Levi Tillemann

Levi Tillemann
Levi Tillemann in 2014 (by Glorianna Tillemann-Dick)
Levi Tillemann in 2014
Born United States Denver, CO
Citizenship American
Education Yale University (BA)
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (MA, Ph.D.)
Occupation Author, businessman
Employer New America Foundation

Levi Mills Tillemann-Dick is an American businessman, academic, and author. Currently managing partner at Valence Strategic, LLC and a fellow at the New America Foundation, he is also the author of the 2015 book, The Great Race: The Global Quest For The Car Of The Future (Simon and Schuster).

Early life and education

Levi's father, Timber Dick, was a businessman, inventor, and recruiter at the University of Denver's School of Engineering and Computer Sciences. The son of Colorado's first female lieutenant governor, Nancy E. Dick, Timber died from burn wounds following a 2008 automobile accident.[1][2] Levi, with his brothers Corban and Tomicah accepted the NASA "Create the Future" award for their father's work on an ultra high-efficiency engine.[1]

Levi's mother, Annette, is a Jewish convert to Mormonism and daughter of Tom Lantos.[3] While serving on a mission, Levi left the faith when he was unable to reconcile the logical and liberal outlook his parents had instilled in him with perceived inconsistencies in church doctrine.[1]

He attended Yale University[3] and earned a PhD from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Japan and China studies.[4][5] He speaks Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese.[6]

Career

Levi served as a researcher for Pulitzer Prize-winning economic writer Daniel Yergin.[1] With his brother Corban, he continued his father's efforts to develop radical new engine design that is much more efficient than a traditional internal combustion engine. [7] In 2009, their DC-based startup, IRIS engines, won a $100,000 investment prize from venture firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson.[7][8] Their engine uses the walls of the chamber as a working surface, rather than the floor of the chamber, and in turn increases its working surface area from about 25 percent to more than 70 percent.[7][6] Levi holds multiple U.S. and international patents for the IRIS design. He served as a Special Advisor for Policy and International Affairs at the Department of Energy and chaired the Department’s Autonomous and Connected Vehicles Energy Working Group.[4] His is currently a Jeff and Cal Leonard Fellow at the New America Foundation. [4]

The Great Race: The Global Quest For The Car Of The Future

Tillemann's book, published in 2015 by Simon & Schuster, explains the $2 trillion global automotive industry and the competition between the U.S., Japan, and China to create the next generation of automobiles.[9][10] He argues that strategic government policy plays a critical role in car development.[9][11][12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Warner, Joel (July 8, 2008). "DENVER'S OWN ROYAL TENENBAUMS". Westword. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ Warner, Joel (June 26, 2014). "Denver inventor Dick dies after crash". Denver Post. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Rosenthal, A.M. (May 12, 2012). "A PICTURE OF INSPIRATION". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "The Next Class of New America Fellows". NewAmerica. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Hopkins Family Sets Internal Combustion on Fire". Johns Hopkins. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Startup showdown: The winners". CNN. April 4, 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 Reske, Henry (May 12, 2012). "A Fuel-Saving Car Engine in the Blink of an IRIS". National Geographic. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ "The Future of the Combustion Engine". WAMU. June 6, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Book Discussion on The Great Race". CSPAN. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Levi Tillemann: “The Great Race: The Global Quest For The Car Of The Future”". WAMU. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  11. ↑ Greenberg, Greg (January 20, 2015). "Tesla, U.S. Leading 'Great Race' to Perfect the Car of the Future". The Street. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Levi Tillemann". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved February 6, 2014.

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