Leadership team

Artem Sokolov

Founder

Global investor and entrepreneur. Successfully took over a family business and grew it to a $1B capitalization. Founder and General Partner of SKL.vc, a data-driven venture builder, creating the next generation of visionary startups.

Jarad Cannon

Chief Technology Officer

At Humanoid, Jarad shapes the technological vision and strategy while overseeing the development, execution, and rollout of advanced AI-powered humanoid robotics. With over 13 years of experience, he previously held key roles at iRobot and Brain Corp, specializing in mobile and consumer robotics, large-scale AMR deployments, and engineering leadership.

Dmitrii Rudnitckii

Co-CTO

With a diverse background in product companies across various industries, including robotics, manufacturing, telecom, and banking, Dmitrii is helping Humanoid build the foundation for the next generation of humanoid robots. Prior to joining Humanoid, Dmitrii built an Industry 4.0 electric vehicle factory from scratch at Arrival.

Sotirios Stasinopoulos

Chief Product Officer

Sotirios leads the development of humanoid robots for various applications, including industrial and labor automation. With over 15 years of experience, he previously worked at UBTECH Robotics, specializing in humanoids, wheeled robots, cloud robotics, and online platforms.

Thomas Shepherd

Chief Operation Officer

With over 15 years of experience, my expertise spans operational excellence, digital hardware design and manufacturing, technology management, and organizational governance. As the VP of Operational Excellence at Arrival’s AME division, Thomas led the team through formation, scaling, funding adjustments, program pivots, and daily operations.

Alina Kolpakova

Chief Strategy Officer

Alina has been working with Artem Sokolov for 11 years across various projects and companies, helping to initiate and scale successful business ideas. At Humanoid, she spends most of her time talking to prospective clients and field experts, and developing go-to-market and marketing strategies.

Natalia Zhoykina

Chief HR Officer

Bringing experience from previous roles at Soveren, Trucker Path, UbankSA, and Deutsche Bank, Natalia is developing all People 
processes (recruiting, HR, performance management, and more) at Humanoid.

Andrey Shelomentsev

Chief Business Development

Bringing over a decade of experience with leading automotive and deep-tech companies such as Arrival, Jaguar Land Rover, and WayRay, Andrew leads the introduction and adoption of humanoid robots through strategic partnerships, business development, and collaboration.

Operations

Engineering Team — Hardware

Todd Lewis

Head of Systems Engineering

ex-Agility Robotics

Hessam Maleki

Head of Locomanipulation

ex-Sanctuary AI

Devin Billings

Head of Core Platform

ex-Boston Dynamics

Samuel Perry

Robotics Engineer – Systems

ex-Dyson

Jeffrey Baskett

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

ex-Arrival

Alexandr Brad

Lead of Electrical Engineering

ex-Yandex

Nima Ebrahimzade

Staff Robotics Engineer – Sensors

ex-Dyson

Wilberth Solano

Senior Materials Engineer

ex-Arrival

Sandi Smole

Principal Mechatronics Engineer

ex-Arrival

Engineering Team — Software

Vladimir Ershov

Lead of Reasoning

ex-Clausematch, ex-Apple

Giulio Cerruti

Head of Control

ex-Dyson

Gleb Zarin

Lead of Locomotion

ex-Wayve, ex-Yandex

Atabak Nezhadfard

Senior Controls Engineer

ex-Dyson

Claudio Coppola

Senior Research Engineer AI/ML Manipulation

ex-Amazon

Andrey Belogolovy

Teleoperations Lead

ex-Intel

Alex Raymond

Head of SW/AI Infrastructure

ex-University of Cambridge

Claudiu Filip

Software Engineer

ex-Assist

Ezeddin Al Hakim

Lead of AI/ML, Dev Ops

ex-Samsung, ex-Vodafone

Daniel Machado

AI/ML OPS Engineer

ex-Hitachi, ex-SIXT

Mustafa Atakan

Senior DevOps Engineer

ex-bp, ex-Ocado

Product team

Jason Kline

Head of Design

ex-Arrival, ex-LG

Adam Kelsall

Lead Product Manager

ex-Ocado

Isaac Teece

Principal Designer

ex-Arrival

Angus Dick

Industrial Designer

ex-Arrival

Bernhard Hierner

Industrial Designer

ex-Arrival

Commercial, HR & Operations Team

Sunpreet Malhotra

Supply Chain Lead

ex-Ocado, ex-McLaren

Alejandro Pascual San Román

Robotic Lab Lead

ex-Scale A

Irina Shipilova

Executive Assistant to Artem Sokolov


Anna Kondratenko

Executive Assistant to CTO

Enrico Tebaldi

Business Architect

Anastasia Savelyeva

Business Capability Lead — Engineering

Julia Myshenkova

Talent Acquisition Manager

George Machitidze

Talent Acquisition Manager

Toluwase Abisola

IT Manager


Waldo Miguez 

Employee Experience Manager


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