Go beyond voice.
Just speak. We understand.
About Us
Promptu Systems Corporation offers cutting-edge voice recognition and natural language understanding technology. Based in the heart of Silicon Valley, Promptu gives users a more natural way to interact with their devices—by speaking to them.
With Promptu's fluent language interface, users avoid the limitations of keyword based command products. Our products are developed in collaboration with major automotive manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers, MSOs and video streaming providers to ensure privacy, security, scalability and speed.
Who We Are
Executive Team
Giuseppe Staffaroni
President and CEO
A technology industry veteran with more than 25 years of European, U.S., and International experience, Staffaroni has an extensive background in marketing, product strategy, technology development, and general management. Prior to taking the lead at Promptu, Staffaroni spent nearly 15 years at LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) where he served as Executive Vice President heading LSI's Consumer Products Group, a business unit providing leading-edge solutions for the rapidly expanding consumer electronics market. In this role, he oversaw marketing, product and business development, and engineering of LSI Logic's standard products and system-on-a-chip solutions for customers in the broadband access, broadband entertainment, and wireless markets. Prior to LSI Logic, Staffaroni worked in various technology and management positions at Texas Instruments, AT&T Microelectronics, and Zeltron, a unit of Electrolux.
Harry Printz
CTO and VP of Engineering
Printz has more than 12 years of experience in automatic speech recognition and computational linguistics. Before joining Promptu, Printz was manager of Pervasive Conversational Technology at IBM's Watson Research Laboratory. In this role, he managed research for IBM Embedded ViaVoice, the speech recognizer that is currently deployed in Honda Accord automobiles. He also conceived and co-designed the IBM speech chip. Prior to IBM, he worked at the Digital Equipment Corporation's Paris Research Lab and at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Printz holds a B.A. magna cum laude and an M.A. in physics from Harvard University, a B.A. in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon. He holds nine U.S. patents in the areas of speech recognition, data compression, and statistical modeling.
Jason Simpson
VP Product Marketing
After spending nearly a decade as a theatrical designer, Jason switched directions, combined his passion for technology and design and began his second life in the Silicon Valley. Now over 14 years later, Jason has worked with numerous startups (Xuma, Classroom Connect) and industry giants (Electronic Arts), where he performed in various roles: QA Manager, Engineering Lead, Director of Operations. Currently, Jason is the Vice President of Product Marketing for Promptu systems, where his focus is on the creation of next-generation voice UIs for automotive, TV, and mobile.
Daniele Poggetta
VP Business Development
Daniele has more than twenty years of international experience working for high-tech, consulting, media and FMCG companies. Before joining Promptu in 2009, he worked as a consultant for Campbell Alliance (now inVentiv Health Consulting) and ZS Associates, managing marketing and sales strategy projects in different countries across Europe and in the United States. Prior to ZS Associates, Daniele was e-commerce Business Development and Commercial manager for the internet division of Fininvest SpA (the Italian holding company of one the world's largest communication groups). He also worked in product management roles for Kraft Food (now Mondelēz International) and Unilever in Italy. Daniele holds a BS in Business from Bocconi University in Milan and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
