Tech Exec · Innovator · Entrepreneur

A tech exec, innovator and entrepreneur — book author with a passion to disrupt.

Twenty years inside groundbreaking innovation with Logitech, Qualcomm, Samsung, Faurecia, iRobot and Amazon AWS — and several startups.

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Frantz Lohier
Books

Two books — and a third on the way

The Tech Net and the Fishes Coming 2027

The trilogy's final volume — reflections on AI, humor, and staying in control of our destiny. A first look at the title page, hot off the manuscript.

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Title page — The Tech Net and the Fishes

The Tech Net and the Fishes Coming 2027

Reflections on AI, humor, and staying in control of our destiny — Volume III of “Tech is (not) a long quiet river”.

Part I — The most human of intelligences

The humor cliff · The science of a laugh · The funniest person who ever lived

Part II — Teaching machines to laugh

Learning to laugh, since 2006 · Annoying Is Caring: the founder’s tale · Inside the Levity Engine

Part III — The fishes and the net

The four pillars and the value of your laughter · Intuition versus reasoning · How not to lose control

Three dialogues with the machines

Claude and ChatGPT join the author on the page: “What is humor?” · “Explain the joke” · “Can AI fix humor — and should it?”
“Frantz is an engineer-philosopher — a builder and a thinker grappling with the enormous complexities we have created for ourselves.” — Emeritus Professor Edward Lee
Background

Twenty years at the front of innovation

Open-Innovation combined with Silicon Valley's venture model is a great catalyst for disruption. I've built and led product & technical teams across consumer electronics, IoT, medical, robotics and transportation — and I believe in cultural diversity, having worked across many countries.

Logitech Qualcomm Samsung Forvia (ex Faurecia) iRobot Amazon AWS + startups (as founder or co-founder)

Cum Laude Ph.D. · IEEE Senior Member · 20+ patents · a dozen publications

An M.S. in Robotics and the “Cum Laude” doctorate — signal processing & parallel-processor methodologies — both at Université Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris (now Sorbonne University). Read the thesis (French, PDF) →

Newsletter & Posts

Newsletter & Posts — staying on top of innovation

I like to stay on top of major innovative shifts — from tech, innovation and management perspectives — and share my experience and viewpoints. 47 issues published — 32 in 2024 and 10 in 2025 (per the 2024 recap, #37 and 2025 recap, #47), organised by topic:

AI · MLAutomotive / MobilityBlockchain & NFT CloudQuantum ComputingRobotics & Drones MultimediaMedTechMaterial Science LocalizationEnergySoftware Innovation Leadership · IP · Quality
Read the newsletter → See all posts → Subscribe on LinkedIn
Sample projects & awards

Sample projects & awards — selected work across two decades

“Being on the forefront of technology is risky but rewarding.” A sample of 20 years of work — research turned into commercialized, mass-produced products across consumer electronics, robotics, IoT, medical and automotive.

A career devoted to being first:

  • First megapixel USB webcam
  • First solid-state digital camcorder
  • First Android TV hardware
  • First integrated drone platform
  • First fully disposable endoscope
  • First smart “ad-skipping” car-audio system
See the project portfolio → Download PDF ↓
Contact

Get in touch

Open to conversations on technology, product, innovation and entrepreneurship.

frantz@lohier.com  ·  LinkedIn