Todd Becker graduated from WPI in 1986 and is a founding partner of KeyRock Partners with over 25 years of consulting, finance and operating experience in technology companies. He began his career in "smart technologies" when he joined Texas Instruments after graduating from WPI. Todd was one of TI’s first sales engineers for a revolutionary new product – the digital signal processor. DSP chips are the “brains” of every smart device out there, from mobile phones, to flying drones, and even self driving cars.
As a successful entrepreneur, executive, management consultant, and early stage investor, Todd has helped to launch, grow or transform numerous technology businesses, including many based on mobile, cloud or internet-of-things (IoT) technology. Recently, Todd was the Chief Operating Officer of a KeyRock joint venture called Yankee Candle Scent Systems, which is deploying remotely managed, intelligent scent diffusers that help retail, hospitality and other service companies integrate fragrance into their brand management programs.
Prior to KeyRock, Todd was COO of SignStorey, a digital media company bought by CBS; a partner in an early stage venture capital company called Next Generation Ventures; and principal of PRTM, a leading operations and product development consulting firm, now part of Price Waterhouse Coopers.
Todd lives in Ridgefield, CT with his wife Susan (Coombs) who also graduated from WPI in 1984, and their two kids, Madison and Harrison. Todd is an Electrical Engineer from WPI and holds two Masters Degrees from MIT, an MS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
