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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based Founder operating in the Wearables space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
James Park
CEO and Co-Founder of Fitbit
James is our Co-founder and has served as our Chairman since May 2015, as a member of our board of directors since March 2007, and as our President and CEO since September 2007. Previously, James served as a Director of Product Development at CNET Networks, as the President and a Co-founder of Wind-Up Labs, Inc. (an online photo-sharing company acquired by CNET Networks in April 2005). He was also CTO and Co-Founder of Epesi Technologies, Inc., a software company. James attended Harvard College where he studied Computer Science. He was selected to serve as a member of our board of directors due to the perspective and experience he brings as our Co-Founder, President, and CEO.
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About Fitbit: Fitbit offers compact, wireless, wearable sensors that track a person’s daily activities in order to promote a healthy lifestyle.
Eric Friedman
Co-Founder & CTO of Fitbit
Eric is our Co-Founder and has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2007, and most recently as our CTO. Previously, Eric served as an Engineer Manager at CNET Networks, as a Co-Founder of Wind-Up Labs, a founding engineer of Epesi Technologies, and a technical member of the Real-Time Collaboration Group at Microsoft Corporation. Eric holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Yale University. He was selected to serve as a member of our board of directors due to the perspective and experience he brings as our Co-Founder and CTO.
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About Fitbit: Fitbit offers compact, wireless, wearable sensors that track a person’s daily activities in order to promote a healthy lifestyle.
Brian Bloom
Co-Founder, CFO & COO of Monica+Andy
Brian Bloom is a Co-Founder, CFO & COO at Monica & Andy.
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About Monica+Andy: Monica+Andy is an operator of an online baby clothing shopping platform.
Monica Royer
Founder & CEO of Monica+Andy
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About Chief, Monica+Andy: Monica+Andy is an operator of an online baby clothing shopping platform.
Tory Burch
Founder, Designer & Executive Chairman, Tory Burch of Tory Burch
Tory Burch is CEO and designer of Tory Burch, an American lifestyle brand. The collection, known for color, print and eclectic details, includes ready-to-wear, shoes, handbags, accessories and beauty. Raised in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Tory graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in art history, then moved to New York to pursue a career in the fashion industry. She worked in public relations and marketing for some of the most influential American designers, including Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang and Narciso Rodriguez at Loewe. She launched Tory Burch in 2004 with a small boutique on Elizabeth Street in Manhattan, and since then the brand has grown into a global business with more than 120 freestanding stores, toryburch.com and a presence in more than 3,000 department and specialty stores. Tory Burch has been recognized with numerous awards, including the CFDA for Accessory Designer of the Year, Glamour’s Women of the Year, Forbes’s Most Powerful Women in the World and Vanity Fair’s International Best-Dressed List. A dedicated philanthropist, Tory launched the Tory Burch Foundation in 2009 to support the economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs and their families in the U.S. Through loans, mentorship and entrepreneurial education, the foundation invests in the success and sustainability of women-owned small businesses. In addition, Tory serves on the boards of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the Startup America Partnership and the Barnes Foundation. She is also an inaugural member of the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship. Tory lives in New York City with her three sons.
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About Tory Burch, Tory Burch Foundation: Tory Burch is an American lifestyle brand that embodies the personal style and sensibility of its CEO and designer, Tory Burch.
Ian Lopatin
Co-Founder and CEO of Spiritual Gangster
Ian Lopatin is a Co-Founder of Spiritual Gangster Holdings, Inc. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer.
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About Spiritual Gangster: Spiritual Gangster is yoga-inspired clothing for high vibration living.
Vanessa Lee
Co-Founder & Creative Director of Spiritual Gangster
Vanessa Lee is the Co-Founder & Creative Director of Spiritual Gangster Holdings.
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About Spiritual Gangster: Spiritual Gangster is yoga-inspired clothing for high vibration living.
Elana Fishman
Co-Founder & COO of Wyze Labs
Elana Fishman is COO of Wyze Labs.
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About Wyze Labs, Wyze Labs: Wyze Labs is a smart home device company that aims to make smart home tech accessible to everyone.
Daniel Perez
Co-Founder, CEO of Hinge Health
With a long personal history of MSK injuries including several leg surgeries, Dan has long been passionate about improving outcomes for musculoskeletal disorders. Originally from Miami, Dan pursued a PhD in the medical sciences at the University of Oxford (currently paused), founding the Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable and OneStart, a large healthcare accelerator program. As CEO, Dan brings startup technology experience and healthcare expertise to Hinge Health.
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About Hinge Health: Hinge Health is a patient-centered digital clinic for treating chronic musculoskeletal conditions.
Drew Perkins
Co-Founder and CEO of Mojo Vision
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About Mojo Vision: Mojo Vision is developing Mojo Lens, the world’s first AR smart contact lens with a built-in display that delivers Invisible Computing
Michael Wiemer
VP Eng / Co-Founder and CTO of Mojo Vision
Michael Wiemer is the Co-Founder and CTO at Mojo Vision.
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About Mojo Vision: Mojo Vision is developing Mojo Lens, the world’s first AR smart contact lens with a built-in display that delivers Invisible Computing
John Capodilupo
Co-Founder & CTO of WHOOP
John Capodilupo is a Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at WHOOP.
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About WHOOP: WHOOP is a performance optimization system that tracks athlete recovery, training, and sleeping hours to help boost performance.
Aurelian Nicolae
Co-Founder & Director of Mechanical Engineering of WHOOP
Aurelian Nicolae is a Co-Founder and Director of Mechanical Engineering at WHOOP.
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About WHOOP: WHOOP is a performance optimization system that tracks athlete recovery, training, and sleeping hours to help boost performance.
Will Ahmed
Founder & CEO of WHOOP
Will Ahmed is the Founder and CEO of WHOOP, which has developed next generation wearable technology for optimizing human performance and health. WHOOP members range from professional athletes and fortune 500 CEOs to fitness enthusiasts and executives to military personnel and healthcare workers. Ahmed has raised more than $200 million from top investors and has an active advisory board that consists of some of the world’s most notable cardiologists, technologists, marketers, and designers. Ahmed wrote “The Feedback Tool: Measuring Fitness, Intensity, and Recovery,” which sparked the underlying physiology and engineering for his work today. Ahmed was recently named to the 2021 Sports Business Journal 40 under 40 list as well as 2020 Fortune 40 Under 40 Healthcare list and previously named to Forbes 30 Under 30 and Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40. In 2020, WHOOP was named Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company for Wellness. Before founding WHOOP, Ahmed was named a 2011 Harvard College Scholar for finishing in the top 10% of his class and a CSA Scholar Athlete; he captained the Harvard Men’s Varsity Squash Team.
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About WHOOP: WHOOP is a performance optimization system that tracks athlete recovery, training, and sleeping hours to help boost performance.
