

We are
Team Aescape
Founder and serial entrepreneur Eric Litman is joined by an exceptional leadership team sourced from NBA, Peloton, Tonal, Amazon, Accenture, Apple, Bird, Meta, and Intuitive Surgical - together we are building this category-defining business.

Leadership Team
Founder and serial entrepreneur Eric Litman is joined by an exceptional leadership team sourced from Accenture, Amazon, Apple, Bird, Intuitive Surgical, Meta, NBA, Peloton and Tonal.

Eric Litman
Founder and CEO

Alex Linde
SVP Product

Andrew Chao
Head of Supply Chain

Becca Valle
VP Marketing

Cynthia Patterson
Head of People
& Culture
25 years of experience building and shipping new technology and world-changing products. Led teams at Uber, eBay, Weather, and Yahoo!
25+ years building global supply chains. Owned manufacturing for Peloton, Tonal, and Pebble Tech
Experienced global marketing leader sitting at the center of sports, culture and technology. 17+ years with global brands: Meta, New York Knicks, Visa, American Express, IBM, Gillette
Longtime people champion in the tech space, from global startups to publicly traded companies
Deeply technical serial entrepreneur with 4 previous exits under his belt. Founded aescape to solve a personal pain point

Dan Burns
Head of Partnerships

David Azaria
SVP Engineering

Dylan Hurder
Head of Finance

Kathleen Lockhart
Head of Product Innovation
Leader in cultivating partnerships in technology, healthcare and athletics. Previously led global expansion at Bird scooters
Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience building high-performing teams at startups. Most recently SVP Software Engineering at Tonal
Experienced Startup Finance leader behind fast-growing startups, including Tonal and Uber
Biomedical engineer with a track record of driving product vision and strategic partnerships and launching new products, formerly at Penumbra

Matthew Austin
Director of Platform Engineering

Nick Akiona
Head of Robotics Software

Sam Bowen
VP Hardware Engineering
Expert in IoT and distributed systems. Previously a part of R&D at Accenture, designed and built cutting-edge connected devices, edge computing, and data platforms for clients in a variety of industries
Robotics expert and software architect with versatile industry expertise. Previous leader of robotics innovation for Accenture
One of the strongest hardware leaders in the industry. Led hardware for Amazon, FitBit, Tonal, and Peloton

Sandino Morales, PhD
Head of Perception

Sharmin Sadoughi
VP Strategic
Operations
Proven record of leading teams to solve complex problems, grow organizations and deliver transformative products. Ex FitBit, Tonal
Computer scientist and expert in image-based three-dimensional analysis and reconstruction and object detection and tracking. Ex Carbon Robotics, Terrabotics