Founder & CEO, Beyond Imagination

Harry ‘Doc’ Kloor is CEO and Co-Founder of Beyond Imagination – a company that aims to bring general purpose humanoid avatars to the world enabling near instantaneous transportation. He is an American scientist, inventor, film producer, director, writer, and entrepreneur. Kloor was the first (and still the only) person to be awarded two PhDs simultaneously in two distinct academic disciplines. He holds PhDs in Physics and Chemistry, both earned at Purdue University. Dr. Kloor is known for making science accessible to the public. He is also science consultant for NASA, National Security Agency, and fortune 500 companies. In 2016, Kloor returned to XPRIZE Foundation and conceptualized the Avatar X Prize. This prize was formally announced on March 12, 2018 at South by South West, sponsored by ANA with 22M commitment. Kloor is a film writer, director and producer. He has written for numerous Hollywood studios and various TV and film projects, including but not limited to Star Trek: Voyager, and Godzilla – the animated series.