Maria Artunduaga
Founder and CEO of Respira Labs
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About Respira Labs: Respira Labs is building an AI-powered sensor platform to track, predict, and prevent chronic lung disease.
Jonathan Tang
Founder of Vastrm
Tang is the founder of Vastrm.com, an apparel company solving the problem of fit. Vastrm was part of the Y-Combinator Summer 2012 batch. Prior to founding Vastrm. Tang was Managing Director of RedRooster Ventures, an seed investment and consulting firm that specialized in China based business opportunities. As Founder, President and CEO, Jonathan Tang helped build Salesnet to represent one of the top global enterprise software providers that was one of the three founding companies in the on-demand CRM market. At Salesnet Tang was responsible for helping to shape web CRM strategies for clients such as Microsoft, Staples, American Express, First Data, Sovereign Bank, Tellabs and many other enterprise companies. Salesnet was recognized on two occasions as one of the top 50 companies to work for in Massachusetts. Recently, Salesnet was acquired by RightNow Technologies, Inc. (RNOW). Balancing a successful business career with supporting the community, Tang is actively involved with charitable activities throughout the Boston area. He has offered his time and support to the Boston Living Center, Barbara McGinnis House, St. Mary’s Women and Childrens Center and Rosie’s Place. Tang currently sits on the board of directors for the Art of Living Foundation, one of the largest volunteer-based humanitarian NGO’s in the world that is active in over 150 countries. Tang’s influence on the industry and local business, as well as his contributions to the civic health of Greater Boston, was recently recognized by the Boston Business Journal (BBJ). The publication named Tang a 40 under 40 honoree, acknowledging 40 Greater Boston executives under 40 years of age. Tang earned his B.A. in International Relations and East Asian Studies from Tufts University and studied musical theory and practice at Berklee College of Music.
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About Pioneer Fund, Vastrm: Vastrm specializes in the fields of fashion, men’s, and wearables.
Nicholas Woodman
Owner, CEO & Founder of GoPro
While the eight-person staff of GoPro was enjoying the success of their first HD HERO camera in 2009, founder and CEO Nick Woodman realized one thing: to support his vision, he was going to need a bigger staff. But before Woodman could think bigger, he had to start out small. After receiving a degree in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego, Woodman founded an online promotions company, Fun Bug. In 2001, Woodman sold Fun Bug and took off surfing and traveling the world. The decision inspired more than the personal – Woodman’s passion for surfing sparked the idea to create the now-popular wearable and gear mountable camera and in 2002, Woodman founded GoPro. After years of research and planning, the company released its first product, the GoPro HERO, a 35mm film-based camera that was worn on the wrist. Made up of some of Woodman’s friends and family members, the early GoPro team established the company as a true innovator by continually iterating on the product, moving from a film-based camera to a digital still and video camera. A lifetime extreme sports enthusiast, Woodman was learning how to race cars when he was compelled to move the camera from his wrist to the top of his car. This simple idea led to an array of camera mounting devices – for everything from helmets to surfboards, and even dog collars.
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About GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Patrick Chandler
Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of FightCamp
Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer. Currently running the FightCamp marketing team, deep knowledge in Paid Social (Facebook, Instagram), Content Marketing (Youtube, SEO), Website Optimization (CRO), Email marketing, TV advertising and Influencer marketing. Also created the attribution modeling framework and the data analysis system we use. On the technical side, was previously Chief Data Scientist and have experience in Machine Learning, IMU sensors, kinematics / 3D motion tracking, startups and data science.
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About FightCamp: FightCamp provides on-demand boxing and HIIT workouts with motion trackers on wrists that track every punch thrown and every rep completed.
Alexandre Marcotte
Co-Founder and CTO of FightCamp
Mr. Marcotte graduated from Sherbrooke University with an Electrical Engineering degree with a major in microelectronics. While launching Hykso with Mr. Zahar, Mr. Marcotte lead his team to the international electric car competition Eco Shell Marathon in Texas, USA. Mr. Marcotte’s team broke the world record for the most economic electric prototype ever built and their car, E-Volve received much attention by the press.
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About FightCamp: FightCamp provides on-demand boxing and HIIT workouts with motion trackers on wrists that track every punch thrown and every rep completed.
Nathan Kondamuri
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Pair Eyewear
Nathan Kondamuri currently works as the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Pair Eyewear.
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About Pair Eyewear: Pair Eyewear is an eyewear brand designed and made specifically for children.
Sophia Edelstein
Co-Founder & CEO of Pair Eyewear
Sophia Edelstein is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pair Eyewear.
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About Pair Eyewear: Pair Eyewear is an eyewear brand designed and made specifically for children.
Uday Kumar
Founder, President, CEO, and Board Member of Element Science
Co-Founder & Board Member at Sympara Medical – Dr. Uday N. Kumar, a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist by training.
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About Element Science, Stanford University, Sympara Medical: Element Science is a medical device and digital health start-up that develops lifesaving wearable solutions.
Terry Anderton
Founder and CEO of WAGZ
Terry Anderton is the founder and CEO of Wagz and a lifelong dog owner. Terry has a long history of building disruptive and forward-thinking technology companies, including Gemr, a social commerce platform; Trunity, a cloud-based textbook company he took public in 2012; and NitroSecurity, a network security developer acquired by Intel in 2011. Terry has also served as a Senior Sales Executive for Cabletron Systems and McAfee. He started his career leading world wide sales and launching the game of Paintball for the inventor of the game.
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About WAGZ: Helping humans stay connected to their dogs through the world’s smartest dog collar.
Jonathon Perrelli
CEO & Co-Founder of LifeFuels
Jonathon’s newest project and startup is LifeFuels, a beverage technology company created with the goal of helping people feel their best, from the inside out. Jonathon and his team will be launching the world’s first portable beverage maker, which makes drinks on the go tailored to match your activity and lifestyle, in 2018. Inspiration for Fortify Ventures and Distilled Intelligence came from Jonathon’s 18 years as an entrepreneur and angel investor. As a native Washingtonian, Jonathon is a key player in the thriving startup technology ecosystem in our nation’s capital. He is dedicated to and passionate about startupland. Jonathon is a proud graduate of Virginia Tech and alumnus of UUNET.
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About LifeFuels, SecureForce: LifeFuels is changing the way consumers approach hydration and nutrition by empowering them to create personalized beverages on the go.
Rob Lawson-Shanks
CTO & Co-Founder of LifeFuels
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About LifeFuels: LifeFuels is changing the way consumers approach hydration and nutrition by empowering them to create personalized beverages on the go.
