his experience in the following requisite activities: raising capital from institutional and private sources; recruiting of entire engineering teams, structuring and managing strategic relationships with contract manufacturers in China, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan; establishing captive manufacturing facilities in Southern China; developing distribution in both the US and in Europe and managing of big-box relationships. Andy understands effective management of risks in technology, design integrity, manufacturing and business. It is this experience coupled with technical depth and breadth that he brings to his clients. Andy has a B.S. ME from Stanford University.
Andy is named on 17 patents.