GelSight Appoints Former Hexagon Executive Milan Kocic as Vice President of Product

Milan’s commercialization and innovation experience in the advanced manufacturing space will help GelSight in its next phase of growth

Waltham, Mass. – January 21, 2025 GelSight, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, today announced that it has appointed Milan Kocic as Vice President of Product. In this role on the leadership team, Milan will guide GelSight’s product development and drive market expansion for the company.

Prior to joining GelSight, Milan spent over 13 years with Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, and most recently served as the Founder and Head of Sixth Sense, Hexagon’s startup revenue acceleration platform. With Sixth Sense, his mission was to create an environment where startups can explore possibilities for growth within Hexagon’s vast network of products, services, and customers. Milan successfully ran three cohorts with over 200 startup applications and 23 participating startups, which led to significant growth in engagement and solidified several key partnerships.

“Our team worked closely with Milan following our win at Hexagon’s second Sixth Sense open innovation platform in 2023, and we are thrilled to bring his expertise and industry knowledge in house,” said Youssef Benmokhtar, CEO of GelSight. “He has brought many successful manufacturing products to the market throughout his career, and we are looking forward to seeing how our commercial expansion and product roadmap can flourish under his guidance.”

Over the course of his career, Milan has brought many innovative products and services like PULSE, NJB, MyQuality, and MyCare to market. In addition to his product and innovation roles, Milan also held commercial roles at Hexagon selling various software products. In his role as Senior Director of Product, Support and Services, North America, he transformed Hexagon’s system support and service offerings, growing its contract service business by 60% in year one and 70% in year two. Milan is also the author of more than 30 patents in various areas of advanced manufacturing.

“As a champion of GelSight since my days at Hexagon, when the opportunity arose to join the GelSight team, I jumped on it,” said Milan Kocic. “GelSight’s innovative technology allows its customers to complete the most common 2D and 3D surface measurements in just a click of a button on any material, anywhere, and I am excited to help build upon those capabilities in our next phase of growth.”


About GelSight
GelSight is a pioneer in digital, imaging-based tactile intelligence. The proprietary technology that was invented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides extremely detailed and rapid surface characterization, enabling several surface measurement applications and robotic sensing capabilities on Any Material. Anywhere™. Its elastomeric 3D imaging systems are currently in use in aerospace, automotive, forensics and in many robotic research labs throughout the world. GelSight is Digital Touch and Feel. For more information, please visit https://gelsight.com/.

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