Jonathan Waldern
Founder & Chief Scientist of DigiLens
Optimistic technologist Jonathan Waldern received a PhD in Virtual Reality at Loughbrough University of Technology under the United Kingdom’s advanced computing initiative. His first company, Virtuality Inc., became a pioneer in virtual reality training and entertainment. After a successful IPO, Jon came to California and founded DigiLens, the leading waveguide optics platform. A named inventor on over 70 patents, Jon has also received three national small business awards for innovation, manufacturing and management.
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About DigiLens, Metamaterial Inc.: DigiLens is an innovator in holographic waveguide display technology for extended reality (XR).
Daniel Shen
Founder and Chief Clinical and Science Officer of Eargo
Daniel is a Founder and the Chief Clinical & Science Officer of Eargo. Brilliant, logical, curious, he’s our Mr. Spock, but way more fun at parties. Daniel is a lifelong entrepreneur who’s co-founded three medical device companies and holds numerous patents. Plus, he holds degrees from MIT and studied medicine at Stanford. He’s also an avid scuba diver and kite boarder, so we’re assuming he can swim. Leading our Clinical Research department, he’s ensuring that Eargo boldly goes where no hearing aid has gone before…we’re waiting for him to invent di-lithium crystals.
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About Eargo: Eargo makes direct-to-consumer hearing aids, allowing customers to access help for their hearing loss from their homes.
George Whitesides
Co-Founder of MC10
Whitesides joined Harvard’s Department of Chemistry in 1982 and served as department chairman from 1986 to 1989. From 1963 to 1982, he was a faculty member at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Whitesides held advisory positions on the National Research Council, National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and he is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and the American Philosophical Society, among other organizations. He has received dozens of honors, including the American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Pure Chemistry (1975), the Arthur C. Cope Award (1995), the DARPA Award for Significant Technical Achievement (1996), the National Medal of Science (1998), the Von Hippel Award (2000), the Kyoto Prize (2003), the Dan David Award (2005), the Welch Award (2005), the Priestley Award (2007), the American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (2007), the Prince of Asturias Foundation Award (2008), the Nanoscience Prize (2008), the Wheland Medal (2008) and the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry (2009). In addition to Aresenal Medical, George is a co-founder of a number of companies including Genzyme, GelTex, Theravance and 480 Biomedical. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1960 and a doctorate from the California Institute of Technology in 1964.
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About 480 Biomedical, GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Genzyme, Harvard University, Lyra Therapeutics, MC10, Soft Robotics, Theravance Biopharma: MC10 develops virtually invisible, conformal electronics that reshape rigid conventional electronics into thin flexible devices.
Jake Duneier
Founder & CEO of Purple Technologies
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About Clyde Duneier, Inc., Purple Technologies: Purple Technologies creates beautiful products that enhance the human experience.
Behrooz Abiri
CTO and Co-Founder of GuRu
A hardware hobbyist and International Physics Olympiad gold medalist – Behrooz has always been an avid inventor. He’s spent his life studying, learning, and exploring emerging technologies. His work at GuRu stems from a wish to share miraculous technology with the world at large. At GuRu, Behrooz is responsible for the ongoing development of core technology and system architecture. Under his leadership, GuRu’s millimeter-wave technology has been developed into an accessible consumer product. Before GuRu, Behrooz helped develop system design and architecture in Caltech’s Space Solar Power Initiative. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech.
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About GuRu: Enables safe, effective and customizable transmission of power over-the-air using proprietary mmWave and Smart RF Lensing technology
Florian Bohn
CEO & Co-Founder of GuRu
Florian has always felt compelled to understand the way the world works. His curiosity moved him to study Electrical Engineering at Caltech (B.S. Cum Laude), to receive an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC Santa Barbara, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech. At GuRu, Florian is thrilled to be building technology that will enrich people’s lives on a global scale. He is also proud to be building a community of passionate and like-minded engineers at the organization. As a co-founder and CEO at GuRu, Florian brings years of technology experience. At Axiom Microdevices, he helped define and implement high-frequency RF integrated circuits which have shipped more than 400 million units. At Agilent Laboratories (formerly HP Labs) he worked on clock and data recovery circuits as well as novel test and measurement systems. As a Caltech Lead Scientific Researcher, Florian guided engineering and operational aspects of implementing the microwave system at Caltech’s Space Solar Power Initiative.
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About GuRu: Enables safe, effective and customizable transmission of power over-the-air using proprietary mmWave and Smart RF Lensing technology
Yaacov Apelbaum
CTO and Founder of XRVision Pte. Ltd.
Yaacov Apelbaum is a CTO and Founder of XRVision.
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About XRVision Pte. Ltd.: AI-based Enterprise-grade Video Content Analytics (VCA) software
Robb Monkman
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of React Mobile
Robb Monkman is the Founder and CEO of React Mobile, Inc a leading provider of enterprise safety technology. A seasoned entrepreneur with experience launching multiple products, from idea to exit. Several years ago, Robb was the victim of an armed robbery and hostage situation that left a lasting impression on him. He soon learned that thousands of people every day were in situations where they desperately need help but couldn’t make a call. He made it his mission to solve this problem, founding React Mobile to create a simple yet powerful personal safety platform that today is transforming the way people call for help in emergencies. React Mobile is making tomorrow a safer place and already helping people all over the world.
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About React Mobile: React Mobile is a robust cloud based SaaS platform that provides enhanced safety solutions to protect employees of our enterprise customers.
Dhananja Jayalath
Founder of Athos
University of Waterloo graduate Dhananja (DJ) Jayalath honed his technical breadth from mechanical to electrical to software engineering as he finished his Electrical Engineering degree. After graduating in 2012 and turning down a lucrative position at Apple, DJ started work on a crazy idea he was already working on – that crazy idea is now called Athos! Like many tech pioneers of his generation, DJ started the development of Athos between classes. Because he couldn’t afford a pricey trainer and was frustrated with the hassle of current training technology, he sought to create a product that could quickly answer his all of his training questions. What began as a passion for making smarter better connected prosthetics turned into a revolutionary wearable EMG fitness technology. The research DJ collected for prosthetics innovations paired with his sewing and engineering skills crossed over perfectly as he sought to seamlessly integrate bulky EMG models, previously limited to Olympian and professional athletes, into affordable, weightless training apparel. DJ reengineered lab sized technology and condensed it to the size of a credit card and literally built it into interchangeable garments. Since co-founding Athos in the summer of 2012, DJ has been working on developing the product and driving the vision for a healthier lifestyle through technology.
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About Athos: The Athos mission is to help athletes train more effectively and reach their performance goals faster.
Chris Wiebe
CTO & Co-Founder of Athos
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About Athos: The Athos mission is to help athletes train more effectively and reach their performance goals faster.
