Robert Konrad
Research Engineer at Sesame
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Konrad is a research engineer and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience bridging academic optics and product-grade hardware to improve how people see physical and virtual worlds. He earned a PhD from Stanford developing near-eye displays that enable natural refocusing in VR/AR and has translated that expertise into founding Zinn Labs to build automatic refocusing reading glasses. Currently at Sesame, he continues to blend systems-level engineering, optics, and embedded software to solve real human vision problems. His background includes research internships at Oculus, Magic Leap, and Light, giving him rare depth across both prototype research and startup productization. Notably, he pairs rigorous academic training with hands-on GPU and embedded development experience, making him adept at taking complex optical concepts into manufacturable devices.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Saint John's High SchoolStanford Ignite Certificate Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Stanford Ignite Certificate Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessBachelor of Science (BSc) Minor in Robotics and Mechatronics Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Minor in Robotics and Mechatronics Electrical Engineering at University of TorontoDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
English, Polish, Spanish
Github Skills (20)
cuda8
steamvr8
pytorch7
inference7
sdk7
openvr7
transformer6
gpt6
amd6
llm6
hardware6
mlops5
llama5
llmops4
virtual-reality4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rkkonrad/stanford
Oct 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 2 pushes in 5 months
rkkonrad/ee368Project
May 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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