Rob Englert is the founder and principal designer of ram industrial design, a consultancy specializing in consumer products, user interactions and experiences. ram is focused on solving complex problems through critical thinking, design and technology. ram's solutions are research based with a strong emphasis on the end user.Rob Englert founded ram in 2005 as a vehicle to create products that make a difference in people's lives. Englert has designed everything from aircraft seating to cameras including consumer electronics, medical devices, housewares, environments, tools, packaging, experiences and user interfaces. Over his career he has created custom solutions and products for a wide range of clients including: Alcoa, Bose, Carrier, Chobani, Energizer, Honeywell, KitchenAid, Kodak, Maxi-Cosi, MINI, NASA, Procter & Gamble, RIDGID, Safety 1st, Swiss Army and Welch Allyn. Rob Englert is named on over 50 patents, and taught in the Industrial and Interaction Design Department at Syracuse University for over ten years. Rob Englert holds a BFA in Industrial Design from the Columbus College of Art & Design and an MFA in Industrial Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology where his thesis work focused on Localized Manufacturing and the Future of Products. Rob has guest lectured on design and technology at several colleges and universities including Hobart and William Smith's Colleges, Penn State, Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, Yale, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), University of Kentucky and the University of Oregon.Rob is also the Co-Founder of the Orange Vessel Company which is focused on providing high quality products for the craft beer industry. Built on the premise of localized manufacturing, their award winning signature products, slip cast stoneware beer growlers, are made in the USA.Rob Englert and Meyer Giordano partnered with Jay-Z and Roc Nation to form (sphere) in 2015. (sphere) is developing advanced AR/VR/MR hardware and software solutions for a wide range of applications. (sphere) invented the world’s first and only single-lens 360° full-spherical image capture solution. The patented real-time viewable system captures the entire omnidirectional field of view on a single frame, with no stitching or parallax errors using a single camera unlocking unprecedented opportunities for immersive experience creation, computer vision and telepresence.