# Minjie Zheng

> Minjie Zheng is the founder and CEO of Ommo Technologies, Inc., a Texas company developing permanent magnet-based 3D position and orientation tracking. He studied at Washington University in St. Louis, worked at Huawei and Riot Games, and is a named co-inventor on Ommo tracking patents. His work connects an interest in natural digital interaction with sensing systems for physical machines.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Ommo Technologies, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Ommo Technologies, Inc., Riot Games, Huawei
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Computer Science; Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering; summa cum laude, Washington University in St. Louis
- **Known for:** Graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis., Founded and leads Ommo Technologies, Inc., Named co-inventor on granted magnetic position-tracking patents in the United States and Europe.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Network Solutions Intern at Huawei.
- **2010** — Software Engineer Intern at Huawei.
- **2012** — Software Engineer Intern at Riot Games; completed studies at Washington University in St. Louis.
- **2013-2014** — Software Engineer at Riot Games.
- **2016** — Founder and CEO role at Ommo is dated to July 2016 in professional listings; company histories also describe a 2015 founding.
- **2018** — US patent 10,151,606, Tracking position and movement using a magnetic field, granted December 11; Zheng and Fathollah Memarzanjany are named inventors.
- **2023** — European patent EP3803276B1, Rotating a permanent magnet in a position detection system, granted August 30; Zheng and Jonathan Feldkamp are named inventors.
- **2026** — Ommo announced a Series A financing round in August and described expanding work in robotics and physical AI.

## Achievements

- Graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis.
- Founded and leads Ommo Technologies, Inc.
- Named co-inventor on granted magnetic position-tracking patents in the United States and Europe.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — An August 7 interview describes Ommo’s Series A financing, interest from robotics customers and development of a hand-motion data collection glove. Financing databases report $30 million; the original interview describes tens of millions of US dollars.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/minjie-zheng
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/zminjie
- GitHub: https://github.com/zminjie
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/zminjie

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Last updated: 2026-10-25