Event Materials

Technical Requirements

Here are high level technical requirements. Please email if you have any questions.

• Harper will use the show computer
• Clicker with go both back and forth and have direct control of the presentation
• Harper does not require a podium and prefers a clear stage
• A bottle of water on stage and in the backstage/green room area
• Harper prefers 16:9 aspect ratio for the presentation
• A hand-held microphone

Short Bio

Harper Reed is a technologist, entrepreneur, and team builder. As CTO of the Obama 2012 campaign, he brought the tech mentality to politics. He pioneered crowdsourcing at Threadless.com, founded Modest Inc (acquired by PayPal), and is CEO of 2389.ai. He lives in Chicago with his partner Hiromi and their poodle Lulu.

Long Bio

Harper Reed is a technologist that predicts the future for a living. He spends his life traveling around the world showing people the possibilities of tech and sharing his experiences to propel the greater good, all while raising the level of fun in the room.

Harper knows his incredible luck has led him to achieve many wonderful things. At PayPal, his roles as Head of Commerce and as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence allowed him to guide teams into the thrilling future of e-commerce. The technology he developed as co-founder at startup Modest Inc. had initially garnered the attention of PayPal, which led them to acquire Modest only a few years after launch.

Harper also believes the talent of a great bunch of humans can transform an organization like nothing else and he uses that belief to strengthen, deploy, and inspire every team he works with. Previously, Harper was CTO of the Obama 2012 campaign, where he was the first to bring the mentality and connective capabilities of tech to the political stage. He was also the CTO of Threadless.com, where he pioneered crowdsourcing and grew the company from a 12 person startup to a multi-million dollar enterprise. Harper is an MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow, sits on the advisory boards for IIT Computer Science and the Royal United Service Institute, and is on the Cornell College Board of Trustees.

Harper was most recently the CEO of General Galactic Corporation, a web3 company building software for the new internet. Galactic focused on creating rational crypto off-ramps for crypto workers and others who earn crypto. The company shut down in 2023.

In 2024, Harper founded 2389 Research Inc, a venture-backed AI company where he serves as CEO. 2389 Research is building multi-agent workflows that unlock new possibilities for intelligent automation.

You can find Harper hacking on personal projects and enjoying life in Chicago with his partner, Hiromi and their beautiful and bizarre poodle, Lulu.

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Bio available in Chinese, Japanese and other languages on request.

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Name and title

I prefer the following representations of my name and title:

• Harper Reed, Hacker and Entrepreneur
• Harper Reed, Hacker
• Harper Reed, Entrepreneur
• Harper Reed, Former CEO Galactic, Inc
• Harper Reed, Former CEO Modest, Inc
• Harper Reed, Former CTO Obama for America

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If you have any further questions, contact speaking@harperreed.com