Ari Roisman
Co-Founder & CEO of Wristcam
A Mechanical and Energy Engineer by training and passionate entrepreneur at heart, Ari has founded several profitable ventures in a variety of industries. Since founding in 2012, he served as CEO of Glide, the pioneering video messenger for smartphones and smartwatches that supports millions of users and billions of live video exchanges. In 2016, Ari teamed up with an early Apple Watch program manager to develop Wristcam, an ultra-compact Camera System made for Apple Watch. Ari holds a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, and was selected by MIT Technology Review as one of 35 global innovators under 35.
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About Wristcam, Wristcam: Computer Vision for Wearables
Matt Frischer
Co-Founder & CMO of Wristcam
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About Wristcam, Wristcam: Computer Vision for Wearables
Saikat Dey
CEO & Co Founder of Guardhat Technologies
Saikat Dey is a co-founder of Guardhat, Inc., a start up based in Detroit aiming to create an industrial IoT and wearables platform for workers in heavy manufacturing industries like steel, oil and gas and mining. Every year, over 4600 people lose their lives on the jobs in these industries due to unsafe work conditions. Guardhat, aims to change that by creating a wearable IIOT platform that provides real time situational awareness and connectivity to frontline workers in such industries. Previously, Saikat served as the CEO of Severstal NA, which was the fourth largest flat steelmaker in the US competing against the likes of Nucor, US Steel and Arcelor Mittal. Severstal is considered one of the best examples of heavy manufacturing revival in the United States, with flagship locations in Michigan and Mississippi. Saikat led the successful turnaround and divestiture of these assets in September 2014 to two of its rivals. He joined Severstal from McKinsey & Co. where he worked in the Global Energy and Materials practice. He is widely recognized as a global thought leader on investment strategies, commercial optimization and operational improvement within commodity industries, and has recently authored the book “Uncommoditized” which serves as a quick read on the DNA of successful players. He holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and an undergraduate degree in Mining Engineering from the National Institute of Technology in India.
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About Guardhat Technologies: Guardhat is a multi-product, feature-packed intelligent safety system that integrates cutting edge wearable technology.
Mikhail Zhavoronkov
CFO & Co-Founder of Guardhat Technologies
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About Guardhat Technologies: Guardhat is a multi-product, feature-packed intelligent safety system that integrates cutting edge wearable technology.
Wessam Sonbol
Co-Founder, CEO of Delve Health
CEO at Delve Health.
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About Delve Health: Market place for clinical literature reviews and publications.
Adam Sobol
Founder & CEO of CareBand
Adam Sobol is the founder and CEO of CareBand, Inc, a wearable technology company dedicated to seniors living with dementia. Adam has been developing web and mobile applications since he was 16. He is a creative innovator focused on social impact projects. In 2017, Adam was named to AARP’s 50+ Innovation Leaders for healthcare. Adam is also active on the Illinois Technology Association’s IoT Council focused in policy and cybersecurity. Adam earned an undergraduate degree in informatics and a graduate degree in information systems and cybersecurity, both from Indiana University. Based in Chicago, IL, Adam is an avid rower, tennis player, and cellist.
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About CareBand, IU Ventures: Wearable technology for seniors living with dementia
Anthony Dohrmann
Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Electronic Caregiver Inc.
Anthony Dohrmanns’ Electronic Caregiver Inc. is a leading health technology innovator, designing, marketing, and monitoring state-of-the-art home monitoring and health management systems including Addison Care, which leverages ambient augmented reality and leading-edge A.I. technologies. Electronic Caregiver Inc. is marked by integrity and the willingness to exceed expectations. ECG engineers smart technologies that radically change the quality of patient home care, family life, and beyond. It’s products drastically improve security outcomes and compel faster, affordable preventions and emergency interventions. The Electronic Caregiver message and the message of Anthony Dohrmann is one and the same; it is the message of active aging, aging well, and living life to the fullest while being completely protected.
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About Electronic Caregiver Inc., Safari Christian Business Alliance: Health and emergency systems for connected care, remote patient monitoring and health management leveraging leading-edge technologies.
Uli Becker
Co-Founder of Aegle Gear
Uli Becker is Co-Founder of Aegle Gear. Uli is a business executive and investor that supports new businesses that challenge conventions. He also brings 25 years of sporting goods experience to the table. Having worked for adidas, he served in many executive roles including CMO for adidas, as well CEO and President of Reebok, to name a few.
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About Aegle Gear: Healthcare Apparel built to perform and protect
Kuldeep Singh Rajput
Founder & CEO of Biofourmis
Kuldeep Singh Rajput is the CEO and Founder of Biofourmis, a fast-growing digital health company filled with committed, passionate people who care about augmenting personalized care and empowering people with complex chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives. Biofourmis is pioneering an entirely new category of digital health, by developing clinically-validated software-based therapeutics to provide better outcomes for patients, smarter engagement and tracking tools for clinicians, and cost-effective solutions for payers. Recognized as the “Forbes 30 Under 30”, Kuldeep has demonstrated strong leadership experience with building teams, developing talents, and successfully growing, and managing strategic partnerships with global pharmaceutical manufacturers, health systems and Payers. Under his leadership, Biofourmis has raised over US$45 Million in venture capital from leading Venture Capital firms including Sequoia Capital, MassMutual Ventures, Singapore Govt-linked EDBI, Aviva plc, and Mayo Clinic Ventures. He uses his background and experience in biomedical engineering and data from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to unfold his vision of “Predicting and Preventing Serious Medical Events using AI”. During his Ph.D. studies at the National University of Singapore (NUS), he built bioelectronic implants, which aim to control biological processes and treat diseases by modulating electric impulses. He believes in giving back and is part of the Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle (YLC), supporting the mission of providing people access to education and healthcare for stable economic growth. Kuldeep has been featured in major publications and has been a keynote speaker at numerous prestigious conferences like TED. Specialties: Entrepreneur, Fund Raising, Building Companies, Digital Therapeutics, Licensing, and Deal Structure, Healthcare Strategy, Digital Healthcare, Wearable Biosensors, Pharmaceuticals
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About Biofourmis: Biofourmis is a biotechnology company that augments personalized care and therapies using digital therapeutics.
Rohan Dixit
Founder and CEO of Lief Therapeutics
Founder at Lief Therapeutics. Formerly neuroimaging of meditation at Harvard-MIT-MGH Martinos Center, resting state neuroscience at Stanford Medical Center.
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About Lief Therapeutics: Lief is a discreet biosensing patch that measures your heart and breath.
Eric Sanchez
Co-Founder, CEO of Revl
Eric Sanchez is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Revl.
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About Revl: AI Powered Video Souvenirs as a Service. Full end to end solution for roller coasters, skydive drop zones, race tracks, and zip lines.
Bruce Pla
Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer of Revl
Bruce Pla is a Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer at Revl.
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About Revl: AI Powered Video Souvenirs as a Service. Full end to end solution for roller coasters, skydive drop zones, race tracks, and zip lines.
Nelson Vazquez
Co-Founder & CTO of Revl
Nelson Vazquez is a Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Revl.
