Michel joined Jack Media as CEO on February 1, 2016, after 8 years tenure as CEO of Softkinetic, the leading 3D vision and gesture recognition technologies company acquired by Sony Corporation in 2015 (http://venturebeat.com/2015/10/08/sony-acquires-softkinetic-gesture-recognition-company/).
During his tenure at Softkinetic, Michel pioneered 3D vision technologies in many sectors, including video games, mobile, augmented- and virtual-reality, automotive, robotics, medical systems, and others. As early as March 2008 he presented Softkinetic at Google TechTalks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si17GfaBmCU) which is considered the first public presentation of 3D vision technologies.
Michel has been covered in Wired, Venturebeat, FastCompany, Variety, The Guardian and other publications:
- http://www.wired.com/2012/01/3d-gesture-control-ces/
- http://www.wired.com/2011/09/after-the-kinect-whats-next-for-gesture-recognition-technology/
- http://www.fastcompany.com/1615154/michel-tombroff-uses-gesture-technology-ea-sports-panasonic
- http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2010/oct/14/elevator-pitch
- http://variety.com/2009/digital/markets-festivals/gpu-revolution-poised-to-go-public-1118010060/