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Jan Erik
Chairman at Overture Maps Foundation
Menlo Park, California
Overview
Jan Erik is the Director of Maps at Meta in Menlo Park, California, with a background in applied mathematics and computer vision. Notable highlights of his career include founding Mapillary and serving as the CEO, as well as holding leadership roles at Apple as a Computer Vision Researcher and Engineering Manager.
Jan Erik's career achievements include founding successful tech companies like Mapillary and Polar Rose, as well as his current role as the Director of Maps at Meta, showcasing his expertise in applied mathematics, computer vision, and software development.
Work Experience
Chairman
2022 - Current
Engineering Director, Maps
2020
Meta is a social technology company that enables people to connect, find communities, and grow businesses.
Raised $25,607,817,488.00 from ValueAct Capital.
CEO and co-founder
2013 - 2020
Mapillary is the platform that makes street-level images and map data available to scale and automate mapping. Acquired by Facebook.
Associate Professor
2008 - 2016
Associate Professor at the Mathematical Imaging Group at the Department of Mathematics, Lund Institute of Technology / Lund University doing research in applied mathematics and computer vision.
Computer Vision Researcher
2013 - 2013
Worked as an independent researcher on future features and research in the computer vision space. Evaluation and screening of technology and companies.
Engineering Manager
2010 - 2012
Lead a computer vision R&D team, part of the Media Science Group.
Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
Raised $1,170,230,000.00 from KB Securities, Berkshire Hathaway and Microsoft.
Founder & CTO
2006 - 2010
Founder and CTO of Polar Rose AB, (formerly Ground Truth Vision AB), a company working with innovative image search using face recognition and computer vision. Acquired by Apple.
PhD student
2002 - 2006
Founder & CEO
2005 - 2006