Julianne Zimmerman

Ms. Julianne Zimmerman is Co-Founder & Managing Director at Vodia Ventures LLC.
She co-founded Vodia Ventures in 2013.
She currently volunteers as a mentor with the MIT Venture Mentoring Service, as a judge for the FIRST Robotics Boston Regional Finals, and as Co-Chair of the Innovation Series Committee of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge.
Ms. Zimmerman previously provided strategic guidance to companies in diverse sectors, including medical devices, telecom, transaction services, education, mobile diagnostics, and defense.
She previously served as VP of Communications at General Compression, a utility-scale energy storage company, and prior to that was a co-founder and the Director of Business Development of GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, an algae biofuel company.
She also served as VP of Engineering at Ovation Products, a water purification company.
Prior to entering cleantech, she had a 14-year tenure at Payload Systems Inc., a boutique engineering services firm in the manned spaceflight sector.
Ms. Zimmerman earned Bachelor’s degrees from MIT in Aeronautical / Astronautical Engineering and in Literature / Humanities, and an MS from the University of Maryland in Aerospace Engineering.
She completed an executive certificate in Sustainability Management from the Presidio Graduate School.
She has received several professional awards and accolades, including being honored as a MassHighTech Woman to Watch, and twice being named a finalist in the NASA astronaut selection program.