Florian Pestoni

Product leader and entrepreneur with track record building/leading teams and creating innovative products. As co-founder and CEO of InOrbit, a cloud robotics platform, Florian drives product and business strategy, design, marketing and business development. Over 15 years' experience leading product teams from startups to public companies including Facebook, Microsoft, Atlassian and Ooyala. Hands-on experience in enterprise, SaaS, analytics and digital media. Expert at developing product roadmaps from concept to product-market fit. Strong partnership with engineering, sales, BD and marketing to drive business impact. - Experience ranging from startup founder to managing products reaching a billion users. - Strategic vision to anticipate market needs plus deep technical expertise to drive execution. - Proven ability to build and lead high-performance product/UX/data teams and work x-functionally. - Influential innovator with +20 patents, industry relations and organizational skills. - Outstanding communication and negotiation skills, academic background including MBA and MSEE. - Experience negotiating and closing complex technology licensing and services deals. - Entrepreneurial, high-energy and self-directed - Leads/mentors/inspires/challenges teams to set and meet aggressive objectives. - Data-driven, excels at analyzing data and competitive landscape. - Recognized expert in digital rights management. - Numerous published papers and public speaking engagements. - Chaired international standards committees resulting in industry adoption of key technologies.