Building the future of industrial automation

Our mission

At Empiric, we believe in revolutionizing the future of industrial operations beyond just creating innovative technology. We understand the global challenges that manufacturers face – labor shortages, remote work, and achieving sustainability targets.

We want to empower manufacturers to be able to easily leverage powerful cloud based technologies to reach their manufacturing excellence goals.

Meet the Team

Founded by veterans of enterprise software, machine learning and manufacturing from companies such as Salesforce, Amazon, Solvay, SAP, and more.

Our Team

Nirat Keswani

CEO/Co-Founder

– Founded a Salesforce Consulting Business. Acquired 2023.

– 10 years experience in Enterprise Software and Hardware

Cole Murray

CTO/Co-Founder

– Designed and Launched First Machine Learning Content Ranking Algorithm on Amazon Product Detail Page

– Designed and built a Machine Learning Platform which is used by 100s of teams and thousands of users internally at Amazon

Dan Nguyen

Head of Marketing & Growth

– Seasoned manufacturing expert in industrial controls and instrumentation, process engineering, and DCS system

– 5 years SME (Delta V and Process Safety Systems) at Solvay North America Emerson

– 7 years Solvay North American Capital Program Manager

– 2 Years Chemlogics Site Process Safety Engineer/Management

Stephen Karlsgodt

Lead Hardware Engineer

– 20 years experience designing and building custom electronics

– Experience meeting strict requirements for temperature, vibration, power, and EMI performance

– Involvement for full design cycle from blank sheet of paper to tested and delivered HW/SW

John Chi

Advisor

– Founded telecom company, and
visual effects / post-production
company exited

– 10+ years experience in stem cells
and biotechnology

– 15+ years experience in software
and information technology

– Master’s in Biotechnology (Cal
State)

– Electrical Engineering (Stanford)