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About Revl: AI Powered Video Souvenirs as a Service. Full end to end solution for roller coasters, skydive drop zones, race tracks, and zip lines.
Taylor Shupe
Co-Founder | CPO of Stance
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About BooSocki, Stance: Stance is a designer and manufacturer of socks for men, women, and kids.
Aaron Hennings
Co-Founder | VP Creative of Stance
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About Stance: Stance is a designer and manufacturer of socks for men, women, and kids.
Ryan Kingman
Co-Founder | CMO of Stance
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About Igloo, Stance: Stance is a designer and manufacturer of socks for men, women, and kids.
John Wilson
Co-Founder & CEO of Stance
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About Stance: Stance is a designer and manufacturer of socks for men, women, and kids.
Scott Hanson
Founder & CTO of Ambiq Micro
Scott Hanson is an expert in ultra-low energy and variation-tolerant circuits. He championed the development of Ambiq Micro’s SPOT Platform at the University of Michigan along with Ambiq Micro co-founders Dennis Sylvester and David Blaauw. Since Ambiq Micro’s inception, Scott has guided Ambiq Micro’s product development efforts and new technology development efforts. He speaks widely on energy-efficient circuits at trade-shows and conferences and has more than 30 publications and 7 patent filings on related topics. He received his Ph.D., Master’s, and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Michigan.
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About Ambiq Micro: Ambiq Micro is a semiconductor manufacturing company that develops mixed-signal solutions for wireless electronics.
David Blaauw
Co-Founder of Ambiq Micro
Professor at University of Michigan.
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About Ambiq Micro, University of Michigan: Ambiq Micro is a semiconductor manufacturing company that develops mixed-signal solutions for wireless electronics.
Dennis Sylvester
Founder of Ambiq Micro
Professor at University of Michigan & Founder at Ambiq Micro.
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About Ambiq Micro, CubeWorks, University of Michigan: Ambiq Micro is a semiconductor manufacturing company that develops mixed-signal solutions for wireless electronics.
Craig Cummings
Co-Founder & General Partner of Moonshots Capital
Craig Cummings is currently the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of RideScout, the “Kayak” of Ground Transportation. RideScout was acquired by Daimler (Mercedes-Benz) in September 2014. In his free time, Craig actively invests in technology start-ups through his company, Moonshots Capital, which he co-founded with Kelly Perdew. Since leaving the military in 2009, Craig has co-founded and served as COO of BTS (exit 2011) and co-founded APX Labs (NEA backed). Prior to transitioning to the private sector, Craig spent 17 years in the Army, most of that time as an Intelligence Officer serving in multiple National Security Agency (NSA) assignments and locations. In 2006-2007, Craig deployed to Afghanistan with the Joint Special Operations Command where he earned the Bronze Star. During his military career, Craig also served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point, NY. Craig graduated in the top 2% of his West Point class and later earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was the first-ever Truman Scholarship winner from a Service Academy, a U.S.-Italy Young Leader, a former Term Member with the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Board member for several of companies.
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About AgentHero, BTS Software Solutions, Moonshots Capital: Seed stage venture capital firm that invests in extraordinary leadership.
Kelly Perdew
Co-Founder & Managing General Partner of Moonshots Capital
Co-Founder & Managing General Partner at Moonshots Capital.
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About Moonshots Capital, TargetClose: Seed stage venture capital firm that invests in extraordinary leadership.
Ben Wolff
Executive Chairman, Director, Co-Founder of Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation
Benjamin Wolff serves as Executive Chairman, Director, and Co-Founder of Sarcos Robotics, a leading global robotics and sensor company which, until recently, was known as Raytheon Sarcos, a robotics group within the Raytheon Company. In this role since 2015, Wolff oversees the strategic direction of the company and engages with some the company’s strategic partners, customers and investors. Prior to joining Sarcos, Wolff served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman at Pendrell Corporation (NASDAQ: PCO) from 2009 to 2014. During his tenure, Wolff navigated a turnaround of the company by facilitating a resolution to a complex subsidiary bankruptcy, and creating more than $500 million in value for equity holders by eliminating more than $1.5 billion of consolidated debt. In 2003, Wolff co-founded Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR), where he served as a member of the board of directors as Executive Vice President, company President, Co-CEO, CEO, and finally as Co-Chairman, a position he held until March 2010. Wolff managed both strategic and operational aspects of the business, growing it from a five-employee company without revenue, to 3,500 employees and more than $1 billion in revenues. He was also responsible for taking the company public in 2007, raising $12.5 billion in equity and debt financing during his tenure. Clearwire was sold to Sprint in 2013 for more than $14 billion. From 2004 until 2011, Wolff served as the President of Eagle River Investments, the private equity and venture capital vehicle funded by Craig McCaw. Between 1994 and 2004, Wolff was an attorney with the national law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where he became a partner in 1998. His practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate finance, intellectual property licensing, and strategic alliance transactions. In 2003, he was named one of the nation’s “Top 45 Lawyers Under the Age of 45” by The American Lawyer. In 2008, Wolff served for two years on the board of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA). Prior to receiving the Wireless Industry Leadership Award by Wireless Week in 2009, he was the recipient of the Wireless Communications Industry Association Innovation Achievement Award in 2008. Wolff often speaks on issues affecting the wireless industry, including delivering keynote addresses at industry events such as the International CTIA Wireless Conference and International 4G World Conference. A past board member of the Woodland Park Zoo and Pacific Crest Outward Bound School, Wolff is a current member of the Board of Visitors of Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Before earning his law degree from Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon in 1994, Wolff earned his Bachelor of Science degree from California Polytechnic State University in 1991.
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About : Sarcos is a robotics company developing wearable and teleoperated industrial robotics that improve the safety & productivity of their users.
Fraser Smith
Chief Innovation Officer, Co-Founder of Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation
Dr. Fraser Smith serves as the President of Sarcos Robotics, where he oversees product development and manages company operations. He is also intimately involved in the engineering design aspects of all projects currently being undertaken by Sarcos, and continues to be a driving force in the generation of new intellectual property (IP). Since Dr. Smith began his time with Sarcos in 1988, his technical contributions have entailed leading numerous successful robotics programs, including the Bellagio Fountains project in Las Vegas (225 moving fountains), multiple force-reflecting tele-operated humanoid robots, and the development of 16 robotic dinosaurs currently installed at Universal Studios’ Jurassic Park-The Ride in California. Prior to joining Sarcos, Dr. Smith’s early work dealt with issues in fracture mechanics, damage tolerance, fatigue testing and design, failure analysis, life prediction, and component and material testing. Dr. Smith holds more than 50 patents with many more in process. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, and his Ph.D. from the University of Utah.
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About Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation: Sarcos is a robotics company developing wearable and teleoperated industrial robotics that improve the safety & productivity of their users.
