Persona is developing a versatile humanoid robot designed to meet the demanding needs of heavy industry. With a seasoned team and deep expertise in humanoid robotics for hazardous and extreme environments, Persona is uniquely positioned to lead the commercial deployment of these advanced machines.
Nicolaus Radford, CEO
• Founder & Former CEO of Nauticus Robotics (publicly listed)
• Founder & Former CEO of Jacobi Motors (exited)
• Founder Rad Capital Ventures with $50M AUM
• Raised more than $500M in investment capital
• Led NASA’s humanoid robotics group for 10 years
• Principal Investigator for NASA’s Valkyrie Humanoid
• Published several times on humanoid robotics
• Major contributor to 10+ humanoids
• BSEE, & MSEE from Purdue University
• DBA from University of Houston (2027)
• Awarded Outstanding Leadership Medal from NASA (2014)
• Awarded Outstanding Electrical Engineer from Purdue (2023)
• YPO Member
Dr. Jerry Pratt, CTO
• Former CTO of Figure AI
• Founder and Former CEO of Boardwalk Robotics
• Established and led IHMC Robotics from 2002-2022
• Team Lead in DARPA Robotics Challenge: 2nd place
• All time most influential paper award for IEEE Humanoids Conference
• Major contributor to 10+ humanoid robots
• MIT PhD and MS (Computer Science) and BS (Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering)
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