Thomas Ryden

Thomas Ryden

Thomas Ryden is the Executive Director of MassRobotics, a non-profit organization whose mission is to support the robotics community and help grow the next generation of robotics, AI and connected device companies. MassRobotics runs the world’s largest independent robotics and IoT focused co-working space. 

Prior to joining MassRobotics, Mr. Ryden was the founder and CEO/COO of VGo Communications where he helped launch the VGo telepresence robot. Previously, Mr. Ryden was Director of Sales & Marketing for iRobot Corporation, overseeing the development of some of iRobot’s most successful products. Mr. Ryden serves on the Tufts University Computer Science Advisory Board, the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Robotics Engineering Advisory Board, the Mechatronics & Robotics Engineering (MRE) Education Advisory Board, serves as Board co-chair of the Global Robotics Cluster (GRC) and on the Robotics Technical Advisory Panel for ASME. He is an advisor to a number of robotics start-ups. Mr. Ryden has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Vermont and an MBA from Bentley University. 

Share this speaker
Share This Speaker
  • Organization
    MassRobotics
  • Profession
    Executive Director
Related sessions
Innovation Factory - Robotics
In person & onlineGOAL 9
20 February 2024
16:00 - 17:30
EST - New York
CST - Beijing
PST - Los Angeles
Applications open until 9 February  Artificial Intelligence (AI) paired with...
Discovery - AI and Robotics
OnlineGOAL 9
30 May 2023
16:00 - 17:30
EST - New York
CST - Beijing
PST - Los Angeles
After a year-long quest to find the most promising AI...