# Alexander Zoellner

> Head of Rapid Evaluation | Moonshot Discovery at X (Google X)

Location: Saratoga, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexanderzoellner

## Work Experience
### Head of Rapid Evaluation (Head of Early Investigations) @ X, The Moonshot Factory
Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States
Leading the team that tests the next generation of moonshots.

### Project Lead - Internal Moonshot Incubation @ X, The Moonshot Factory
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | Mountain View, California, United States
Founder-type role developing new projects from early hypothesis to greenlight.

### Technology Scouting & Due Diligence @ X, The Moonshot Factory
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, CA
Global tech scout sourcing and evaluating breakthrough ideas.

### Winemaker and Proprietor @ Sierra Morena Winery
Jan 2019 – Present | Los Gatos, California, United States

### Product Design @ Apple
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Cupertino, CA

### Co-Founder & Technical Lead @ Galileo Surgical
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Palo Alto, CA
Conceived medical device to enable safer small bowel surgery (patents pending). Lead prototype and device development through animal & cadaveric testing for proof of concept.

### Co-Founder & CTO @ Vaxxio
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Developed concept for human readable vaccination status. Prototyped and tested digital vaccination record with users.

### Instructor/Teaching Assistant @ Stanford University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015
Co-taught the classes 'Mechanics of Growth
', 'Continuum Mechanics', and the 'Stanford Summer Wine Class.

### Research Assistant @ Stanford University
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 | Stanford, CA
Biomechanics, anatomic models, continuum growth, finite element simulations. Build and analyzed finite element models for skin and muscle growth.

### Research Assistant @ National Crash Analysis Center
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
Finite element modeling, crash test analysis, model validation. 
Modeled and analyzed crash behavior of composite materials.

### Research Assistant @ University of Stuttgart
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009
Lab testing, data analysis, finite element simulations, multibody simulations, contact models. Measured, modeled, and validated the temperature field during martensitic steel welds, built, implemented, and analyzed real time contact model for next generation dual clutch transmission. Translated and proof read research grants.

### Intern @ Kleinwächter GmbH
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008

### Intern @ Gardner Denver
Jan 2005 – Jan 2005


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University

### Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Stuttgart

### MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering
The George Washington University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/azoell

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Last updated: 2026-04-13