The Minds Behind the Industrial AI
Korial brings together over 100 engineers, product specialists, and researchers across 42 nationalities, including 11 PhDs focused on robotics, AI, and industrial systems.
Our leadership team combines deep academic roots in artificial intelligence with decades of experience building and scaling complex technology platforms.
They have led work recognised by the IEEE RAS Industrial Activities Board Award (2023) and now design the enterprise AI platform that lets operators on five continents decouple critical infrastructure from human constraints and move toward a truly autonomous operations.
A serial entrepreneur with two decades of building and scaling global technology businesses, Marc leads the company’s vision to commercialize autonomous inspection and operations platforms that keep people out of harm’s way.
With a PhD in robotics from TU Darmstadt, Dorian leads web and mobile interfaces, cloud‑based software, and IT security, shaping the product that delivers autonomous industrial operations and inspections at scale.
As a leading robotics and AI expert behind Hector SLAM, widely used for SLAM in research and industry, Stefan has led teams in the ARGOS Challenge, DARPA Robotics Challenge, and RoboCup Rescue.
With a PhD in robotics from TU Darmstadt, Alberto leads software and hardware qualification, Robot DevOps, and autonomous robot behaviors, ensuring Korial’s solutions are reliable, deployable, and robust in demanding industrial environments.
Bringing more than 25 years of experience leading go‑to‑market teams across high‑growth SaaS and technology companies, Andy focuses on building and scaling commercial teams that deliver consistent, long‑term revenue growth.
Bringing extensive experience in building and scaling finance organisations within high-growth technology companies, Steffen leads Finance at Korial, combining financial discipline with the opportunities of AI-driven automation to position the company for sustainable growth.
An HR leader with a proven track record in scaling international teams, Sarah focuses on people analytics, employee wellbeing, organizational culture, and the processes that help Korial grow sustainably.
With a background in industrial technology and product leadership, Mirko leads Korial's product strategy, roadmap, and delivery, building the platform that connects autonomous robotics, operational data, and AI-driven insights across the industrial value chain.
Bringing more than a decade of experience in technical support, operations, and the energy sector, Aïcha leads Customer Support and Operations, building the processes, systems, and teams that deliver effective support and consistent operational services at scale.
With 17 years of experience across the oil & gas and industrial sectors, Sue-Ann leads Customer Success at Korial, helping customers realize the full value of automation in real-world environments and ensuring their needs shape the company's solutions.
With more than 15 years of experience in robotic systems, including multiple RoboCup victories, Hafez leads Korial's AI strategy, equipping autonomous systems with machine-learning capabilities that turn operational data into actionable intelligence.
A TU Darmstadt professor and internationally recognized expert in autonomous robotics with more than 25 years’ experience and over 250 publications, Oskar acts as a scientific mentor and consultant to Korial.
Korial’s leadership team has spent years turning industrial constraints into an enterprise AI platform that ingests universal data streams, orchestrates missions across heterogeneous fleets, and delivers verified insight back into the systems executives already trust.
By unifying fleet supervision, robot control, mission orchestration, and enterprise integration into a single operating layer, the team has moved autonomy from pilot projects into permanent infrastructure. The result is a platform that can adopt new devices, sites, and workflows without forcing customers to redesign their governance, security, or reporting stacks.
From simulation and digital twins to structured onboarding and long-term success architecture, this group has brought Korial to market as a critical piece of industrial infrastructure.
We’re hiring
We are scaling the intelligence to automate and protect global industrial infrastructure. If you are an engineer, strategist, or problem‑solver who wants to help build the future of industrial AI, we would like to meet you.
