Salt Lake City · Building at AgCognition

Curtis
Koelling

Engineer turned product leader building AI that works on the factory floor.

From pixels to production lines.

I turn computer-vision R&D into reliable, regulatory-aware instruments that reduce waste, improve yield, and give operations teams decisions they can trust.

02 / EXPERIENCE

A career built
by building.

Engineering depth, product judgment, and founder-level ownership.
01

CTO & Co-Founder

AgCognition

Building the next generation of AI-powered agricultural inspection systems.

02

Advisor

KPM Analytics

Supporting KPM’s new leadership team with transition needs and continuity as responsibilities change hands.

03

VP, Product Development

KPM Analytics

Led product development for industrial food-inspection and automated sorting platforms.

04

VP, Product Development & Innovation

Smart Vision Works

Moved computer-vision products from research through commercialization.

05

Software → Systems → Principal

Smart Vision Works

Grew with the company from its first engineering hire into technical and product leadership.

06

Data Center Engineer

Brigham Young University

Researched and developed new approaches to data-center virtualization.

03 / EXPERTISE

Where deep tech
meets useful product.

01

Computer Vision

Model development, data strategy, validation, and deployment for real-world inspection.

02

Edge AI

Reliable inference systems designed for production throughput, latency, and uptime.

03

Product Leadership

Roadmaps and teams that connect customer problems to focused engineering execution.

04

Industrial Systems

Regulatory-aware instruments that integrate with demanding food-production lines.

05

Commercialization

Turning technical possibility into supportable products with measurable business value.

06

0→1 Building

Founder-minded product discovery, rapid iteration, and cross-functional company building.

04 / EDUCATION

Technical roots.
Business range.

Master of Business Administration

University of Utah

Strategy · Product · Leadership

BS, Engineering Physics

Brigham Young University

Applied Physics · Systems · Software

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