# Hanno Blankenstein

> Hanno Blankenstein is the Sydney-based co-founder and Group CEO of Unleash live, applying computer vision to industrial inspections and monitoring. His career includes Vodafone, S&C and BCG Digital Ventures Asia; his interests connect aviation, software and operational decision-making.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Group CEO at Unleash live
- **Organizations:** Unleash live, BCG Digital Ventures, S&C, Pocketweb, Vodafone, Booz Allen Hamilton / Strategy&, German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, National AI Centre AI at Scale Think Tank
- **Education:** MBA, Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
- **Known for:** Joint CEO of S&C before its 2014 acquisition by BCG., Co-founded Unleash live with Jason Grier., Led Unleash live through its 2021 Series A and 2025 Series B.

## Career timeline

- **1998-2006** — Consulting tenure recorded by Strategy&; last listed role Principal.
- **Before 2014** — Held strategy and innovation leadership roles at Vodafone, led Pocketweb and served as joint CEO of S&C.
- **2014** — BCG acquired S&C in July; subsequently served as Partner and Managing Director of BCG Digital Ventures Asia.
- **2016** — Began building Unleash live with Jason Grier.
- **2021** — Unleash live raised an A$8 million Series A led by SafetyCulture.
- **2025** — Unleash live announced an A$17 million Series B and received industry recognition.
- **2026** — Published reflections on ten years of Unleash live and industrial AI adoption.

## Achievements

- Joint CEO of S&C before its 2014 acquisition by BCG.
- Co-founded Unleash live with Jason Grier.
- Led Unleash live through its 2021 Series A and 2025 Series B.
- Unleash live and Worley won the 2025 AFR AI Award for Productivity and Efficiency.
- Unleash live appeared in Forbes Asia’s 2025 100 to Watch and received a 2025 Australian AI Award for Responsible AI.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published a tenth-anniversary reflection, A Decade of Measuring the Unseen, on 24 September.
- **2026-09** — Discussed earning engineers’ trust in industrial AI in a Siemens Ignite panel recap published 3 September.
- **2026-09** — Published reflections on operator workflow requirements after MAINSTREAM 2026 on 1 September.

## Links

- Website: https://unleashlive.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanno-blankenstein/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/hblanken

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