Conor Russomanno is an American entrepreneur, inventor, and public speaker, specializing in the development of advanced human-computer interfaces[citation needed].
He is the co-founder and CEO of OpenBCI,[1] a company dedicated to open source innovation of brain-computer interface technologies.
[2] In April 2023, Russomanno delivered a TED Talk that featured a spectacular assistive technology BCI and AR demonstration to help a friend living with severe motor disabilities, Christian Bayerlein, fly a drone over the audience.
After attending Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, he was recruited to Columbia to play NCAA college football.
After graduating from Parsons, he led two successful Kickstarter campaigns,[5][6] raising close to $500,000, allowing him to develop OpenBCI.