Meet the team engineering the future

A world-class team of more than 25 leaders, engineers, and developers with international experience, creating applications, ML algorithms, cutting-edge hardware, and robotic solutions.

Leadership

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Artem Sokolov

Founder

Artem is a global investor and entrepreneur. He successfully took over the family business, growing it to a $1B capitalization, and founded SKL.vc, a data-driven venture builder and VC fund that creates the next generation of visionary startups. Artem is also the founder and partner of Golden Falcon Capital, a capital investment firm focused on late-stage investments.

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Thomas Shepherd

Chief Operation Officer

With over 15 years of experience, Thomas’ 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.

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Dmitrii Rudnitckii

Chief Technology Officer

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.

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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.

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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.

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Natalia Zhoykina

Head of talent

Bringing experience from previous roles at Soveren, Trucker Path, UbankSA, and Deutsche Bank, Natalia leads all People processes at Humanoid. Her expertise spans recruiting, HR operations, performance management, and talent development, making her an invaluable asset to the organization. At Humanoid, Natalia focuses on building a strong, people-centered culture that fosters growth, innovation, and collaboration.

AI, Engineering and Design

Todd Lewis

Head of Systems Engineering

Ivan Makeev

Lead Research Engineer AI/ML

Isaac Teece

Principal Designer

Vladimir Ershov

Lead Reasoning Engineer

Alexander Brad

Electrical engineering lead

Gleb Zarin

Lead of Locomotion

Wilberth Solano

Senior Materials Engineer

Ezeddin Al Hakim

Lead of AI/ML, Dev Ops

Andrey Belogoloviy

Lead of Teleoperations

Vsevolod Nozhnov

PLM System Lead

Dmitry Shingarey

Senior Software Engineer

Alex Raymond

Software Robotic consultant

Yuri Strezhik

Integration & Control Lead

Jason Kline

Head of Design

Claudio Coppola 

Senior Research Engineer

Daniel Duglas

Machine Learning Engineer

Operations

Julie Martin

Office and Facilities Lead

Enrico Tebaldi

Business Architect

Anastasia Savelyeva

Business Capability Lead

Evgeniy Viktorov

Knowledge Management Lead

Malhotra Sunpreet

Procurement Lead

Extensive experience from backgrounds in leading global companies

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