Eric Wise

2023 Recent Alumni Achievement Award

Entrepreneur Eric Wise began his journey to success at Carnegie Mellon University.

As a student, the Pittsburgh native received a Small Undergraduate Research Grant (SURG) to pursue his concept of a digitized oxygen regulator for home medical use. The research ultimately led to his involvement in the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship’s Project Olympus incubator during his senior year to pursue commercialization and implementation. In fall 2015, Eric launched his own company, Wise Telemetry, which was accepted into the Innovation Works’ portfolio of companies and the AlphaLab Gear accelerator. His technology was awarded a patent in 2016.

The company and product evolved as its focus shifted from medical oxygen regulators to industrial gases. Wise Telemetry products incorporate advanced internet-connected technology that remotely transmits the amount of gas in tanks at industrial locations via cellular networks, automatically alerting gas suppliers that the tanks need to be refilled. Within five years, Wise Telemetry was monitoring thousands of sites. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company helped ensure that hospitals did not run out of medical oxygen despite extremely high, erratic demand.

In 2021, Otodata, the world’s largest tank monitoring company, which monitors more than 2 million assets worldwide, acquired Wise Telemetry. Eric now serves as Otodata’s vice president of industrial solutions, overseeing the industrial gas division globally with a particular focus on international expansion in Europe and South America. Additionally, Eric oversees the U.S. branch of Otodata’s operations based in Pittsburgh.

Eric earned a double-major bachelor’s degree in mechanical and biomedical engineering as well as a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from CMU. He is a member of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks foundation, and the German cultural institution Teutonia Männerchor, and served as a member of the Emerging Leaders Council at Catholic Charities of Pittsburgh. He also volunteers as a startup mentor at the Swartz Center.