Tony Hong

Founder & CEO @ Strutt

About

With a PhD in Physics from UC Berkeley, I’ve built my career at the intersection of real-world science and product engineering. I’ve worked across academia and industry, from advancing sensing technologies at Honeywell, to leading optoelectronics development at DJI, to shaping future engineers as an Assistant Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology. That multidisciplinary path now informs my work as Founder and CEO of Strutt. At Strutt, we build purpose-driven personal mobility products that are smart, safe, and genuinely easy to use. We combine advanced sensing, intelligent assistance, and robust hardware design to solve practical mobility challenges for diverse users today. Our goal is simple, make technology feel human, useful, and dependable in everyday life. If you’re exploring the future of mobility, robotics, or human-centered products, I’d love to connect.

Country

Singapore

City

Singapore

Industry

Consumer Electronics

Skill

Experience

Founder & CEO

Strutt

2023-7 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

Strutt is a mission-driven smart mobility company building the world’s first Smart Everyday Vehicle (SEV). We combine advanced sensing, intelligent assistance, and robust hardware design to make personal mobility safer, easier, and more empowering in everyday life.

Assistant Professor

Southern University of Science and Technology

2019-10 - 2023-12 · 4 yrs 3 mos

A founding faculty member of the SDIM New Engineering Education (NEE) Program, devoted to preparing the next generation of engineers by cultivating their human-centered design thinking skills and equipping them through immersive, project-driven learning experiences.

R&D

DJI

2016-6 - 2019-10 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Optoelectronics R&D.

Senior Research Scientist

Honeywell

2014-12 - 2016-4 · 1 yr 5 mos

San Jose, California

Silicon Valley office, Advanced Development Center of Excellence (COE), specializing in innovative sensing technologies.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of California, Berkeley

2014-6 - 2014-12 · 7 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

A continuation of PhD research, with publications in prestigious journals, including Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Photonics, Physical Review Letters (PRL), and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).