Robert Ritlop

Mr. Ritlop has a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, Canada, and an MBA from NYU’s Leonard N. Stern Business School, where he focused on entrepreneurship. He has been working with Dr. Samadani since October 2012 and developed the eye tracking software for binocular gaze analysis in conjunction with Dr. Samadani. In parallel, Mr. Ritlop has designed and delivered the hardware prototypes used at Bellevue Hospital NYC and other collaborating institutions such as CHOP in Philadelphia. Mr. Ritlop is a former aerospace engineer and has experience in algorithm development, project management and manufacturing consulting. He composed Oculogica’s application for the NYU Technology Venture Business Plan Competition and successfully led the team in winning the grand prize. He subsequently led Oculogica Inc to a $15K prize in the Innovate Health Tech NYC Competition and co-founded Oculogica Inc in August 2013. He is the principal investigator on a $250K grant from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) to investigate eye tracking for detection of elevated intracranial pressure. Mr. Ritlop is co-author on three abstracts and two submitted papers describing the use of eye tracking for clinical applications.