Sanford Dickert - Who is Sanford?

Who is Sanford?

admin — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:21:50 +0000

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.

In the Press

admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:54:38 +0000

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

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:43:59 +0000

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

Growing NY startups through NY Entrepreneurship Week

admin — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:21:31 +0000

One of the efforts I am proud to be part of is the NY Entrepreneurship Week – supporting entrepreneurs in the NYC and tri-state area to come together and learn from each other.

After three events, I am pleased to be hosting the Friday event – handling the duties to bring the final day home. You can see video here for more details:

Feel free to join us on November 12, 2010 and sign up at www.nyew.org.

Texai and Big Bang Theory

admin — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:55:34 +0000

Six months after the first 25 Texai were built, a fury of interest came about culminating in press coverage in:

the NYTimes – The Boss Is Robotic, and Rolling Up Behind You
the XPrize Foundation – Sergey Brin gives his speech via a Texai
the IEEE Spectrum – How I Became a Texai Robot and Went Partying
the MIT Technology Review – Open-Source Robots Distributed
the Times UK – Robots bring telepresence to stay-at-home workers

Our crowning achievement was when the producers of The Big Bang Theory contacted us to borrow a Texai for an episode.

If not for the amazing work of the Texai team, this opportunity would have been missed. The Texai team deserves all the credit for an amazing effort.