Jens Karstoft Joins Cylindo as Chief Operating Officer

Furniture World News Desk on 10/15/2018

Cylindo, a 3D product visualization platform for commerce, announced that Jens Karstoft had joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. His extensive retail tech background will complement Cylindo’s focus on delivering delightful customer experiences.

Jens will hold a key role in improving and streamlining processes at the company for accelerated growth. He is well known in the tech community as the co-founder of Zmags, the shoppable content company, and prior to joining Cylindo he acted as COO of iMotions, one of the fastest growing Danish startups.

“Jens brings valuable experience from the retail technology space as both a founder and operator. His analytic and data-driven approach to breaking insurmountable challenges into tangible objectives is just what Cylindo needs at this stage of rapid growth. We’ve been doubling revenue YoY twice and have created and distributed more than two quintillion photorealistic renders the past year - needless to say that it’s a core focus for us to operate at massive scale and Jens plays an important part in getting us to the next level.” - said Janus Jagd, Cylindo’s CEO.

Cylindo is devoted to making product visualization easy for furniture brands and retailers. The future roadmap includes rapid scale, automation of processes and constant performance improvements. Jens’s arrival will build on the progress Cylindo has made so far, and he will be a great contributor in the future expansion of the company.

“The commerce world moving from 2D to 3D is inevitable, and Cylindo is poised to be the main enabler of that within the home and furnishing vertical. That combined with Cylindo’s strong leadership, amazing team and clear vision was a key decision point for me when joining. There is a lot of exciting work ahead, and I am very happy to be part of the team to help in this journey.” - said Jens Karstoft, Cylindo’s COO.

The customer-first mindset combined with a unique approach toward attracting top talent has positioned Cylindo behind the steering wheel of the e-commerce revolution.  

More about Cylindo: Cylindo is the fastest growing visualization platform for commerce. Trusted by global furniture retailers and brands, Cylindo's platform provides photo-realistic visuals and tools to engage and convert audiences across channels. Our proprietary and automated rendering technology transforms simple data and images into 4K photorealistic imagery while also supporting unlimited variations of products.
 
Using the 360 HD Viewer companies can show any product from any angle in any variation, ultimately increasing conversion rates by +27% and reducing visualization cost by 58% on average. For more information, visit www.cylindo.com or email hello@cylindo.com.