Hanson Robotics

Meet the Team

David Hanson Ph.D.
CEO, Founder
Sophia
The Robot
Little Sophia
The Robot
Mengna Lei
Senior Animator and Interaction Designer
Vytas Krisciunas
Lead Software Engineer
Jovanka v. Wilsdorf
Musical Director, Artist Coach
KK Li
Senior QA Engineer
Nora Duanas
Lead Robotic Face Architect
Gerardo Morales
Senior Robotics Engineer
Gregory Kochan
Head Production Supervisor
Wenwei Huang
Managing NLP AI Developer
Doris Wong
Office Manager
Ivan Lee
Electronics Engineer
Manav Tidhan
IT Manager
Matthew Chavira
Business Development Manager
Sherene Rajaratnam
Consumer Robots Manager
Katherine Yeung
Director of Operations
Carolyn Ayers
Senior Personality Developer
Sarah Rose Siskind
Senior Content Developer
Amy Lee
Manufacturing Engineer
Kathleen Chernek
Director of Admin and Finance
Frank Chernek
EVP of Operations
Jessica Freeney
Robotics designer/fabricator
Doug Glen
Director