Brad Short

Brad is an inventor, designer, and evangelist of the future generation of technologies and solutions that seamlessly capture and digitize the world, enhancing the creative process, simplifying human-computer interactions, reviving the human edge, helping to connect an increasingly busy, productive world. Brad specializes in 0-to-1 stage technology innovation and product incubation at the intersection of state-of-the-art imaging, sensing, AI, computer vision, and physical product design that tackle the hardest problems and provide life-changing improvements to quality-of-life and joyfulness.

As an HP Distinguished Technologist and Chief Product Experience Architect for the Immersive Computing Group, Brad has established a successful track record of technical contributions and product innovations spanning 32 years at HP, launching over 18 AiO Inkjet Copier products, inventing and launching Gen-1 and Gen-2 of the Sprout by hp immersive computer along with the unique HP Z 3D Camera.

Brad’s experience designing imaging systems and user interfaces inspired his development of a new product form factor to enhance the creative workflow and offer a more natural and seamless remote collaboration and visual communication experience. This work led to his invention of the interactive projection scanning technology built into Sprout. Sprout by hp is a novel dual-screen immersive computer that combines natural computing with 2D and 3D scanning, enabling unique Blended Reality experiences that bring out the creativity in everyone. By integrating camera-based WYSIWYG scanning of both 2D and 3D objects face-up directly into a horizontal projected UI, numerous steps are eliminated when working with digital and physical content, and the creative process is streamlined into a seamless productive workflow without the need to learn complex tools — enabling natural visual communication and remote collaboration where ideas need to go from thought to expression in an instant.

Brad is a Mechanical Engineer by trade, inventor, and intrapreneur with an extensive product portfolio and impressive track record for bringing products to market. Brad has been granted over 55 patents (including 10 design patents). Brad earned a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied & Engineering Physics from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.