Dr. Heiko Eisele has earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Heidelberg in 2002. He started his career in machine vision in 1999 while working for Robert Bosch GmbH on the development of software algorithms for the automated analyisis of CT images. In 2003 Heiko joined MVTec as an application engineer. In 2007 Heiko establish MVTec's North American subsidiary, which he has been running to this date.