Alex Garcia Lautzenheiser

Investor @ UP.Partners

Santa Monica, California, United States

About

Atoms >> Bits. There is a narrow band of technology which actually drives humanity forward -- connecting us, protecting us, and proliferating global abundance. Everything else is noise. I'm obsessed with finding signal through the noise and investing in people operating at the highest frequency.

Experience

  • UP.Partners (Santa Monica, California, United States)
    • Principal
      Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

      Leading Seed/A rounds into companies redefining The Moving World

    • Senior Associate
      Jan 2024 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Associate
      Aug 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Investment Intern at 8VC
    Jun 2021 - Aug 2021 · 3 mos

  • Boeing (4 yrs 3 mos)
    • Satellite Systems Engineer - Spacecraft Requirements Lead
      Jul 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Established spacecraft-level system architecture for new military satellite for the Air Force.

    • Survivability Analyst - Phantom Works
      Jan 2018 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Ballistic analysis and live-fire testing of military helicopter platforms. (MH-139, H-47, V-22) Invented and developed augmented reality (AR) application for helicopter factory.

    • Rotating Engineer
      Jun 2016 - May 2018 · 2 yrs

      Stress analysis and repairs on 787. R&D on CH-47 Chinook. Ballistics on MH-139.

  • Research & Development Intern, F/A-18 Hornet at Boeing
    May 2015 - Aug 2015 · 4 mos

  • Marketing & Engineering Analysis Intern at Devon Energy
    May 2014 - Aug 2014 · 4 mos

    Coded a unique macro to optimize the blending of different qualities of crude oil