Team
Mico Perales
President, Founder
Mico is an experienced entrepreneur, having led commercialization and fund-raising efforts for multiple early-stage tech companies, including an ag-tech equipment and photovoltaics company. Mico has devoted his career to building and innovating physical products with the potential to transform society. Mico builds collaborative teams with a passion for overcoming challenges and delivering revolutionary solutions. He holds an MS and BS in Electrical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Dartmouth.
Dr. John Baker
CTO, Founder
John has spent a career at the forefront of science innovation first at Lockheed and then at SRI International. At SRI, he led numerous DARPA funded research projects that advanced humanity’s knowledge. At SRI, his team developed a magnetic levitation system. John is a multi-talented innovator and leader. John’s prior knowledge and experiences with magnetic levitation drive our product development and roadmap. John holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Michigan, and a BS in Physics from MIT.
Dr. Annjoe Wong-Foy
VP Engineering
Experienced roboticists and executive. Annjoe spent 16+ years within the Robotics Laboratory at SRI International, performing contract research and development for government and commercial clients who desired unique robotic capabilities. Most relevant, he led and worked on multiple successful magnetic levitation projects, demonstrating many of the technical principles needed for the US Positronix maglev solution. PhD in Physical Chemistry from UC Berkeley, and BA from Harvard University.
Kwasi Yirenkyi
VP Solutions
Experienced solutions architect with over 25 years of expertise in software and systems engineering, including more than a decade focused on supply chain and transportation management solutions. He has led the implementation and integration of enterprise TMS platforms with WMS and other critical systems for Fortune 500 organizations. Leveraging this deep technical and industry experience, Kwasi is now building an enterprise-grade, scalable solution designed for broad deployment and long-term growth for Radiant Robotics.
Directors
Jim Barnes
Leading expert in supply chain and omnichannel transformation. Barnes co-founded enVista in 2002 with a focus on supply chain consulting and has since grown enVista’s services and software to be a market leader for end-to-end supply chain and enterprise technology solutions.
He has spent more than 30 years deploying supply chain and enterprise solutions to address complex challenges and maximize results for clients. With a passion for mentoring the next generation, Barnes is a motivational and transparent leader who fosters an entrepreneurial culture.
Jon Kuerschner
Over 30+ years experience in supply chain operations and strategy. Jon recently retired from Koerber where he was VP of Supply Chain Consulting. He was previously VP of Supply Chain Systems at Ashley Furniture Industries, and VP of Supply Chain Systems at High Jump, a warehouse management systems and software solutions company with ties to 3M.
Advisors
Matt Butler
Matt is a founding member of SCT Advisory, where he helps supply chain leaders envision and execute transformational programs to uplift supply chain strategies, facilities, operations, and systems to leverage their supply chains as strategic assets prepared to drive competitive differentiation in their markets.
Matt specializes in both orchestrating inter-disciplinary supply chain technology programs (planning and execution) and in designing strategic network transformation programs featuring network and facility design leveraging automation, with the objective of designing for agility, repeatability and resiliency across systems and vendor landscapes. He was previously responsible for Solution Strategy for Warehousing, Transportation, and Labor Management, globally, at Blue Yonder.
Josh Owen
Josh is a Cofounder and the Executive Chairman of Cycle Labs. Prior to Cycle Labs, Josh founded and led a global supply chain consulting firm through 12 years of organic growth where he also led the development of the Cycle product from its idea phase to the valuable enterprise continuous testing platform it is today. With 20 years of experience deploying enterprise solutions across various industry verticals, Josh is dedicated to modernizing enterprise solution deployment and helping companies focus on business growth rather than business risk. Josh leads his teams with an emphasis on culture and a focus on innovation, curiosity, and a willingness to ask why. Cycle Labs encourages clients and teams to question everything and strive for continuous, iterative improvement.
John Santagate
John is a warehouse automation and robotics industry expert and founder of EMP Advisors, where he advises robotics, automation, and software companies and providers on product strategy, commercialization, and market positioning. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Global Robotics at Infios and as a Research Director at IDC, where he led global research on warehouse automation technologies. He has also contributed to enterprise supply chain innovation through work with the Tata Consultancy Services Supply Chain Center of Excellence.
Over 30+ years experience in supply chain operations and strategy. Jon recently retired from Koerber where he was VP of Supply Chain Consulting. He was previously VP of Supply Chain Systems at Ashley Furniture Industries, and VP of Supply Chain Systems at High Jump, a warehouse management systems and software solutions company with ties to 3M.
Adrian Kumar
Adrian is a Senior supply chain leader with deep experience in solution design, operations strategy, and large-scale supply chain transformation. He has built and led high-performing teams, helping shape complex customer solutions, and was at the forefront of early automation pilots, including robotics, vision picking, and other emerging warehouse technologies. He also led the launch of data science and optimization capabilities, turning advanced analytics, AI, and SaaS-based tools into practical, deployable solutions.
History
The discovery of a better magnetic levitation technology was inspired by founders Mico Perales and Dr. John Baker searching for a more natural and more responsive treadmill system.
A magnetic levitation system operating as a treadmill would need to allow for fast change of direction, accelerate quickly and naturally, and be omnidirectional. Additionally, it would need to be fast, have predictive intelligence, and importantly transport heavy loads with very little power, all characteristics critical to a modern, high-performance material handling system. Dr. Baker, through his work at SRI International, had worked on successful magnetic levitation technologies, and this served as the foundation for what has become Radiant Robotics’ core technology: a low power, high load, intelligent magnetic movement system for material handling.
Radiant Robotics was first incorporated as US Positronix, Inc. before rebranding as Radiant Robotics.