Shaun Rahimi
Founder and CEO of ENSO
Shaun Rahimi is CEO and founder of Thimble Bioelectronics. An award-winning innovator that has worked on the design and development of over 40 different medical devices at start ups since he was 15 years old. He has also held R&D roles at Neuropace, Sadra Medical, Modified Polymer Components and Abbott Labs where he participated in the design and development of novel polymer-based products and manufacturing processes.
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About ENSO, Innovation Quest: ENSO is a wearable device shown in clinical trials to solve pain better than Vicodin
Nikhil Pooviah
Co-Founder of Elly
Nikhil Pooviah is the Co-Founder at Elly.
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About Elly: Elly is the world’s first empathetic audio companion for patients living with a chronic disease.
Simon Holland
Co-Founder of Elly
Simon Holland is the Co-Founder at Elly.
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About Elly, HotDoc: Elly is the world’s first empathetic audio companion for patients living with a chronic disease.
Ronen Lazar
Co-Founder & CEO of INTURN
Ronen Lazar is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of INTURN, a global B2B online software platform innovating the way brands and retailers buy and sell excess inventory. Lazar pioneered several other innovative technology solution systems prior to INTURN. In 2012, Lazar co-founded Social Giving Network, a back office solutions provider for the non-profit industry. In 2008, Lazar co-founded Charity Bids, a software platform which managed and operated branded non-profit auction campaigns on behalf of numerous athletes, celebrities, media companies, retailers and corporations. In 2003, he co-founded LuckyBillion Entertainment, a development company creating innovative programming for reality television. And in 1999, he co-founded two directory sites, SummerCamps.com for the summer camp industry and RetirementHomes.com for the senior care industry.
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About INTURN: INTURN is an enterprise solution providing custom solutions to efficiently convert slow-moving and excess inventory.
Charlie Ifrah
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of INTURN
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About INTURN: INTURN is an enterprise solution providing custom solutions to efficiently convert slow-moving and excess inventory.
ShivaKumar Chandrasekaran
Co-Founder & CTO of Dentulu
Founder and member of the Board of Directors for CA Infotech India Private Limited, has served as President and CEO since the division’s inception in 2005. Shiva is a proven leader whose entrepreneurial spirit has led him to successfully create and sustain high level of competition and market fluctuations. Currently Shiva is running successfully his operations in various IT enabled services around the globe. Dentulu being his new venture.
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About Dentulu: Dentulu is a provider of teledentistry and mobile dentistry technology solutions to existing non-profits around the world.
Arash Hakhamian
Co-Founder & CEO of Dentulu
Dr. Arash Hakhamian, known as “Dr. Arash”, is a widely recognized and respected doctor of dental surgery focusing his time and energy in teaching dentists advanced clinical procedures and providing life-changing dentistry to his patients locally and internationally. Dr. Arash also serves as a consultant and teacher to current dentists on how to improve the efficiency and standards of their practice to better serve their patients.
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About Dentulu: Dentulu is a provider of teledentistry and mobile dentistry technology solutions to existing non-profits around the world.
Sam Shames
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Embr Labs
Sam Shames is also a Forbes 30 Under 30 and led research at MIT that culminated in a $750K partnership with BMW. He holds a B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering from MIT.
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About Embr Labs: Embr Labs is a thermal wellness technology company that harnesses the body’s natural response to temperature to enhance human wellbeing.
Matthew Smith
Co-Founder of Embr Labs
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About Embr Labs: Embr Labs is a thermal wellness technology company that harnesses the body’s natural response to temperature to enhance human wellbeing.
Sean Petterson
CEO & Founder of StrongArm Tech
As CEO & Founder of StrongArm Technologies, Sean Petterson is responsible for the vision and direction for the company – dedicated to bettering the future for Industrial Athletes™. Keeping all Industrial Athletes proud, productive and protected. Recognized on Forbe’s 30 Under 30 list (’17) for Manufacturing and Industry, Petterson leads StrongArm with experience in hardware Startup financing, manufacturing, and go-to-market strategies. In addition to StrongArm, Petterson helped multiple hardware companies ranging from wearables to watercraft.
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About StrongArm Tech: StrongArm Tech is a safety science company that develops data collection, assessment, and safety solutions for the industrial worker.
Peter Li
CEO, Co-Founder of Atlas Wearables
Founder of Atlas Wearables.
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About Atlas Wearables: Atlas Wearables is a fitness-technology company that designs products to enrich the fitness experience both in and out of the gym.
Robin Han
Founder & CEO of Zepp
Han, an assistant professor at the University of Georgia, was a student at Peking University when the impact of the internet was first felt in broader society. But the vibrant discussions the internet initially spurred would prove too much for the ruling Communist Party which, over time, has become more sophisticated in reasserting control over information.
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About melo, Zepp: Zepp provides wearable sports technology products for baseball, golf, and tennis players.
Eric Dy
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Bloomlife
Eric is co-founder and CEO of Bloomlife, a digital health company designing the future of prenatal care with technology to improve the health of moms and babies. Eric brings a unique perspective on the needs, opportunities, and challenges in emerging healthcare technologies and delivery models informed by multi-disciplinary technical expertise gained through business development in consumer and medical markets. Prior to co-founding Bloomlife, Eric served as senior business development manager at IMEC leading sales and partnership activities in North America. In his 3 years leading sales activities in North America, Eric generated $25M+ in revenue from partnerships covering next gen sequencing, remote patient monitoring, hyper spectral imaging, and mixed signal chip design. Eric earned his BSc in Bioengineering from Cornell and his MSc and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UCLA. He is (co)-author of 14 scientific publication and 9 patents.
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About Bloomlife, Unreasonable: Women’s health company combining clinically validated wearables with data analytics to improve birth outcomes.
Julien Penders
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Bloomlife
Co-Founder & COO at Bloomlife.
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About Bloomlife: Women’s health company combining clinically validated wearables with data analytics to improve birth outcomes.
Soukaina Adnane
Founder & VP Communications & Branding of Onera
Soukaina Adnane is the Co-Founder and Vice President for Communications and Branding at Onera.
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About Onera: Onera advances sleep medicine by creating breakthrough diagnostic solutions that help people who struggle with sleep-related ailments.
Hartmut Schneider
Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Onera
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About Onera, Onera Health: Onera advances sleep medicine by creating breakthrough diagnostic solutions that help people who struggle with sleep-related ailments.
Hugo Mercier
Founder of Dreem
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About Dreem: Dreem is a neurotechnology company composed of sleep pioneers, a team of experts fascinated by science, technology and design.
