Eric Friedman: ‘I’ve always had trouble disconnecting from my work’

Eric Friedman, 39, is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fitbit Inc., a maker of wearable fitness monitors that can track and share user data.

I’ve always fancied myself as CTO of a small company. At some point, I wanted to do that and become a lawyer. I’m not quite sure how those two meshed, but at least within my computer interest, running a small company seemed like fun. Fitbit has gotten to be a little bit bigger than a small company, which has been an amazing experience. But the technology side is really what excites me, so I’m doing what I dreamed of and I’m very lucky in that regard.

Read full article: The Globe and Mail, November 14, 2016