Seth E. Hollar

Seth E. Hollar, Ph.D. is founding CTO of WISER Systems, Inc. A life-long innovator, Dr. Hollar developed one of the world’s smallest autonomous robots, co-invented the hardware platform for one of first distributed sensor network platforms (TinyOS), and has developed a variety of handheld mobile hardware solutions. Additionally, he has worked on attitude control systems for unmanned space exploration missions at Lockheed Martin, including the Mars Orbiter and Stardust platforms and was a Toshiba Fellow at their Research and Development Center in Kawasaki, Japan. He graduated from MIT with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley in 2003, specializing in micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS). Dr. Hollar has also served as Assistant Director of the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program at NC State University and coordinates the University’s autonomous vehicle program (ECO-PRT) which is guided by WISER Systems’ RRLT technology.