Kurtis Nishimura — Chief Technology Officer at Paradromics

About Kurtis Nishimura

Kurtis Nishimura is Chief Technology Officer at Paradromics. Location: Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States.

Skills

Physics
LaTeX
Programming

Additional experience

VP of Engineering
Paradromics
February 2023 – April 2025

Education

PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa
MS, San Francisco State University

Current role

Title: Chief Technology Officer
Company: Paradromics
Location: Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States
Started: April 2025

About Paradromics

ENABLING NEUROTECHNOLOGYParadromics builds brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies for seamless human-technology integration, designed to restore and enhance human capabilities. By capturing brain activity at the resolution of individual neurons, our high-data-rate platform creates a foundation for the most advanced BCI applications. With each new application, we will create human capabilities that transcend disabilities, and eventually, biology itself.THE MISSIONData-driven BCI-based technologies for brain healthOur technology will help millions with unmet medical needs suffering from paralysis and movement disorders to chronic pain, addiction, depression and other mental health conditions.ABOUTMatt Angle Ph.D. (CEO) founded Paradromics to build a high-data-rate BCI platform capable of addressing critical unmet clinical needs. With early funding from the NIH and DARPA, the company developed its core neurotechnology and, by 2019, shifted focus to its first product: the Connexus BCI. Connexus is designed to restore communication through text, synthesized speech, and computer control for people with severe motor impairments, including those caused by ALS, stroke, or spinal cord injury. Backed by two FDA Breakthrough Device Designations and a successful first-in-human recording in May 2025, Paradromics achieved its first human implantation of the Connexus BCI as part of the FDA-approved Connect-One study in June 2026, marking a major milestone toward delivering its first product to people living with severe motor impairment.

Industry: Biotechnology Research
Company size: 51-200
Website: paradromics.com

About Kurtis Nishimura

Skills

Additional experience

VP of Engineering

Education