Chris Harden

Children's Books:

Chris Harden is most well known as the cocreator of TROBO the Storytelling Robot, A Shark Tank hit from Season 7 that landed a deal on screen with Robert Herjavec. TROBO read stories about science and math to kids age 2 to 5.

Chris is a writer/illustrator and engineer and is bringing his passion for science and math to life yet again in the delightful new story, "Stanley & the Candy Cane Wormhole". In this story, we meet Stanley, Santa's new Delivery Guy, a shy little snow squirrel at the North Pole who triggers an experimental wormhole, sending gifts from Santa’s bag through space and time. After Stanley saves the lost items, Santa invites him & the Science Elves to use these wonky wormholes to help deliver gifts every year!

Chris spent an early side career in comics as a professional Inker, Penciller, and published a graphic novel called "The Fro". He studied film making at the 5th best ranked film school in the country, Florida State University.

Business Books:

Chris Harden is a people-focused leader, who enjoys scaling great organizations, discussing leadership topics, entrepreneurship, and life-long learning. He publishes books business such as "Mastering Commitment for Software Development Teams" and "Little Robot, Big Dreams", coauthored with Jeremy Scheinberg, which takes you on their rocket-ride startup journey with TROBO that toured from Startup Weekend through TROBO's appearance on Sharktank.

He has lead teams in startup, midsized, and Fortune 100 companies. He's lead teams for Coke, Ford, Amazon, Palm, and Electronic Arts (EA SPORTS). He's worked in theme parks, automotive, video game companies, mobile app development, and embedded development.

He is an Electrical Engineering from Auburn University and an Masters of Business Administration from the University of South Florida.