CAGE: 906W6
Dun & Bradstreet #: 117996399
SAM Unique Entity Identifier: C55XX1EW6A56
SBC ID#: 001979235
Hellbender Inc. is a Pennsylvania Benefit Corporation founded in 2021
541715: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
334511: Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing.
541511: Custom Computer Programming Services
Small Business <10 employees, <$1M USD annual revenue
Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (self-certified in SAM, pending VA certification)
From the Hellbender Inc. Corporation BYLAWS:
SECTION 1.01. General Public Benefit. The Corporation is organized to create a general public benefit from the business and operations of providing engineering services and products for dual-use government and commercial applications (the “General Public Benefit”) or any lawful activity for which a corporation may be formed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
SECTION 1.02. Specific Public Benefit. In addition to the General Public Benefit enumerated in Section 1.01, the Corporation will pursue: a) the promotion of economic opportunity for veterans and the Corporation’s employees beyond the creation of jobs in the normal course of business; b) environmental preservation; c) the promotion of economic development through initiatives that increase access to capital for emerging and growing technology enterprises, facilitate the transfer and commercial adoption of new technologies, provide technical and business support to emerging and growing technology enterprises or form support partnerships that support those objectives; and d) the increased flow of capital to entities with a public benefit purpose (each, a “Specific Public Benefit” and, collectively, the “Specific Public Benefits”).
Brian Beyer is a former USMC active-duty NCO infantryman and ARNG Infantryman with over 12 years of service including 2003 OIF I and over 17 years of experience in military field robotics development and commercialization. After active duty, Brian worked at Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center as a staff engineer designing RSTA and weapons payloads for the USMC Gladiator, DARPA UGCV, and DARPA UPI (Crusher) programs. For the last decade Brian has been at Carnegie Robotics, a CMU spinout, developing defense and commercial products to include Inertial Navigation Systems, rugged stereo and monocular cameras, and integrated robotics systems. Brian was the lead systems engineer and project manager PM-CCS’s Standoff Robotic Explosive Hazard Detection (SREHD) system, a semi-autonomous combat engineer mine and IED detection robot program-of-record that passed Milestone C and LRIP in 2020. SREHD leveraged a MOSA architecture and was verified for InterOPerability (IOP) compliance at GVSC (then TARDEC). As Chief Product Officer at Carnegie Robotics, Brian grew the product family revenue by 35% year over year as he created a strategy for Carnegie Robotics to move more firmly into licensing and product from work-for-hire. In his last two years at Carnegie Robotics, Brian won and led two cohort efforts with Army Applications Lab for the Field Artillery Autonomous Resupply and the Fire Faster cohorts which led to the Cannon Ammunition Management System, Cannon Ammunition Vision System, and Fast Operational Safety System for Field Artillery, all of which are multi-year ongoing efforts. Brian left his role as Chief Product Officer at Carnegie Robotics in January 2021 specifically to start a Dual-Purpose technology corporation. Brian is a US Citizen. He has a BS in Geography with concentration in Geographic Techniques from the University of South Carolina Honors College. Brian is an Eagle Scout.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-beyer-25377b156/
Beyer, B.D. (2020). Autonomous machine navigation and training using vision system (U.S. Patent No. US20200050208A1). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200050208A1/
Adela Wee is a cofounder of Hellbender, with prior experience in commercialization, manufacture, design, and testing of complex autonomous robot systems. Adela is a robotics systems engineer with over 10 years of hands-on experience and two degrees in robotics engineering from Olin College and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Her most recent work involved developing the core group of platform-centric and autonomy capable tests for Argo AI over two platform iterations, which spanned test modalities such as integration, virtual simulation, and track and public road testing. Adela was responsible for the test and validation of the most recent sensor payload, which spanned Geiger-mode LiDAR, automotive radar, and RGB mono and stereo cameras across the largest fleet of vehicles that Argo has produced to date for deployment in over five different cities. Argo AI is a company partnered with OEMs such as Ford and VW to offer self-driving capabilities for logistics and transportation services. Previously at Carnegie Robotics, Adela was the Hardware Lead for the Nilfisk autonomous A50 development, which involved the design, manufacture, and test of a self-driving floor cleaner, which is the only safety certified autonomous floor scrubber approved for use at speeds of up to 1 m/s in uncontrolled indoor environments that serve the public. She was integral to redesigning the safety system for production in the span of 6 months, which included a whole new autonomy processor and sensor suite. Additionally, she assisted with the Multisense stereo camera calibration and manufacturing processes, which was a core product. In 2013-14 she developed a heterogeneous vehicle fleet for a proof-of-concept demo to AGCO, the second largest producer of farm machinery and equipment in the world which required air vehicle and tractor coordination both in the virtual and physical world. In 2013, she interned for the US Navy as a NREIP intern at SPAWAR SSC Pacific, and contributed to the Small Unit Mobility Enhancement Technologies (SUMET) program, which helped to develop the foundation for RTK and ROS-M. Adela is a US Citizen. Adela has a MS in Robotics Engineering from Worchester Polytechnic Institute and a BS in Engineering with a concentration in Robotics from Olin College.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelawee/
Wee, Adela (2021). Indoor Localization of Autonomous Vehicles. Patent Pending. US Application No. 17/181,455
Roger Nasci is a co-founder of Hellbender, with experience in Project Management, Systems Engineering and Robotic Systems. Roger specializes in large-scope technical development through production projects with complex systems. Prior to founding Hellbender, Roger was a Program Manager at Carnegie Robotics LLC, where he successfully led a program for a standoff landmine and IED detection and disposal robot (SREHD) through engineering and manufacturing development and low-rate production. Roger also has worked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard as a test engineer, repairing and certifying submarines. Roger has an MS in Robotic Systems Development from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University. Roger is an Eagle Scout.