Our Team
Dr. Alper Yilmaz
Dr. Alper Yilmaz
Dr. Alper Yilmaz
FOUNDER & CTO
Dr. Yilmaz is a Professor of GeoInformatics with appointments in Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering. He leads the nationally recognized Photogrammetric Computer Vision Lab at OSU (https://u.osu.edu/pcvlab/). He was awarded the Outstanding Service Award in 2022 by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and OSU's Innovator of Year award in 2020. Dr. Yilmaz has published over 180 journal and conference papers, and is listed among the top 2% most cited researchers in the fields of “Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing” and “Geological & Geomatics Engineering” (https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3)
Eric Wagner
Dr. Alper Yilmaz
Dr. Alper Yilmaz
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Eric is the Chief Executive Officer and head of Government Programs for Ubihere. Prior to joining Ubihere, he worked at Ohio State University where he oversaw commercialization of new innovations and supported the successful launch of over 22 successful technology start-ups. Eric has a B.S. in Computer Science (with honors) and Executive MBA (salutatorian) from The Ohio State University.
John Bair
Dr. Alper Yilmaz
Rich Arnold
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
John is a founding member and sits on the Board of Ubihere. He also leads the design, development and manufacturing of the Ubihere product lines. Prior to joining Ubihere, John co-founded Pinnacle Data Systems, a full product lifecycle, diversified integrated computer and electronics systems company, Nasdaq-AMEX exchange (Nasdaq: PNS). The company developed and sold over 500 different electronic products directly to OEMs.
Rich Arnold
Michael Karnes
Rich Arnold
SENIOR ENGINEER
Rich is a Senior Engineer at Ubihere and leads a team of over 25 electrical, mechanical, software, and industrial engineers. Prior to joining Ubihere. Rich was a Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Growth Advisor at Ohio State’s Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence (CDME). He worked with electronics and integrated systems companies to overcome their product development challenges utilizing innovative technologies from the university. Rich successfully managed over a dozen high-profile projects while working for the university. Rich holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Franklin University.
Michael Karnes
Michael Karnes
Michael Karnes
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Michael is a senior software engineer for Ubihere, where he leads the design and development of all Ubihere’s artificial intelligence and computer vision projects. He is currently product manager for the Ubivision suite of commercial products. Prior to joining Ubihere, Michael held several industry positions where he was responsible for largescale computer vision projects for the US Air Force and other customers. In 2019, he joined Dr. Alper Yilmaz’s Photogrammetric Computer Vision Lab at OSU, where his PhD research has focused on the implementation of deep learning onto mobile platforms in partnership with the Center for Surveillance Research and the Autonomy Technology Research Center. His research has covered visual tracking, DNN characterization, feature compression, and few-shot learning.
J.D. Bourke
Michael Karnes
Michael Karnes
PROGRAM MANAGER
J.D. is a Program Manager at Ubihere and also a graduate student at OSU, completing a Master’s in Translational Data Analytics. As program manager, J.D. has led the team’s development of an edge-AI solution for Ubihere's computer vision technology. For other projects, J.D. has developed a dispatcher-operator fleet tracking and management software solution. J.D.'s ongoing work for Ubihere is to lead the design and development of Ubihere’s task-agnostic tracking and visualization software platform, overseeing the company’s industrial designer and software development team to combine the company’s hardware-based tag tracking technologies and its computer vision technologies into one system.