Automate Preview Series: Harnessing AI-Powered Machine Vision for Industrial Success

Prateek Sachdeva, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Invisible AI

Prior to founding Invisible AI, Prateek was the Head of Data Infrastructure at Luminar Technologies, where he developed the infrastructure necessary to support a fleet of self-driving cars and filed several patents in the process. He now uses his expertise to deploy state-of-the-art AI technology at leading manufacturing facilities, including Toyota Motor North America. Prateek graduated with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.

Michael Kleiner, VP of Edge AI Solutions, OnLogic

Michael Kleiner is the VP of Edge AI Solutions at OnLogic (www.onlogic.com). His mission is to bring OnLogic's history of providing innovative industrial computing hardware to the world of edge solutions and AI consulting, helping to best serve the company's growing list of customers in the edge AI deployment space. Michael joined OnLogic in 2015 to help lead the company's Engineering and Product Management teams. Prior to joining Onlogic, Michael worked for over a decade in the DRAM industry, starting out as a circuit design Engineer and later building and leading development teams at locations in the US, Germany, and China. Michael loves technology and is passionate about growing teams and building businesses.

Gareth Powell, Product Marketing Director, Prophesee

An industry veteran with more than 35 years of experience in semiconductors, specializing in CMOS imaging after the acquisition of VLSI Vision (early pioneers in CMOS sensing technology) by ST Micro as applications engineer, then later as technical marketing/business manager. Gareth joined (Teledyne-)e2v, in 2006 as strategic marketing manager appointed with the task of building a CMOS imaging business from the ground up targeting professional/industrial markets. In early 2022, Gareth joined Prophesee as Product Marketing Director to contribute to bringing to market their pioneering Event Based Sensing technology and products. After graduating with a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Swansea University in the mid-80s, Gareth relocated from the UK to France to join ST Micro in Grenoble and has remained there ever since with his wife and three children. Gareth is also passionate about music and is a performing musician and recording studio owner in spare time.