Jason Keats

Jason Keats has a wealth of experience in the technology industry. Jason began their career in 2008 as a Mechanical Design Consultant at Sparkfactor Design. In 2012, they were hand-selected by Jony Ive to join Apple as a Product Design Engineer, Special Projects, where they personally hand-made components for the famous 1 of 1 Leica M for (red) camera. Jason later became Head of iPad Architecture. In 2016, they were recruited by the founders of Essential and Playground Global to become Head of R&D, where they successfully drove new technologies and patents in manufacturing, display, and materials engineering. In 2020, they became Founder and Chief Hooligan at OSOM Products Inc.

Jason Keats graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2005 with a Bachelor's degree in Astrophysics.