Meet the Team

David Hanson Ph.D.

Founder, Chairman, Chief Creative Officer

Jeanne Lim Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Sophia

The Robot

Amit Pandey, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer & Chief Science Officer

David Chen

CFO & Board Director

Ben Goerzel Ph.D.

Chief Science Advisor

Carolyn Ayers Ph.D.

Character Writing Manager

Han

The Robot

Desmond Germans Ph.D.

Senior Architect

Eddie Lee

Co-CFO

Ralf Mayet

AI Researcher

Wenwei Huang

Software Developer

Little Sophia

The Robot

Nora Duanas

Robot Developer

Jamie Diprose Ph.D.

Manager of Robotics AI

Lake Watkins

AI Researcher

Hank Gerba

Character Writer

Kristian Jozwik

Software Developer

Vytas Krisciunas

Technical Director, Being Sophia

Sanny Wong

Hardware Technician

Cyndy Sandor

Director, Corporate Marketing

Billy Grandy

Head of Consumer Sales & Marketing

Mengna Lei

Robot Animator

Kate Amery

Communications Manager

Stephane Leroy

Project Manager

Haley Moore

Character Writer

Kai Chan

Hardware QA Manager

Chamisa Edmo

Character Writer

Leonardo Buayaban

Mechanical Assembly Technician

Matthew Chavira

Business Development Manager

Mario Guzman

Robot Operator

Charlotte Poon

Event Coordinator

Gerardo Morales

Mechanical Engineer

Greg Kochan

Assistant Engineer

Audrey

Senior Robot Author

Joseph Watson

Robot Developer

Luisa Zhou

Robot Operations Manager

Brian Lau

Robot Operator

Amy Lee

Office Manager

Paul Bridges

Hardware Manager

Doug Glen

Chief Strategist

Doris Wong

Executive Assistant

Manav Tidhan

IT Manager

Giovanni Lion

Robot Operator

Folia Yu

Adminstrative Assistant

Ivan Lee

Electronics Engineer

Jessica Freeney

Robot Animator

KK Li

Senior QA Engineer

Sarah Siskind

Head Comedy Writer

Man Hin Leung

AI Researcher

Linas Vepstas

AI Scientist

Joseph Kang

Steve Aydt

Business Development Manager

Andres Suarez

Operator / Researcher

Robby Garner

Programmer

Tuan Chien, Ph.D.

Senior Applied Mathematician & Robotics Software Engineer

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