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UCHealth adds indoor navigation tool to mobile app for hospital patients, visitors



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Hilmi Ozguc Joins Deep Location® Company Pointr as Strategic Board Member



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British Startup Pointr Tapped By U.S. Department Of Homeland Security To Pilot Bluetooth Tracking In American Airports


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TechCrunch invited Pointr to join live discussion on COVID-19 contact tracing and safe reopening strategies


 
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Pointr Secures Contract to Supply Digital Mapping and Wayfinding Technology for UCHealth



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Hilmi Ozguc Joins Deep Location® Company Pointr as Strategic Board Member
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UCHealth adds indoor navigation tool to mobile app for hospital patients, visitors
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New technology accessible on UCHealth’s mobile app will help patients and visitors easily find their way around University of Colorado Hospital
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Asset Tracking Post COVID-19: From Use Cases to Case Studies
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Real-World Advantages ofSafe Return Indoor NavigationSolutions Post COVID-19
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Pointr and Comfy Partner for Safer, Smarter Workplaces With Location Services
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Pointr to provide wayfinding technology for US hospital
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Pointr Secures Contract to Supply Digital Mapping and Wayfinding Technology for UCHealth
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Ben duPont and Phil Stern join Indoor Location Market Leader Pointr as Strategic Board Advisors
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GE Current, Pointr partner to enable location-based services in buildings
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Panasonic Lighting Americas and Pointr Join Forces to Offer End-to-End Connected Deep Location® Lighting Solutions
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Current and Pointr Partner to Reopen Buildings with IoT Smart Lighting
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Honeywell, Panasonic Lighting Americas, Extreme Networks among the latest partners to join the Pointr WorkSafe® Ecosystem
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Safe Return to Work Accelerated by Pointr WorkSafe® Solving the Contact Tracing and Occupancy Management Problems Employers Are Facing
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Pointr Accelerates US Growth, Launches Map Scale with Major American Department Store
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GOV.UK Geospatial Commission covers Pointr Deep Location® Technology
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Geospatial World covers Pointr's location intelligence
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British Startup Pointr Tapped By U.S. Department Of Homeland Security To Pilot Bluetooth Tracking In American Airports
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TechCrunch lists Pointr as top 5 hottest IoT companies in Europe
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Financial Times: Indoor satnav offers beacon of hope for chronically lost
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Pointr Are Now Part of Honeywell's Global Vendor Program
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Pointr's interviewed by Retail Focus podcast
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Indoor navigation is augmented reality’s killer app.
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Gatwick Airport now has 2,000 beacons for indoor navigation with Pointr
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Gatwick Airport launches indoor navigation system with Pointr
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3 Ways Location Technology is Changing Retail
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Location Based Marketing Association talks about how Pointr brings way-finding to Washington D.C. airports ✈️
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Microsoft Azure Marketplace Will Feature Pointr Deep Location
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Pointr Accelerates US Growth, Launches Map Scale with Major American Department Store
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Livingbridge Growth leads Pointr’s Series-A funding round
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Pointr Deep Location Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace
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Can the 'internet of moving things' end traffic jams?
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Pointr to offer indoor location services at two Washington DC airports
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Pointr steps up to meet airport needs in North America and beyond.
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International Airport Review: LGW indoor navigation with Pointr
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Pointr mentors schoolboy who built award-winning fire-safety AR App
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Gatwick launches augmented reality airport navigation with Pointr
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Pointr CEO interviewed by CNBC-e (Turkey)
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Gatwick deploys 2000 beacons to provide indoor navigation with Pointr Labs
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Gatwick Airport first in world to use augmented reality navigation to guide lost passengers
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Gatwick installs 2000 indoor navigation beacons enabling augmented reality wayfinding with Pointr
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UK airport works with Pointr to install 2000 iBeacons for AR navigation & passenger tracking
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Airport uses Pointr AR maps so you won’t miss your flight
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Gatwick Airport’s 2,000 Beacons Power AR Indoor Navigation with Pointr
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Gatwick Pioneers Indoor Airport Navigation System with Pointr
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Pointr: how indoor navigation can solve shopping, accessibility, architecture and safety
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Pointr's been awarded to implement Deep Location to six airports in Thailand
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Gatwick launches augmented reality wayfinding beacons with Pointr
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Retailers to benefit from new Gatwick AR wayfinding
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Global Railway Review: Pointr powers the future of transportation
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Pointr revolutionizes UK rail industry
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Coverage of Pointr's collaboration with Tech Founders in Munich
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HackTrain is helping startups to solve overcrowding to ticketing and delays for UK rail industry
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Gatwick Airport installs indoor navigation system
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Pointr's been shortlisted as one of the most promising retail tech startups by Retail Insider's Transforming Retail Awards 2019
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3 Ways Bluetooth RTLS Infrastructures Will Improve Efficiencies Beyond COVID-19
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Joint solution uses IoT smart lighting to help buildings reopen
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3 Traditional Industries Finally Embracing New Technologies
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VR Inside Japan: Feature article of Pointr's Augmented Reality <屋内ナビゲーションがarのキラーアプリになる?>

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Our Leadership

Ege Akpinar
Founder & CEO

Ege is the CEO of Pointr, and he's been leading the company through its rapid growth since 2013. Pointr has become a leader in indoor location technology with deployment in over 1,000 venues in 18 countries. Ege has a background in Computer Science from Imperial College London and Boğaziçi University.

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Can Akpinar
Founder & CTO

As a Co-Founder and CTO, Can leads Pointr's long-term technology vision. He has brought many years of enterprise experience and hardware knowledge to ensure Pointr's software is multi-platform and enterprise-ready. Can comes from a background in Computer Engineering and Software Engineering.

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Thomas Alt
Board Advisor

Thomas is an experienced entrepreneur and strategist. He founded Metaio, an A.R. software company that Apple acquired in 2015. From 2015 – 2018, Thomas worked at Apple's H.Q. as Director of Engineering and Director of Procurement in the Strategic Deals Team. Thomas is currently a venture partner at Atlantic Bridge.

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Mark Call
Board Advisor

Following an MBA at INSEAD, Mark joined McKinsey to work on strategy and business development issues globally. He worked in over 40 countries in aviation and infrastructure, including more than 2 decades of experience advising airports on privatization, commercialization, and business development.

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Hilmi Ozguc
Strategic Board Member

Hilmi is a Boston-based tech entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience. He founded and led three groundbreaking software companies worth over a quarter of a billion dollars on exit. Hilmi brings his years of experience and provides mentorship and guidance to Pointr as the team scales rapidly. 

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Bilgay Akhan
Interim Chairperson and Patent Advisor

Bilgay is an accomplished, entrepreneurial-minded, and experienced visionary leader, product strategist with a strong background in technology and experience in the EMEA region. A charismatic and articulate leader, Bilgay champions projects and builds trust among internal and external stakeholders.

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