Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America has hired Steve Agirman as director of new ventures after four years of corporate venturing at Schneider Electric.

Server Agirman has left energy management technology producer Schneider Electric’s corporate venturing unit to become director of new ventures at engine equipment manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America.

Agirman spent more than four years running Schneider Electric Business Incubation Program in Silicon Valley as a part of Schneider Electric Ventures along with the company’s Innovation at the Edge program.

As part of the incubator, Agirman co-founded eIQ-Mobility, a US-based startup backed by Schneider Electric that is working on technology that could…

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.