Dr. Denis Garagić has served as Palladyne AI Corp.’s Chief Technology Officer since January 2022. Dr. Garagić is the co-founder of the Company’s AI business and served as Chief Scientist, Advanced Systems and AI from June 2020 until September 2021 when he became Chief Scientist, Advanced Systems & AI, a position he held until his promotion to Sarcos’ Chief Technology Officer in January 2022.

Prior to joining Palladyne AI Corp., he served as Chief Scientist at BAE Systems FAST Labs from April 2007 to May 2020, guiding the creation of cognitive computing solutions that provide machine intelligence and anticipatory intelligence to solve challenges across the Department of Defense and intelligence community. Dr. Garagić has been a Technical Review Authority, Principal Investigator or Research Lead on numerous programs, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Labs research programs.

Dr. Garagić is also a regular speaker at international meetings and conferences on AI & machine learning. Dr. Garagić received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Technical Cybernetics from The Czech Technical University in Prague and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University.