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Robert Szczerba

CEO and director at Freespace Robotics. Also a president and director at Carnegie Foundry Healthcare and a cofounder and chief executive officer, director at Carnegie Foundry.

ExecutiveDirectorRoles at 3 startups
Updated Nov 10, 2026·Latest SEC filing Mar 25, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Robert Szczerba

Robert Szczerba is CEO and director at Freespace Robotics.

Form D filings also name Robert Szczerba as a president and director at Carnegie Foundry Healthcare and a cofounder and chief executive officer, director at Carnegie Foundry.

Robert Szczerba first appears on SEC filings in 2020.

Experience

This experience comes from Robert Szczerba's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Robert Szczerba in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Thryve Labs Current
Founder / CEO
2025 – Present
Freespace Robotics Inc. Current
CEO and director
Founder / Executive Chairman (2022 – Present)
2022 – Present · Monroeville, PA
Makes robotic storage and retrieval systems for warehouses and logistics operators.
VoxEQ, Inc. Current
Founder / Board Member
2021 – Present
Carnegie Foundry Healthcare, Inc. Current
President and director
Founder / CEO / Board Chairman (2019 – Present)
2019 – Present · Monroeville, PA
Forbes Current
Contributor
2013 – Present
Carnegie Foundry LLC
Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer, director
2020 – 2026 · Monroeville, PA
Builds and funds robotics and AI companies for industrial markets.
X Tech Ventures
Founder / Chief Executive Officer
2013 – 2020
Autistic Abilities
Founder / Chief Executive Officer
2014 – 2018
Cornell University
Industry Advisory Board Member
2013 – 2018
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Advisory Board Member
2015 – 2017
TNW
Contributor
2015 – 2017
UC Davis Health System
Advisory Board Member
2014 – 2017
HuffPost
Contributor
2014 – 2017
Mars
Advisory Board Member
2012 – 2015
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Advisory Board Member
2011 – 2015
University of Southern California
Advisory Board Member
2012 – 2013
Lockheed Martin
Corporate Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences
1996 – 2013
Binghamton University
Advisory Board Member
2004 – 2007
Mercury Consulting
Founder / Principal
1992 – 1996
University of Notre Dame / Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (1996)
University Instructor / Research Associate (1990 – 1996)
1990 – 1996

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Robert Szczerba works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Carnegie Foundry Healthcare, Inc. · Form D/A, Mar 25, 2026
AP
Anton Papp
Director and promoter
KS
Karl Sanchak
Executive officer and promoter
ML
Michael Lutzky
Director and promoter
RB
Robert Barber
Investor Board Representative
Richard Fruehauf
Richard Fruehauf
Executive officer and promoter
Carnegie Foundry LLC · Form D/A, Mar 25, 2026
ML
Michael Lutzky
Chief Strategy Officer
Edward Ovando
Edward Ovando
Chief Product Officer
AP
Anton Papp
Chief Investment Officer
Jean-Francois Legault
Jean-Francois Legault
Cofounder and Executive Vice President, Business Development, director
KS
Karl Sanchack
Chief Operating Officer
JL
Jay Lyengar
Investor Board Representative
KL
Kevin Lewis
Investor Board Representative
Richard Fruehauf
Richard Fruehauf
Chief Venture Officer
Herman Herman
Herman Herman
Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer, director
Freespace Robotics Inc. · Form D/A, Mar 25, 2026
KS
Karl Sanchack
Chief Operating Officer and director
JC
James Cook
Director
ML
Michael Lutzky
Chief Strategy Officer and director
AP
Anton Papp
Director and promoter
Richard Fruehauf
Richard Fruehauf
Executive officer and promoter

Sources

  1. SECCarnegie Foundry Healthcare, Inc. Form D/A, filed Mar 25, 2026
  2. SECCarnegie Foundry LLC Form D/A, filed Mar 25, 2026
  3. SECFreespace Robotics Inc. Form D/A, filed Mar 25, 2026