
First he redesigned the material inside a helmet. Then he redesigned what a helmet could know. Anirudha Surabhi's career is a study in staying with one problem long enough for the technology - and the market - to catch up.

A personal loss sent the former financial analyst searching for a faster call for help. A decade later, POM Safe is moving upstream - from emergency response to the quieter work of spotting risk before a visit begins.
Robert Schiller is the CEO of Impairment Science, Inc., the Cambridge, Massachusetts company behind DRUID, a smartphone app that measures cognitive and motor impairment in under three minutes through four game-like tasks. A repeat startup operator who has taken two high-tech companies public, Schiller runs a business built on a simple idea: instead of testing what is in your blood, test how your brain and body are actually performing right now. Under his leadership, DRUID has grown from a viral consumer download into Druid Enterprise, a workplace-safety platform used to gauge readiness for duty across fleets, public-safety departments, and employers.