Truman Pierson

Founder and product‑focused technical lead building clinical neurotech: Pierson co‑founded Theta Neurotech in 2022 and serves as CEO. The company is developing a wearable EEG earpiece/near‑invisible patch plus ML models to forecast seizures and is pursuing clinical trials and regulatory steps toward commercialization. thetaneurotech+2

Student‑athlete and early graduate who prioritized entrepreneurship: While at the University of Chicago Pierson played varsity baseball and was on the Dean's List; he graduated early to focus on Theta Neurotech full‑time, reflecting a pattern of shifting from collegiate athletics to startup leadership. uchicago+1

Technical background in software and machine learning informs product direction: Pierson’s public profiles list software and AI internships and early engineering roles; he describes his background as computer science–focused and leads the ML/software efforts for Theta’s seizure‑prediction algorithms. chicagomaroon+2

Connected to the startup & VC ecosystem: Pierson has participated in VC fellowship programs and fellowships (.406 Ventures), pitched in competitions (Epilepsy Foundation Shark Tank finalist) and received institutional startup support (Polsky/George Shultz Innovation Fund), indicating active engagement with investors and accelerators. epilepsy+2