ARTISENSE ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN THE MANAGEMENT TEAM
Artisense Corporation (hereafter Artisense) announces that the company has restructured the management team including the appointment of Daiu Ko (Board Director of Artisense and Chief Operating Officer of Kudan Inc. (hereafter Kudan)) as a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in place of Andrej Kulikov, former CEO and founder of Artisense. Christoph Bonik was appointed as a new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Oleg Muratov as a new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
Prof. Dr. Daniel Cremers, Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and founder of Artisense is to maintain his current position and will continue to lead research and academic collaborations. By restructuring the management team, Artisense aims to further promote its growth from seed-stage to a commercially scalable business. Throughout the transition, the company’s operations, including all ongoing projects and partnerships remain the same.
Comment from Artisense CEO, Daiu Ko
“Representing the new management team, we sincerely appreciate Andrej’s significant contribution in establishing and growing the company. Under Andrej’s leadership, the company has built a world-class team in the field of autonomous driving and robotics and successfully launched a sophisticated vision-based positioning system (VINS) in the market. With a solid position in the market, the groundwork has been laid for the company to now take off. We are glad to take over the management of the company and excited to be part of and lead the company through the next stage of growth.”
Comment from Artisense CSO, Prof. Dr. Daniel Cremers
“Representing the board of directors and shareholders, I believe Andrej has done a great job leading the company to the current status. As we transition to a new phase of growth, we look forward to having Daiu Ko, an experienced manager in the industry, and trust that he will bring in the leadership to further accelerate Artisense's commercial success, working closely with Christoph Bonik and Oleg Muratov who lead business development and engineering of the company, respectively.”
Biography of the new management team
Daiu Ko (CEO): Daiu Ko is a Board Director of Artisense and COO of Kudan. At Kudan, Daiu has led the company’s growth to its IPO and investment/ M&A including Artisense. Daiu has over 10 years experience in the high tech and automotive industry, including engineering at Toyota, and consultancy at Mckinsey in many areas such as strategy, operations, and IT transformation projects.
Christoph Bonik (COO): Christoph Bonik is a Board Director and COO of Artisense. At Artisense, Christoph has supported the management team in fundraising before taking over responsibility for Business Development. Christoph has previously worked in strategy consulting and M&A, advising automotive and technology customers in Europe, the USA and Asia.
Oleg Muratov (CTO): Dr Oleg Muratov is CTO of Artisense. At Artisense, Oleg has been leading development of the core localization product. Previously Oleg has been working in SLAM area for over 7 years on applications ranging from AR/VR to autonomous vehicles.
About Artisense
Artisense is a computer vision and sensor fusion software company that develops an integrated localization platform using cameras as lead sensor for the automation of robots, vehicles and spatial intelligence applications. Artisense provides products and technology for highly accurate, robust and safe navigation or surveying in any space and with low-cost hardware. Artisense was founded in 2016 by Andrej Kulikov and Professor Daniel Cremers, a renowned authority in the research of computer vision and artificial intelligence, and leader of the computer vision research group at the Technical University of Munich, one of the world’s leading centers in its field. The Artisense Group is comprised of three global companies: its parent company headquartered in Silicon Valley in the United States, its German R&D center conducting research and development in cooperation with the Technical University of Munich and European OEM manufacturers, and its Japanese branch focusing on business development in Asia.