Archangel Imaging
Charles Smith has a diverse work experience spanning over 20 years. Charles currently holds the position of Chief Commercial Officer at Archangel Imaging since September 2021. Prior to that, they worked at Thales as a Product Line Manager from June 2018 to August 2021. From 2014 to 2018, they were the Head of Product Management at Apollo Fire Detectors.
Before joining Apollo Fire Detectors, Charles was the Product & Business Development Manager at OmniPerception from 2011 to 2014. Charles gained valuable marketing experience at Mio Technology as the UK Marketing Manager from 2010 to 2011, and as a Senior Product Marketing Manager from 2007 to 2010.
Charles also served as a Product Manager at Navman from 2005 to 2007. Charles began their career at Dixons Stores Group in 2000, where they held several roles including European Buyer from 2003 to 2005, Buyer from 2002 to 2003, and Assistant Product Manager from 2000 to 2002. Charles also worked as a European Buyer at DSG International plc. from 2000 to 2005.
Charles Smith attended Hinchley Wood School from 1987 to 1991. Charles then went on to study at Esher College from 1991 to 1993, although the specific degree or field of study is unknown. Finally, from 1995 to 2000, Charles attended Bournemouth University where they earned a BA(hons) degree in Retail Management.
Archangel Imaging
Archangel Imaging provides software and hardware options to make machines smart enough to become team mates you can trust to do their part, rather than tools you need to constantly manage. Veteran founded and owned we focus on supporting users in remote, exposed on challenging environments, including police, service personnel, first respondersand NGOs. We’re active in both the UK and US. Hybrid human-machine teams will be much more effective in protecting assets, people & planet at scale. For that to happen, we need our technology to be able to operate without depending on human attention or on vulnerable infrastructure. We specialise in advanced artificial intelligence (AI) for cameras and GNSS-denied navigation for manned and unmanned systems. Real time remote monitoring is difficult to achieve with people alone. The areas are often huge and distant, meaning hard-working maintenance, security or safety staff have poor coverage with long response times. Pipeline security, anti-poaching, asset integrity monitoring and border patrol are a few examples. Whilst we (humankind) have developed an impressive array of technologies, including drones and ground sensors, these remain tools to use at long range. These tools are dependent on: 1) human attention to make best use of them and 2) infrastructure to support them, with communications and positional information in particular. GPS has become increasingly easy to jam and to spoof. Not only that but the orbital infrastructure itself is at direct risk of vandalism.Archangel Imaging provides a complimentary solution stack to enable human-machine team work in the real world. These make machines smarter, more resilient in a changing situation and easier to work with in a human workflow. Xnaut AI co-pilots enable existing uncrewed drones, boats and rovers to make mission level navigation decisions based on live observed context. Designed to work when GPS is being spoofed or jammed, Xnaut GENIE Uniquely combines over 50 navigation methods to ensure reliable, resilient and accurate location data is provided to the system's autopilot. Argonaut smart cameras have been designed to operate independent of infrastructure. The camera and tower products are fully self-contained, with power, communications, sensors and compute. Cerebella human-machine teaming mission management software integrates diverse machines into people-centred geospatial workflows.