US-based facial expression technology developer Emotient has announced the appointment of Edward Colby as the as senior vice president of product and business development.
The company is banking on Colby’s experience in the fields of technology, product marketing, finance, and international business development.
Colby has been an advisor and venture partner at Quadrille Capital, formerly Quilvest Ventures, and also the managing director at venture capital fund Viventures Partners. Earlier in his career he worked in marketing and research and development for computing company Apple.
“Emotient is a true technology pioneer in automated facial expression recognition,” said Colby. “The opportunity for Emotient is tremendous; its technology is uniquely differentiated in accuracy, subtlety, and real-time capability. I am excited at the transformative consumer and business benefits emotion awareness will bring to retail and healthcare.”
Emotient’s core emotion recognition system, Emotient API, gathers information by detecting single-frame micro-expressions of emotions. The company raised $6m in March from backers including Intel Capital.