- Bapu Kiranagi arrives as StradVision’s Solutions Engineering Director
- Dean Beckman joins StradVision’s Sales Team as Account Director
StradVision is excited to welcome Bapu Kiranagi (Solutions Engineering Director) and Dean Beckman (Account Director) as new directors across the company’s respective solutions/process and sales/accounts teams. Kiranagi will help implement technology solutions that will streamline business processes and project planning between StradVision and its customers and stakeholders. Beckman will lead StradVision’s talented sales and account team that manages relationships and project management with various OEM and Tier-1 partners that are implementing the company’s SVNet software.
“I’ve paid close attention to StradVision’s global growth and recent milestones, and am incredibly excited to join such a talented team in support of their processes and ongoing projects alongside some very notable industry customers,” said Solutions Engineering Director, Bapu Kiranagi.
Added new Account Director Dean Beckman, “The world of AI, video perception, and autonomous driving have taken over the tech landscape in recent years – and StradVision has become a proven leader across all those arenas. I really look forward to working more with the team behind that innovation and helping grow StradVision’s business and relationships even further among the industry.”
Bapu Kiranagi joins StradVision with over 21+ years of experience in image processing, pattern recognition, computer vision, AI/ML, driver safety systems, automotive ADAS and interior sensing applications, autonomous vehicles, exterior near field applications, and much more. He is also a proven technology leader that has contributed 2 patents and 35 research publications for respected journals/conferences within many of these fields. His academic background includes a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Master of Science Technology by Research in Computer Science from the University of Mysore (Mysore, India), as well as a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronics from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE) in Mysore.
Dean Beckman brings over 30+ years of automotive experience to StradVision from across a wide range of disciplines, including sales (including ADAS sales), project management, engineering, purchasing, and a continual focus on customer satisfaction. His education background includes a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now Kettering University) and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Michigan.
Both new director appointments continue StradVision’s year of major workforce expansion (69.2% increase YoY) domestically in North America and globally, along with new strategic investors and partnerships and expanding international business overall. The company also recently completed its Series C funding of $88 million ($129 cumulative funding to date) while successfully completing proof-of-concept (PoC) and production projects that are working toward more mass production alongside global OEMs and Tier-1s. Furthermore, StradVision’s SVNet software has been selected for the second consecutive year as the ‘Best-in-Class Software for Perception Systems’ by the 2022 AutoSens Awards.
About StradVision
Founded in 2014, StradVision is an automotive industry pioneer in AI-based video perception technology for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). The company is accelerating the advent of fully autonomous vehicles by making ADAS features available at a fraction of the market cost compared with competitors. StradVision's SVNet is being deployed on various vehicle models in partnership with OEMs and powers ADAS & Autonomous Vehicles worldwide and is serviced by over 300 employees in Seoul, San Jose, Detroit, Tokyo, Shanghai, Friedrichshafen, and Dusseldorf. StradVision has been honored with the Gold Award at the 2021 and 2022 AutoSens Awards for Best-in-Class Software for Perception Systems, and the 2020 Autonomous Vehicle Technology ACES Award in Autonomy (Software Category). In addition, StradVision's software is certified to the ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management System and ISO 26262 for Automotive Functional Safety.