Who is Sanford?

Sanford Dickert

Sanford Dickert (@sanford) is an adventurous product technologist with a passion for bringing new technology and business processes to the world. In his varied career, Sanford has held numerous senior positions in Product Development, Marketing, Technology and Engineering.
When describing Sanford, descriptions have included “Product-focused CTO”, “Product Expeditor” and “Marketing Technologist” – primarily working with Fortune 500 firms, leading venture funds and promising start-ups to take risks that normally are not comfortable with. His work helps teams better understand and execute on customer-focused solutions through the effective use of technology, performance metrics and product development/marketing techniques.
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In the Press

The Economist: Telepresence robots: Your alter ego on wheels
NPR: For Freelancers, Landing A Workspace Gets Harder
Betabeat: PeerIndex, Europe’s Answer to Klout, Talks Social Media’s Role in Credit Scores
BBC: Why great technology needs ‘artists’ to thrive
New York Times: The Boss Is Robotic, and Rolling Up Behind You
IEEE Online: How I Became a Texai Robot and Went Partying
CNNi: How Effectively Will Obama Use Technology? (video)
WIRED Mag: Obama’s Secret Weapons

Intro Demo of the Texai Remote Presence


From 2010, demonstrating the Beam’s precursor – the Texai.