Kjeld Lindsted
Product executive — AI & IoT platforms
I build products at the intersection of hardware and software: computer vision, edge-to-cloud IoT, connected vehicles, and the AI platforms that tie them together. Twenty-plus years of product strategy and cross-functional leadership across startups, the Fortune 500, and government — usually taking something from zero to one, or turning a hardware business into a software one.
Trained as a lawyer (JD), wired as a builder. Based in Southern California, working remotely.
Selected work
Panasonic Toughbook
Associate Director, building the division's first software
business — negotiated the transfer of an existing platform and team to
anchor a new product line.
NoTraffic
Founding US employee and head of product for a machine-vision
traffic AI startup — from MVP through a $50M Series B, deploying the
first AI-powered traffic signal network in the US.
Public sector
Former government buyer (smart-city program management) and
turnaround operator on a $30M state DOT program — fluent on both sides
of public-sector technology procurement.