Christophers Chris Francis
(Christophers Chris Francis)
Founder / President

Born in 1980 (Kobe City). At the age of 14, he moved to England with his family.
During his GAP year before university, he worked as a volunteer supporting disabled children in southern India.After studying architecture at the University of Sheffield in the UK and working as an architectural architect, designer, and human resources consultant, he became the head of sales for the world's largest foreign-affiliated remote communication service company, starting with the establishment of its western Japan base (Osaka and Nagoya) and managing sales nationwide.After that, he came across the concept of telepresence avatar robots, which is a new method of remote communication, and in 2014 he launched Japan's first remote presence specialist company, iPresence LLC, which became a corporation in 2023.

By being able to exist as a robot avatar in a remote space and as a digital avatar in a virtual space, and teleport from avatar to avatar in multiple spaces, the experience of augmenting human communication abilities will be realized in a wide range of fields, from education to telemedicine, telework, and hybrid events. We are currently expanding our business with the concept of “Teleportation as a Service”.

In 2021, the simplest form of avatar robot "Telepii" will be successfully crowdfunded, and mass production sales will start in the summer of 2021. ANA AVATAR XPRIZE Semi-Finalist.

Takahiro Ohta
(Takahiro Ohta)
Director / Chief Technology Officer

Born in 1972.
Master of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University

He has been interested in programming since his school days and continues to create his own work.
After graduating, he joined a telecommunications company.
After joining the company, he was engaged in the development of information sharing ASP infrastructure for the manufacturing industry at the research institute for five years.
After that, he engaged in infrastructure development as an infrastructure engineer in Osaka.While he was an infrastructure engineer, he also wrote his own automation scripts.

In 2016, he left his previous job and worked at iPresence LLC, the predecessor of the current iPresence Corporation. He will develop iPresence's first mobile app and in-house developed robot.
Currently, as an executive employee, he is focusing on the development of the next main business, while working as CTO to create a better engineering organization.

Haruto Fujinaga
(Haruhito Fujinaga)
Executive Officer / Sales Manager / Chief Brand Officer

Born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1985. After graduating from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, he worked in sales of corporate communication services (landline and mobile phones). He joined iPresence in 2015. At the same time, he also runs his own company, works in brand development and design consulting, and has a track record of direct transactions with prime listed companies.

He currently oversees iPresence's brand strategy, business design, and sales strategy, and is working to elevate technologies such as telepresence, digital twins, and AI into "experience value" and provide essential value (empowerment) to customers and society.