Kyle Lobisser

Local speaker Kyle Lobisser is a mechanical engineer with 20 years of experience solving complex challenges in aerospace, consumer products, automotive, and agtech industries. Starting his career at Boeing, he developed an expertise in composite materials and the analysis tools used to more effectively design and manufacture using advanced materials. As a product design engineer at Apple, he was responsible for improving product reliability and reducing the environmental footprint of various products from iPads to watch straps. After co-founding RipeLocker, a startup that is using vacuum containers to ship perishable produce around the world, he began to focus full-time on CEDRUS and manufacturing the hydrofoil surf equipment entirely in-house on Bainbridge Island, WA.