Sabrina Kemeny
President, Co-Founder of Tap Systems
Sabrina Kemeny is a cofounder of TAP, a high tech start-up that is changing the way people interact with the electronic world. Dr. Kemeny co-invented the camera-on-a-chip technology which revolutionized digital imaging and is at the core of every cell phone camera, while working for Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Subsequently, she was cofounder and CEO of Photobit Corporation, the company that successfully commercialized the fledgling CMOS sensor technology. After managing several rounds of equity financing and negotiating many strategic alliances with players such as Kodak, Intel and Hitachi, she oversaw the acquisition of Photobit to Micron Technology, Inc. • BS, MS and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University o Received the Helena Rubinstein “Outstanding Women in Science” award • Member of the technical Staff at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory o Co-Inventor of the CMOS active pixel image sensor technology: the Camera-on-a-Chip that revolutionized digital imaging and is at the core of every cell phone camera today o The United States Space Foundation inducted her into the Space Technology Hall of Fame • Co-Founder and CEO of Photobit Corporation, the industry-leading supplier of CMOS image sensors that was acquired by Micron Technology, Inc o Negotiated exclusive license for the JPL patent portfolio o Negotiated strategic alliances with companies such as Intel, Kodak and Hitachi o Managed equity financing and oversaw the Micron exit. • Business advisor to several high tech start-ups in the Los Angeles area and an angel investor with Tech Coast Angels.
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About Tap Systems: Tap Systems is a developer of a wearable Bluetooth keyboard designed to help users type by tapping fingers on any surface.
Andy Chan
Co-Founder & CEO of Vigilant Technologies
Andy Chan With a background in electrical engineering, he invented a way to capture solar energy using a 3-D solar panel that won him an award from VIT. With his entrepreneurial spirit, Andy set out to change the world with VIT. Outside of work, Andy is an accomplished musician and muses about life.
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About Moss Generation, Vigilant Technologies: Redefining health in the workplace
Connor Young
Co-Founder & CTO of Vigilant Technologies
Connor Young As a software engineer, he has spent the past two summers developing software for companies working in the healthcare space. With a passion for software and health, his work has become the perfect blend of the two. When he’s not hard at work, he’s probably playing soccer or enjoying a good novel.
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About Vigilant Technologies: Redefining health in the workplace
Travis Lubinsky
Co-Founder of Flex Watches, Inc.
Travis is a highly accomplished and goal-oriented professional, with extensive years of experience in leading sales, developing business ideas, and promoting brands (including celebrities). He is well-versed in analyzing market trends and activities, prospecting, sourcing, and establishing strong relationships to drive revenue goals. He is adept at creating marketing plans, strategies and promotions to optimize business performance and expand territorial coverage. Travis is also an analytical problem solver, proactive team leader, and start-up specialist with success oriented in lead generation and pipeline management. He has a proven track record of delivering unequaled service in manufacturing and Retail Sales as well as utilizing cutting-edge solution selling techniques which produce higher sales revenue, secure market capture and generate large profit accounts. He has held over 50 licenses including the WWE, Anaheim Ducks and several notable organizations. Please visit www.travislubinsky.com for additional information.
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About Flex Watches, Inc.: Flex Watches creates watches inspired by living in the now and staying flexible throughout life.
Peter Colbert
Founder & CEO of INAMO
Started my career as a junior software engineer at Edward Lumley and Sons & then moved up to Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell. Had a long stint in sports management before founding Australia’s first online sports registration and ticketing portal, SportsDNA, in 2000. Unfortunately the dot com bust followed soon after and there was no funding available in the industry to continue. After a sabbatical, I founded Travellersxpress that went on to become one of Australia’s largest inbound working holiday companies. In 2010, Travellersxpress launched the industry’s first Visa Prepaid Travel Card in conjunction with Macquarie Bank. Having exited Travellersxpress and another sabbatical, I started The Card Group in 2013, which provided white label prepaid cards and reward solutions to sporting teams. I then went on to start INAMO and collaborated with Visa to pilot WaveShades (Pay-by-Sunglasses) at all 5 Fringe Music Festivals throughout Australia. Visa US demonstrated WaveShades at SXSW. Relocated to Santa Monica, California where we piloted the first contactless wearable in the U.S that resulted in us partnering with VISA. We’re now in stealth to prepare to launch in 2021.
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About INAMO, The Card Group Pty Ltd: INAMO’s video-messaging payment platform enables companies to reward their employees & clients while reinforcing their brand & core message.
Kyle Matthews
CTO & Co-Founder of Laicos, Inc.
COO & Co-Founder at Laicos.
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About Laicos, Inc.: A Tampa Based Startup Studio turning ideas into products into companies
Davide Vigano
Co-Founder & CEO of Sensoria
Davide Vigano’ is cofounder and CEO of Sensoria Inc. Sensoria design, develop and produce bio-sensing wearable devices that improve people’s lives. Davide is a former Microsoft Executive with over 25 years of sales, marketing and extensive product management experience. Joined the Mac Works, Mac Office teams in 1987 and more recently served as General Manager of the Health Solutions Group where he was in charge of marketing and product strategy for both HealthVault and the Amalga product line. He acted as Vice President of the Worldwide SMSP Medium Business division which he grew 18% YOY to over $14B. Davide brought the Italian Microsoft Business and Enterprise operations to number one in the world for contribution margin, $1B in revenues, 6th largest subsidiary overall.
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About Sensoria, Sensoria Health: Sensoria designs, develops, and produces body-sensing wearable devices.
Scott Novich
Co-Founder & CTO of Neosensory
Scott Novich is the Co-Founder & CTO at Neosensory, Inc.
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About DEF CON, Neosensory: Neosensory gives people new senses via haptic feedback.
David Eagleman
Founder/CEO of Neosensory
Eagleman is a neuroscientist, an adjunct professor at Stanford, and a Guggenheim Fellow, with first-author scientific publications in journals from Science to Nature. Eagleman has spun two successful companies out of his laboratory: NeoSensory and BrainCheck. He is an internationally bestselling author about the brain, with his books translated into 32 languages. He is also the author and creator of the Emmy-nominated international television series, “The Brain with David Eagleman”. He writes for the New York Times, Discover, Slate, Wall Street Journal, and many other venues.
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About BrainCheck, Neosensory: Neosensory gives people new senses via haptic feedback.
Sanjay Jhawar
Co-Founder and President of RealWear
Sanjay Jhawar is Co-founder, President and Chief Product Officer at RealWear – makers of the world’s first head-mounted tablet computer – a wearable that completely frees the hands of industrial workers. Known as a strategist, innovator and leader for over 25 years, Sanjay has a deep product background in mobile devices including smartphones and wearables, mobile SaaS cloud services, client apps, accessories and core network infrastructure.
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About RealWear, St. Paul Venture Capital: RealWear develops a small screen tablet to be worn with an industrial helmet for workers in the field, factory, or warehouse.
Andy Lowery
Co-Founder of RealWear
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About RealWear: RealWear develops a small screen tablet to be worn with an industrial helmet for workers in the field, factory, or warehouse.
