Douglas Kirkpatrick is CEO at Eridan, a Silicon Valley hardware startup building the world's most efficient radios for 5G and beyond. Doug was formerly a VC and Chief Scientist at DARPA, where he led projects ranging from rapid DNA synthesis to realtime holographic displays. Prior to DARPA, Dr. Kirkpatrick was the VP of R&D for Fusion Lighting, a Maryland-based high-efficiency lighting startup, and prior to that a staff scientist and VP at SAIC.

Dr. Kirkpatrick received his BS degree (Physics & Mathematics) from the College of William and Mary (1980) and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1988 (Physics). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and has authored more than 30 journal articles and 60 US and international patents.