A 20-year career of firsts

From research to commercialized, mass-produced products — across consumer electronics, robotics, IoT, medical and automotive. A selection of milestones over the past two decades.

The timeline

1992

Nominated best young European programmer.

1995Indiana–Purdue Univ.

First 3D root-canal digital reconstruction & visualization via VR goggles.

1996

M.S. in Robotics — autonomous model car.

1999Ph.D. thesis

First fully digital video-surveillance system.

2004Logitech

First solid-state VGA digital video recorder.

2007Logitech

First single-chip megapixel USB 2.0 webcam.

2010

Haas MBA competition finalist; “Best of Google App” — first car-accident / human-fall detection app.

2011Logitech

First Google TV set-top box.

2012Intentionis

First multi-modal, context-aware, cross-mobile-platform IoT sensor SDK.

2015Qualcomm

First aerial-robotics / integrated drone platform (“Snapdragon Flight”).

2016

First truly portable / convenient health-record device.

2017Samsung

Autonomous-driving end-to-end vehicle platform.

2017AGOA

Airline Ground Operation Assistant — first AI companion for airline ground operations.

2017Reedcam Medical

3D reconstruction & cancer detection via the first fully disposable endoscope.

2020iF Design Award

iF Design Award for an intelligent automotive smart headrest.

2024AIC · myjokes.ai

Founded AIC — “Annoying Is Caring” in late 2024: a generative-AI humor platform that writes, ranks and crowd-votes original jokes, pairing large language models with real human feedback.