Milan Kocic SmartSkin Technologies

SmartSkin Welcomes Milan Kocic as Head of Innovation & Partnerships

Published On: October 23, 2025

We are excited to announce that Milan Kocic has joined SmartSkin Technologies as Head of Innovation & Partnerships. Milan brings a wealth of experience in leading open innovation programs, product transformation, and strategic partnerships across global tech and industrial sectors.

A Strategic Innovation Leader for SmartSkin’s Next Chapter

As our Head of Innovation & Partnerships, Milan will drive end-to-end innovation, taking SmartSkin’s sensing and analytics capabilities and turning them into scalable, world-class product offerings. He will lead cross-functional teams to identify new application domains for our Pharmaceutical and Food & Beverage solutions, form partnerships, and accelerate go-to-market paths.

Milan’s previous roles and experience such as his time at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence’s “Sixth Sense” program is precisely the kind of experience that will empower SmartSkin to embed innovation into every part of the organization. He has successfully collaborated with startups, scaled new solutions, and built multi-stakeholder ecosystems.

Milan is adept at forging connections across corporations, startups, academia, and customers to co-create value. His ability to shepherd ideas through prototyping, validation, and commercial scaling ensures innovations won’t stay on paper.

Milan’s leadership will strengthen SmartSkin’s role in helping manufacturers optimize their production processes, integrating our solutions at the core of operations to drive efficiency, quality, and reliability.

Please join us in welcoming Milan to the SmartSkin team.

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