Nicolaus Radford

Nicolaus Radford

Founder, President, & CEO
Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
BSEE 2000, MSECE 2012
 
Nicolaus Radford earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 2000 and 2012, respectively. He is the Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of Nauticus Robotics, Inc., (NASDAQ: KITT), which is on a mission to become the most impactful ocean robotics company through the deployment of autonomous maritime systems. Mr. Radford is also founder and principal of Jacobi Motors, LLC, and managing partner of Rad Capital Ventures.

Previously, Mr. Radford spent 14 years at NASA’s Johnson Space Center and led many robotics efforts focused on future spaceflight missions and experimentation on the International Space Station - including Valkyrie and Robonaut. He was principal investigator for NASA in DARPA’s advanced electric machine research for robotics. Mr. Radford led NASA’s efforts in exoskeleton research for the ISS crew exercise and mobility assistance and initially served as co-PI for NASA on DARPA’s Warrior Web program. During Mr. Radford’s tenure at NASA, he received NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal for notably outstanding leadership which affects technical or administrative programs of NASA.

Mr. Radford lives in Nassau Bay, Texas and is married to his beautiful wife Inna (also a successful entrepreneur), and has 3 children – Hannah, Christian, and Alexandra.