Dan Fritchman is the founder of San Francisco, Ca based HW21, an early-stage company with a mission to Enable Hardware for the 21st Century. Prior to founding HW21, Mr Fritchman spent the period from 2009-19 at Apple Inc, Cupertino, Ca, in a series of roles in silicon and hardware engineering. Mr Fritchman will join the University of California, Berkeley, USA in January 2020 as a candidate for the PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He holds a BS from Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, and an MS from Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Ca, USA.