MoreIdeas was founded in June 2003 with the purpose of developing computer vision applications to be made available to the general public. Its founders combine state-of-the-art backgrounds in computational vision, psychophysics of appearance, technology development, software integration, engineering, marketing and business administration.

The founders all worked together in their former computer vision business, Cortex Machina, between 1995 and 2003. This team has experience in starting up a technology company from concept to financing, bringing a product from development to market, and concluding strategic alliances and selling the company.



Founder of Cortex Machina and MoreIdeas, Thomas has over 12 years of experience in driving cutting edge technologies. Thomas’ ability and achievements consist of developing new technologies and integrating technology management with marketing deployment. At Cortex Machina, he fulfilled the positions of Executive Vice President and after the acquisition of Cortex Machina by Cynovad, Vice President responsible for profit and loss of the Shadescan Business Unit.


Co-founder of MoreIdeas, René brings 25 years of international experience in marketing and business development for new technologies and emerging markets. At Cortex Machina, René was VP Marketing & Business Development and acted as market strategist and technology evangelist. His ability to create new business models and conclude strategic alliances lead to achieving No.1 position in targeted markets. After the acquisition of Cortex Machina, he fulfilled the position of Senior VP Marketing & Sales of the merged group.