Danny Lange

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Danny Lange
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Lange in 2016
Born
Danny B. Lange

1962or1963(age 60–61) [1]
Denmark
NationalityDanish
Education Technical University of Denmark (PhD)
Employers
SpouseEva Moe
Children Yina Moe-Lange
Website dannylange.ai

Danny B. Lange is a Danish computer scientist who has worked on machine learning for IBM, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Uber, and Unity Technologies.

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Early life and education

Lange was born in Denmark. [2] He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in computer science from the Technical University of Denmark. [3]

Career

During the 1990s, Lange worked at IBM Research – Tokyo, where he developed the Aglets software. [4] [5] From 1997 to 2002, he served as chief technology officer of General Magic, where he led the development of the company's Java agent platform, called Odyssey. [4] [6] [7] He also led the design of General Motors' OnStar systems during the late 1990s. [8]

Lange founded the startup company Vocomo Software in Cupertino, California in 2001. [2] [9] The company's VoiceXML technology and support staff were acquired by Voxeo in 2005. [9] [10] In addition to IBM, [11] Lange has worked on machine learning for several companies, including Microsoft, [12] Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon, and Uber. [1] [13] He was principal architect at Microsoft's Startup Business Group, as of 2010. [12] During his nearly two years at AWS, [2] he managed the cloud computing provider's internal machine learning platform. He also led the launch of the Amazon Machine Learning product in his role as general manager. [11] [14] [15]

Lange led Uber's machine learning team for more than a year, [16] serving in the role of Head of Machine Learning starting in 2015. [2] He managed developers in San Francisco and Seattle, [2] [17] and also worked within the company's autonomous car division. [18] He has served as Unity Technologies' vice-president of artificial intelligence and machine learning since late 2016, where he leads all efforts connected to the company's activities in these areas. [18] [19] In this role, he works on artificial intelligence and machine learning for augmented and virtual reality. [11] [13]

In mid 2017, Lange joined the board of directors of the Danish visual effects company Spektral, which is developing machine learning-based chroma key technology. The company was acquired by Apple Inc. in 2018. [20] [21] He has invested in the Danish startup company Corti, which developed artificial intelligence for detecting cardiac arrest, and is a limited partner in byFounders, a Nordic venture capital firm. [1] [22]

Personal life

Lange is married to Eva Moe. Their daughter, Yina Moe-Lange, competed as an alpine skier in the 2010 Winter Olympics. [12] [23] She was born in Tokyo in 1993. In addition to Japan, Lange and his family have lived in Silicon Valley and Sammamish, Washington. [12]

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