Meet The Team
Simeon Pieterkosky
CVO/Founder
Visionary; Inventor with 20 years practical experience in robotics, animatronics, HRI, biomimicry, zoology & product design; Water filtration & climate change expert; Wi-Fi LEDs record holder, laser builder; Cape Town College;
Son of a farmer
Liane Thompson
CEO/Founder
3x global entrepreneur; Small & large team, quick growth & P&L skilled; PR/branding savvy; Int'l reporter & staff executive for The New York Times; MA Journalism & Public Affairs American University; BA Int'l Relations & German CSUC / Johannes Gutenberg Universität
Filipe Pinto
Senior Robotics Engineer
Autonomous robotics developer. Good problem solving skills and fond of a difficult challenge. MSc. Electrical and Computer Engineering, specialization in Automation and Robotics at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Nature lover, born & raised in the Portuguese countryside
Mohammad Asif, MBA
Financial Strategist
Certified Management Accountant, & Mechanical Engineer; CFO, Financial Analysis and Business Modeling; 15+ years experience in building and promoting global startups
Matteo Borri
Lead Hardware Engineer
Electrical & Computer Engineer, Developer. Autonomous Navigation Systems expert. NASA project incl. Mars Rover. 16 yrs building autonomous vehicles deployed on land, sea, air, underwater and space.
Mickie Senften French, MBA
Marketing & Sustainability Director
22+ years driving global growth & shifting brands to purpose-driven positioning. B2C, B2B, digital, advertising and PR agency roles. Leading business transformations, driving cost agenda & building new markets. Multi-lingual, leading teams of 3 to 300 in 40 countries including living and working in 10