German W. Aparicio

German W. Aparicio Jr. is Program Manager of Early Innovation and Partner Development at Trimble and a faculty member at Cal Poly Pomona. A licensed architect in the state of California, he focuses on advancing early-stage innovation and collaboration, leading outreach efforts, and expanding the Trimble Ventures innovation portfolio through the identification of promising early-stage companies. His work includes cultivating partnerships across global education, startup, and platform ecosystems to elevate the value of Trimble’s portfolio companies. He is committed to fostering an innovation-driven culture and driving positive change across the industries Trimble serves.

German earned a Bachelor of Architecture from Cal Poly Pomona, where he received a departmental thesis design award, and a Master of Science in Architectural Studies (SMArchS) in Design and Computation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has taught architectural design at MIT, California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Cal Poly Pomona.