Summary
Eric Gradman is a senior technical director and serial founder who has spent 16 years turning physical-world inventions into productized experiences at the intersection of robotics, AR/VR, and interactive entertainment. As a hands-on CTO and R&D leader, he has led teams from prototype to business at companies like Two Bit Circus and now Red 6, while co-founding innovation studios Doppelgames and Syyn Labs. He blends deep engineering (MS in Computer Science) and fabrication skills with strategic leadership in operations and marketing, favoring rapid prototyping and creative problem-solving. His portfolio ranges from early self-driving vehicle work to autonomous robots, new out-of-home entertainment categories, and pragmatic home-focused designs featured on Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Known for inspiring high-performing teams, he uniquely pairs maker-level technical depth with the ability to commercialize experiential hardware-software products.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at University of Southern California