Nathan Kundtz

CEO, Rendered.AI | Physicist in Residence, Tectonic

Nathan recently stepped down from his role as Kymeta’s CEO and is currently working with Duke University, Intellectual Ventures, Tectonic Ventures, and others to build and grow great companies. The technology behind Kymeta’s products was Nathan’s brainchild as a PhD student. He led the original technology development as Kymeta’s CTO before taking the reigns as CEO in 2014. As CEO Nathan led Kymeta’s transition from laboratory exploration into a product and services company – building a global supply chain to use excess liquid crystal display production capacity (and its $250B in global infrastructure) to make Kymeta’s ground breaking mTenna products. Nathan forged a partnership with the world’s largest satellite operator, Intelsat, to bring a Kymeta’s own service to market around the world. Dr. Kundtz has also been recognized by LinkedIn as one of the top 10 technology professionals under 40, and has been inducted into the Duke Graduate School’s Few-Glasson Society. He has authored or co-authored more than 40 patents and patent applications as well as over 30 peer reviewed publications; including award-winning doctoral research. Dr. Kundtz is currently an adjunct assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at Duke University, a member of the Duke University Graduate School Board of Visitors.