Summary
Eli Krumholz is a PhD-trained R&D consultant and entrepreneur with 13+ years building and commercializing products that combine AI/ML, cloud systems, chatbots, IoT, multi-DOF robotic control, and wearable human interfaces. He has led cross-functional teams from prototype to market—most notably directing software and electronics for two generations of commercial upper-limb orthotic devices and managing an 8-patent portfolio—while cutting unit costs dramatically through rapid iteration. As a founder/CTO he has shipped scalable full-stack platforms and novel chatbot-driven media tools for crowdfunding and utility analytics, blending data visualization with pragmatic software architecture. Comfortable toggling between hands-on embedded firmware and cloud-backend design, he excels at turning complex research into user-tested products and has repeatedly accelerated validation cycles by building functional prototypes with real users. Based in the Twin Cities, he combines academic rigor in computational modeling with entrepreneurial product instincts and a knack for inventive mechanical and actuation solutions.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
University of Minnesota Twin Cities