# Todd Huffman

> Todd Huffman is an American technology entrepreneur and scientific organizer who co-founded 3Scan, the robotic imaging company that merged with Transcriptic to form Strateos in 2019. He also co-founded BIL and E11 Bio, helped establish E11’s laboratory before handing its CEO role to Andrew Payne, and is publicly listed as Head of Rapid Execution at Episteme.

- **Role:** Head of Rapid Execution at Episteme
- **Organizations:** Episteme, 3Scan, Strateos (through predecessor 3Scan), E11 Bio, BIL Conference, Synergy Strike Force, Sofcoast
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Neuroscience, California State University, Long Beach, M.S., Computational Biosciences, Arizona State University, Graduate Certificate, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Studies, Nanyang Technological University
- **Known for:** Co-founded robotic imaging company 3Scan and led it before its 2019 combination with Transcriptic., Co-founded the open, participant-organized BIL conference., Helped recruit E11 Bio’s scientific team and bring its laboratory into operation.

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Working with the technology that would underpin 3Scan, following collaboration with Bruce McCormick.
- **2007-2008** — Co-organized BIL; the first event took place in Monterey on March 1-2, 2008.
- **2009** — Participated in Camp Roberts technology exercises and prepared to deploy GeoChat for Afghan election exit-poll reporting.
- **2010** — Presented The Front Lines of Geek Imperialism at dorkbot San Francisco.
- **2011** — Co-founded 3Scan with Megan Klimen, Matthew Goodman, and Cody Daniel; served as CEO.
- **2019** — 3Scan and Transcriptic announced their combination as Strateos on June 3, with Mark Fischer-Colbrie as CEO.
- **2021** — Co-founded E11 Bio, established as a focused research organization.
- **2023** — Announced E11 Bio CEO handoff to Andrew Payne, remaining Senior Advisor and Co-founder.
- **2025** — Episteme event materials identified Huffman as Head of Rapid Execution.

## Achievements

- Co-founded robotic imaging company 3Scan and led it before its 2019 combination with Transcriptic.
- Co-founded the open, participant-organized BIL conference.
- Helped recruit E11 Bio’s scientific team and bring its laboratory into operation.
- Contributed to field communications and local internet projects in Afghanistan.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Episteme’s NeurIPS gathering listed Huffman as Head of Rapid Execution.
- **2023-02** — Publicly announced that Andrew Payne would become E11 Bio CEO and that he would remain a senior adviser and co-founder.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oddmachine
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/odd

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Last updated: 2026-10-24