Nathan Ramasarma
Founder & CEO of formsense
Tech. entrepreneur & storyteller.
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About ArcSecond, Inc., formsense: formsense reduces injuries, maximizes performance and accelerates recovery for professional sports teams and their athletes.
Nersi Nazari
Executive Chairman & Founder of VitalConnect
Nersi Nazari is the founder of Pacific General Ventures, an early stage fund, which invests in semiconductor and software companies. Before Pacific General, Nazari was vice president of Signal Processing Technology at Marvell Semiconductor Inc., where his responsibilities included the development of storage and communications products. At Marvell he was directly responsible for the architecture of advanced read channels, Giga bit Ethernet physical layer devices, as well as WLAN products. Additionally, he established the system-on-chip (SOC) family of products for the storage market, the highest revenue family of products at Marvell. From 1994 to 1997, Nazari was chief technologist at GEC Plessey Semiconductor. Before that, he was an engineer at Seagate Technology and Digital Equipment Corp. He holds eight patents. He has a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado.
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About Pacific General Ventures, VitalConnect: VitalConnect is a wearable biosensor technology for wireless hospital and remote patient monitoring.
Dragan Petrovic
Co-Founder of nura
Dragan Petrovic is the Co-Founder at Nura.
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About nura: nura, powered and operated by Nuraloop, is a manufacturing company that delivers perfect sound to every individual.
Luke Campbell
Co-Founder & CTO of nura
Luke Campbell is a co-founder of nura. He is a trainee ENT surgeon currently completing a PhD in the field of objective hearing tests and cochlear implants. Luke loves ears and everything about them and spends most of his time trying to understand them better. He is passionate about getting the latest developments in science into devices the can help people and pushing the technological envelope to help people get the most out of their sense of sound.
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About nura: nura, powered and operated by Nuraloop, is a manufacturing company that delivers perfect sound to every individual.
Franklin Lyons
Founder of Merge Labs
Franklin Lyons is the founder of Merge VR, a startup focused on making mobile virtual reality and immersive entertainment accessible to everyone. An expert in augmented and virtual reality, UX and design, Franklin developed dozens of proprietary patents for Merge. In addition to leading the visionary direction of the company, he oversees product and technology development, leading a talented team of developers, designers and engineers to bring the Merge system to market. An entrepreneur and maker with a career built upon art, technology, and startups, Franklin has over a decade of experience working in design, programming, web, and software development. He’s produced high-end branding, packaging, and interactive media for a variety of companies over the years. His background also includes web development, 2d and 3d animation, video production, and game design. As a former indie developer, Franklin built a successful educational gaming company with apps across multiple platforms. And, he’s inspired a new generation of tech entrepreneurs by giving his children a dollar for every bug they could find in his games. When he’s not being such a geek, Franklin likes to roast marshmallows with his wife and two children around a campfire in the Texas Hill Country.
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About Merge Labs: Hands on AR/VR learning for every student
Ellie Gordon
Founder, CEO and Designer of Behaivior
For more than 12 years, Ellie Gordon’s work has primarily focused on improving people’s lives through technology. She is a health information technology entrepreneur and user interface and user experience designer with a strong passion for science and medicine and for enacting positive change wherever and whenever possible. She has successfully created, organized, led, and managed teams for everything from hackathons and codefests, to other science based startups and initiatives, to community development and research projects. She did a TEDx Pittsburgh talk as a behavioral technologist speaking about the design elements of what her startup Behaivior is achieving.
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About Behaivior: Behaivior is a digital therapeutics company that uses behavioral health technology & wearables for relapse & overdose prevention.
Meridith Unger
Founder & CEO of Nix
Meridith is the founder and CEO at Nix. Meridith is a college basketball player-turned-runner, and has run seven marathons on her way to completing all the world majors. Before founding Nix, she helped launch six life science startups with several venture capital and venture creation firms. Meridith received her A.B. from Bryn Mawr College where she received the Anna Pell Wheeler Prize for Mathematics, and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She is a Kauffman Fellow as well as a Harvard Business School Blavatnik Fellow.
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About Nix: Nix is a consumer diagnostic company that develops a sweat-based biometric sensor to monitor hydration levels for athletes.
David Zakariaie
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Senseye
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About Civil Air Patrol, Senseye: Senseye is a Neurotechnology company
Aneela Idnani Kumar
Co Founder of HabitAware
Aneela is the inspiration for HabitAware. She is a mobile app designer and has produced award-winning interactive advertising campaigns. Aneela has had trich for 20+ years and is excited to help others like her.
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About HabitAware: HabitAware is a wearable device that helps people struggling with Trichotillomania and other body-focused repetitive behaviors.
Jill Layfield
Co-Founder and CEO of Tamara Mellon
Jill Layfield is Co-Founder and CEO at Tamara Mellon Brand.
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About Tamara Mellon: Tamara Mellon offers apparel and accessories for women.
William Goethals
CoFounder, Electrical Engineer and Head of Manufacturing at Waverly Labs of Waverly Labs
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About Waverly Labs: Waverly Labs specializes in real-time translation through a pair of Bluetooth earbuds.
Brian Ballard
CEO and Co-Founder of Upskill
Brian Ballard passion is pioneering new technology developments and catalyzing the evolution of mobile paradigms. As the CEO and Co-Founder of APX Labs, Brian uses his background in national intelligence systems and computer engineering to position APX Labs as a competitive business in mobile application and wearable computing development for military and industrial markets. He previously served as the Chief Technology Officer of Mav6, where he was involved in the development of emerging networking technologies and embedded systems for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance applications in government and the military intelligence. Brian spent more than a decade working as a field operations officer and engineer and for the National Security Agency where he developed cutting edge solutions for the intelligence community. In support of technology policy and decision making, Brian served on the Technology Insight-Gauge, Evaluate, Review (TIGER) committee of the National Academy of Sciences, focusing on modeling and simulation and the impacts of technology decisions on national policy. Brian holds an M.S. and B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a MBA and Masters of Technology Management from the University of Maryland.
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About Upskill: Upskill provides wearable technology to connect hands-on workers from the factory to the warehouse to the jobsite.
Lauren Foundos
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FORTË
Founder & CEO at FORTË
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About FORTË: FORTË has developed the fitness industry’s only premium live and on-demand, end-to-end digital solution branded and integrated for gyms.
Randal Erman
Founder and CTO of Focal Wellness
Randal Erman is the founder and CTO of Focal Wellness, a startup that focuses on creating a solution to prevent and recover from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. His career began as a software engineer, and eventually became the Director of Product Marketing for ecoATM. Randal graduated with a B.S. from California State University San Marcos.
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About Focal Wellness: Focal Wellness focuses on creating a solution to prevent and recover from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
