Meet Erick: CTO
Erick Curtis
Chief Technical Officer & Founding Member
1. Tell us a little about your background and what brought you to Eternal Legacy AI.
I’ve spent nearly three decades working in IT and technology. It’s rare for me to find a product I’m genuinely passionate about—most innovations tend to be incremental. For example, the illuminated Ethernet cables and switches from Unifi are excellent tools that make cable management and diagnostics easier. They’re great products, but still incremental in nature.
On the other hand, when the original Macintosh was released in 1984, it was truly revolutionary—nothing else did what it could do.
That’s the level of innovation I see in the Time Frame product and the other technologies we’re planning to release at Eternal Legacy AI. These aren’t just improvements—they’re transformative. I’m genuinely excited to be part of something this groundbreaking.
2. What do you love most about the work you do here?
Throughout my career, I’ve been a system administrator at two different universities, the owner of an IT consulting firm, an MDM administrator for a major religious organization, and a computer technician while putting myself through college.
What I love most is the opportunity to bring all that experience together and use it to help shape Eternal Legacy into something truly unique in the tech world. It’s rare to find a place where every part of your professional history becomes relevant, but that’s exactly what this is.
3. If you could ask Abraham Lincoln one question, what would it be?
Slavery was deeply embedded in the culture of your time—how did you rise above that?
4. Who is one person from history you’d love to have a conversation with—and why?
I’d love to meet Winston Churchill. I don’t drink, but I’d gladly raise a glass with him and ask how he found the strength to lead his country through its darkest hour. I believe that by learning from history—and from those who endured incredible trials—we gain the perspective and resilience to face our own darkest hours.
5. What does the word legacy mean to you?
Succinctly, it’s what you pass down to others. That could mean your children, society, or even humanity as a whole. We live in a hyper-connected world—but the real question is, what are we actually connected to? Hours spent scrolling social media won’t leave much behind.
Are we passing on art, history, a love for real music—who we are as a people? The historical figures I’ve mentioned knew they could change the world.
To quote Apple’s “Think Different” campaign: “Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
That’s what legacy means to me.
6. What’s a surprising skill, interest, or fun fact about you that others might not guess?
I’m an audiophile and own about a hundred records so far —ranging from ’80s and ’90s grunge and alternative, to classic country artists like Johnny Cash, and even classical masterpieces like Mozart’s Requiem.
I also own two unopened records from the 1970s—one from Led Zeppelin and one from Fleetwood Mac—each worth hundreds of dollars. There’s just something about the smell of a freshly opened vinyl record that’s magic to me, but I’ve never opened those particular copies.
