John Wong has left his director of corporate development role at wireless mobile technology producer InterDigital and joined US-based industrial appliance manufacturer Honeywell as director of ventures.
Honeywell’s corporate venturing arm, Honeywell Ventures, was founded in 2017 and concentrates on early-stage companies working on technologies such as advanced manufacturing, internet-of-things (IoT) and materials science as well as software and analytics startups.
Wong will invest in IoT and smart building technology developers on behalf Honeywell Ventures, which maintains a portfolio that includes industrial IoT technology providers FogHorn Systems, Element Analytics and Soft Robotics.
In addition to joining InterDigital in late 2018, Wong had been a principal at venture capital firm NextStar Partners since 2016, focusing on IoT, mobile and connected technology developers, retaining the position until last month, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Wong was also director of strategy for Predix, an IoT offshoot of industrial conglomerate General Electric’s GE Digital subsidiary, for a few months in 2016. He had previously held a similar position at telecommunications firm SoftBank’s innovation group targeting mobile products and services, for nearly three years.
Photo of John Wong courtesy of LinkedIn.
