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{{Infobox company
| name             = Spider9 Inc.
| logo             = Spider9 Company Logo.gif
| logo_size        = 200px
| type             = [[Private company|Private]] 
| foundation       = 2011
| location_country = [[United States]]
| founders          = Glynne Townsend, <br /><small>[[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]]</small> <br />Dave Park, <br /><small>[[Chief Operating Officer|COO]] </small> <br>Bill Beckman<br/><small>[[Chief Financial Officer|CFO]]</small> 
| location_city    = [[Northville, MI]]
| industry         = [[Environmental Technology]]
| products         =  Advanced control systems for batteries and solar fields
| num_employees   = 10-50 
| homepage        = [http://www.spider9.com/ www.spider9.com]
}}

'''Spider9 Inc.''' is an American [[environmental technologies]] company headquartered in [[Northville, MI]] which develops and manufactures advanced [[control systems]] for [[energy storage]] and [[solar fields]]. It was founded in 2011 by Glynne Townsend ([[A123 Systems]]),<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Townsend Company Team Profiles | url=http://www.thetownsendco.com/index_files/Page499.htm | date=July 2011 | accessdate=4 April 2012 | archive-date=8 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208092323/http://thetownsendco.com/index_files/Page499.htm | url-status=live }} {{Dead link|date=May 2023}}</ref> Dave Park (former Vice President of Production at Wave Crest Energy Systems), Dave Smith (former chairman of [[United States Council for Automotive Research|USABC]]), and Bill Beckman (former Vice President of Finance at [[Johnson Controls]]).<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Consolidating cultures and strategies: Turning five companies into one | url=http://www.plasticstoday.com/articles/consolidating-cultures-and-strategies-turning-five-companies-one | date=31 December 2010 | accessdate=4 April 2012 | archive-date=18 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018164032/https://www.plasticstoday.com/consolidating-cultures-and-strategies-turning-five-companies-one | url-status=live }}</ref>

Spider9 acquired control system technology from the [[University of Michigan]], Office of [[Technology Transfer]] and is developing the technology at their facilities at the Water Wheel Centre, in the historic [[Ford Valve Plant]].{{cn|date=May 2023}}

== History ==
Spider9 was founded on control system technology patents licensed from the University of Michigan Real-Time Computing Laboratory.<ref>{{cite journal| last=Regents of the University of Michigan|title=License Agreement|date=January 2012| volume=Files 4302, 4442, 4625}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author= | title= Cleantech start up spider9 launches from the University of Michigan | url= http://www.thebatteryshow.com/cleantech-start-up-spider9-launches-from-the-university-of-michigan | date= March 2012| accessdate=4 April 2012}}</ref> In the summer of 2011, the Spider9 leadership team brought the technology out of the Office of Technology Transfer, where it had been incubating. In July 2011, Spider9 pivoted the technology's business plan to target [[grid energy storage]] and solar field optimization rather than electric vehicles.<ref>{{cite web | author= Ann Arbor SPARK| title=Michigan Energy Forum: Advanced Energy Storage, October 25th in Novi, Michigan | url=http://snre.umich.edu/updates/2011-10-21/michigan_energy_forum_advanced_energy_storage_october_25th_in_novi_michigan | date=25 October 2011| accessdate=4 April 2012 }}</ref> On November 3, 2011, Spider9 received a Michigan [[Economic Development Corporation]] (MEDC) grant to install a solar field on the roof of the Water Wheel Centre in [[Northville, Michigan|Northville]], MI.{{cn|date=May 2023}}

== Technology ==
Spider9 systems are capable of reconfiguring the architecture of systems through in-house developed hardware and software algorithms. Using a Spider9 system, individual cells and panels are monitored and managed. The system architecture is dynamically reconfigured around the components to deliver a consistent voltage output, compensating for performance variances and failures.<ref>{{cite web| author= Tom Henderson| title= Spider9's technology helps customers keep the power flowing| url= http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20120304/SUB01/303049986/spider9s-technology-helps-customers-keep-the-power-flowing| date= 4 March 2012| accessdate= 4 April 2012| archive-date= 18 October 2022| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221018164033/https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20120304/SUB01/303049986/spider9s-technology-helps-customers-keep-the-power-flowing| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=  | title= U. Mich spinout Spider9 offering dynamic control systems for grid-scale batteries and solar arrays | url= http://www.greencarcongress.com/2012/03/u-mich-spinout-spider9-offering-dynamic-control-systems-for-grid-scale-batteries-and-solar-arrays.html | date= 20 March 2012 | accessdate= 4 April 2012 | archive-date= 11 April 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150411215215/http://www.greencarcongress.com/2012/03/u-mich-spinout-spider9-offering-dynamic-control-systems-for-grid-scale-batteries-and-solar-arrays.html | url-status= live }}</ref>

== Facilities ==
Spider9's facilities are equipped with a [[waterwheel]] designed by [[Albert Kahn (architect)]] which once provided constant, sustainable [[hydroelectric]] power to the facility.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Ford Valve Plant (Northville) | url=http://detroit1701.org/Ford%20Valve%20Plant.html | date=December 2006 | accessdate=4 April 2012 | archive-date=5 May 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505191835/http://www.detroit1701.org/Ford%20Valve%20Plant.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The waterwheel no longer fulfills the electricity needs of the building. Spider9 is designing a control system for an 85&nbsp;kW rooftop solar field with backup battery storage to supply the building with renewable power.{{cn|date=May 2023}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.spider9.com Spider9 Official Website]
* [http://kabru.eecs.umich.edu/ Real-Time Computing Laboratory]
* [http://www.michiganadvantage.org/About-MEDC/ Michigan Economic Development Corporation]

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