We are ecstatic to announce that Chris Ullrich has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
In this role, Mr. Ullrich will lead technology and IP strategy and will dramatically grow the research and development capabilities at Cognixion as the company accelerates on the heels of our recent seed round.
Mr. Ullrich is a well-known technology, UX, and standards leader in the field of haptics, where he worked for the past 20 years. Mr. Ullrich was instrumental in leading the early research and productization of haptic technologies used in more than 3 billion devices worldwide including mobile phones, game consoles, XR devices, and automotive HMI. He most recently worked as CTO at Immersion Corp., where he led the research, engineering, and standards initiatives across the company. Mr. Ullrich is a prolific inventor and is named on more than 100 patent families with worldwide coverage. Mr. Ullrich holds a M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from the University of British Columbia and a B.Math from the University of Waterloo.
"I look forward to leading the creation of accessibility technologies at the forefront of technological possibility and driving Cognixion's innovation investments so that these technologies are pervasive and fundamental to human machine interactions for at least the next decade," said Mr. Ullrich, "Assisted Reality represents a unique opportunity to both create a meaningful impact for some of the least well served users and to move forward the state of the art in AR+BCI (Augmented Reality + Brain Computer Interface) interactivity to enable diverse application areas from cognitive prosthetics to media interaction to gaming to productivity to the metaverse."
"We received many outstanding applicants for this position, but ultimately decided that Mr. Ullrich's unique perspective on human machine interaction, his track record of innovation and value creation and his experience driving ideas to realized products deployed across literally billions of consumers mobile and gaming devices to industry standards was the right way to accelerate Cognixion's mission," said Andreas Forsland, Founder and CEO of Cognixion. "We want to unlock new capabilities for hundreds of millions of people with disabilities, and make the future of XR universally accessible for all to enjoy, ultimately setting new standards for biological interfaces and immersive experiences. Chris has a history of not only helping to create an industry, but setting the standard for its prolific adoption. We see a similar pathway for neurotechnologies like those at Cognixion."