Portland-based digital health startup KinoTek Inc. has named its first two independent board members as it prepares to debut its software product in the next couple of months.
The company, which uses computer-vision technology to analyze body motion, said that Krystal Williams and Burak Sezen will join its co-founder and CEO, Justin Hafner, on its inaugural board.
Both new board members are entrepreneurs themselves. Williams, who will serve as independent board chair, spent a decade in senior management at John Deere and was a transactional and regulatory attorney at two of Maine’s largest law firms before founding her own firm. Called Providentia, it is an advisory firm that works with businesses to create paths to economic belonging for historically disenfranchised individuals.
Sezen, named an independent board member, is a partner and co-founder at 6ixth Event (Cataclysmic Capital), an investment firm with offices in Portland and Louisville, Ky., focused on early-stage startups and alternative assets and markets. He has co-founded and successfully exited two health technology startups.
“This is an incredibly exciting and important time for KinoTek,” Hafner said in a news release. “The knowledge Burak and Krystal bring to our board will be pivotal as we launch our first product in 2021.”
He told Mainebiz that the software launch is planned for March, once beta testing has been completed.
Observers on the board include Matthew Hoffner of Maine Technology Institute, as well as co-founder and Chief Product Officer David Holomakoff.
With its two founders, KinoTek has a total of six employees. The board appointments come as the 2019 “Greenlight Maine Collegiate Challenge” winner starts the next chapter of its startup journey as one of six participants in a new sports and health tech accelerator program based in Orlando, Fla.
Along with other participants, KinoTek received $75,000 in pre-seed funding to take its business to the next level. Hafner said he expects to be back in Maine in May following the accelerator program.