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Marlene Hoeber

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Director Of Equipment Engineering at Twelve
📍 Emeryville, California, United States

Marlene Hoeber is the Director of Equipment Engineering at Twelve, where she leads the development of tools for carbon transformation. She has a background in designing and building laboratory equipment and holds a BA from Bard College. Her work focuses on applying engineering resources directly to research to accelerate innovation.

Outside of her engineering work, Marlene is a long-time queer, feminist, and sex-positive activist. She has served as Board President for the Center for Sex and Culture in San Francisco. Her personal interests include writing, photography, and community organizing, and she is also a mother.

She has been described as a self-professed "lefty activist and gun geek" and was involved in founding a local chapter of The Liberal Gun Club.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Director Of Equipment Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Emeryville, California, United States
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Equipment Engineering
As the Director of Equipment Engineering at Twelve, she is responsible for creating the hardware and tools necessary for the company's carbon transformation technology.
Prototype Development
Her career progression at Twelve from Senior Prototyping Engineer to Director and her belief in applying engineering to proof-of-concept work highlights this focus.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Director Of Equipment Engineering
Twelve
8-2025
Advisor to the Executive Director
Center for Sex and Culture
7-2022 - 11-2025
Senior Manager - Prototype Engineering
Twelve
11-2021 - 7-2022
Senior Prototyping Engineer
Twelve
8-2018 - 11-2021
Senior Engineer
Bolt Threads
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Education
1989 - 1993
BA
Bard College
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