When you work with OZWE, you work directly with our experts

Frederic Kaplan, CEO and co-founder

Frederic Kaplan is an internationally recognized scientist and inventor, specialist of new interfaces and advanced machine learning systems. For more than 15 years, he has been pursuing pioneer research in these domains both in academic and industrial laboratories. Born in Paris, he graduated as an engineer of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Telecommunications in Paris and received a PhD degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University Paris VI. He worked ten years as a researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratory in Paris and supervises since 2006 a research team on new interfaces at CRAFT laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He published about a hundred scientific papers, five popular science books, and has filed ten patents. He acts a chief editor of international scientific journal and is a regular keynote speaker at international conferences on human computer interaction and artificial intelligence. His research is regularly features in the international press and his inventions and prototypes have been exhibited in several museums including the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He founded OZWE in 2008. 

Personal website : http://www.fkaplan.com

Martino d’Esposito, Industrial Design supervisor and co-founder

Martino d’Esposito is an internationally recognized product designer as well as an industrial design teacher. After a childhood in the Middle East, he studied industrial design at the Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne (ECAL). He currently designs objects and furniture for several companies including Ligne Roset, Cinna, Neweba and Monodor. He received a large number of awards and distinctions including the first prize of Fine Arts School of Vevey and has been a laureate of the Swiss Federal Grants. He worked in tandem with Frederic Kaplan for several years before co-founding OZWE with him in 2008.

Personal website :http://www.despositogaillard.com/