Todd Hylton
VP of Business Strategy @ Self-Employed
About
Dr. Todd Hylton is an entrepreneur, technologist, and now author of Surfing The Cut: The Uncomputable Nature of Things. In this work, Todd draws on decades of scientific research to challenge the machine-like view of reality, offering a fresh perspective that embraces uncertainty, emergence, and thermodynamic principles. With 35 years of experience in semiconductors, optical communications, data storage, robotics, defense, and academia, Todd brings a unique blend of technical, entrepreneurial, and philosophical thinking to his work. He has led complex technology initiatives across startups, government programs, and large industry R&D efforts. Specialties: Thermodynamic Computing | Complex Systems & Program Development | Startup Strategy | Thought Leadership | Writing for Emerging Technologies and Philosophy
United States
San Diego
Computer Software
Non-fiction Writer, Manuscript, Nanotechnology, R&D, Physics, Semiconductors, Materials Science, Program Management, Entrepreneurship, Thin Films, Strategy, Science, Research, Management, Leadership, Materials, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Business Development, Chemistry
Experience
Author
Surfing the Cut: The Uncomputable Nature of Things is a book that describes a philosophy of the world called thermodynamicalism and is centered on an idea called the Cut. This book begins with my experience at DARPA, where I worked to answer questions about intelligence and to build intelligent technologies, and ends with a description of thermodynamic computing.
Advisor and Board Member
Kato Medical Inc.
San Diego, California, United States
Advisor
Persperion Diagnostics Inc.
San Diego, California, United States
Advisor
Extropic
San Francisco Bay Area
VP of Business Strategy
Looq AI
San Diego, California, United States
Strategy development for Looq's hardware and software platform serving clients in infrastructure, architecture, engineering, construction, surveying, and facilities management with high-accuracy, easy-to-use, 3D digital twins.
Advisor
Ludwig Computing
San Francisco Bay Area
Translation Director, Institute for the Global Entrepreneur
UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
San Diego, California, United States
I help students make the transition from entrepreneurial concept to real world startup. I work with them to develop strategy, build teams, communicate ideas, raise funds, and leverage the many resources at UCSD.
Executive Director of the Contextual Robotics Institute
UC San Diego
Greater San Diego Area
Executive Director of the Contextual Robotics Institute focusing on industry partnerships and new program development. Professor of Practice in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the Jacobs School of Engineering focusing on intelligence for physical systems.
Executive Vice President
Brain Corp
San Diego, CA
Leads development of business and technical strategies at Brain Corporation, a startup company working to develop integrated hardware, software and learning systems for robots.
Program Manager
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Primary objective: Foster a revolution of understanding of intelligence and development of electronics technologies to build intelligent machines. Developed and managed a large portfolio of programs in neuromorphic computation, computer architecture, complex systems, foundations of intelligence, computational neuroscience, and small unmanned air vehicles including Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics (SyNAPSE) Physical Intelligence Biomimetic Computing Nano Air Vehicle Additional programs developed and managed in vision based navigation for small UAVs, small infrared cameras, printed electronics, oxide electron devices, open architecture manufacturing, portable medical diagnostics, atmospheric methane remediation and biologically self-decontaminating surfaces. $31M total funds managed in 2010
Education
Stanford University
Applied Physics
Dissertation: Electrical Transport and Defect Structures in YBa2Cu3Ox Thin Films
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physics
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