Company – UPTEKO

Company
We are aiming to lead the way into the drone era

Meet UPTEKO™

Meet UPTEKO

Upteko™ was founded in 2018 by Mads Joergensen, Benjamin Mejnertz, and Sebastian Duus to pursue the opportunity of developing drone applications for the maritime sector. For Benjamin and Sebastian, it started as a hobby, competing in RC Helicopter competitions around the world and later became a business worth pursuing. Mads came onboard, and together they created Upteko and built a great team of experienced drone pilots, software- and hardware engineers and business developers. Today Upteko has offices located in Copenhagen, Odense, and Skanderborg. At our core, Upteko is about using our creativity and initiative to become leaders in the drone industry.

To develop fitting solutions to your needs, we value collaboration and co-creation highly among external parties. Through several years of collaborating with our customers, complementary assets providers, and even competitors, we have achieved priceless parnership within the maritime and other sectors. We are continuosly on the hunt for new collaborations.

The Advisory Board

Mogens Hess
Chairman of the Board
Upteko

Mogens Hess has been associated with DIS since 2005, as board member and as Chairman of the board from 2015. He has contributed to the strategic processes and business development with emphasis on an international business development. Mogens acted as President and CEO of Creadis Inc. until December 2019. After a long stint of heading a large number of successful companies, Mogens has now joined Upteko as Chariman of the Board.

Steen Lykke Pedersen
Head of Dry Dockings and Maintenance Strategies, Vessel Management
Maersk

Steen Lykke Pedersen has more than 20 years of experience from working in the maritime industry. Prior to joining Maersk Supply Service in 2014, Steen acted as Sales and Project Manager in MAN Diesel & Turbo doing development projects and supplier development in China, and before that practical experience sailing as a Marine Engineer. Steen has a MBA from DTU Business.

Søren Bunk
Director, Partner
DIS - CREADIS

Søren Bunk has been associated with DIS for more than 20 years. He started as the fifth employee at DIS early in 2000 as a newly qualified mechanical engineer and is currently the co-owner and chairman of the company. He has been actively involved in the development of the company's international activities, including establishment in Germany, Norway, Poland and USA.

Mads Bentzen Billesø
Senior Project Manager, Innovations and Partnerships
DFDS

Mads Bentzen Billesø has 20+ years of experience working in the maritime industry, on board product tankers and container vessels and ashore. He is currently working on developing projects and concepts and managing a number of innovation, technology and digitalization projects within shipping and logistics at DFDS. In addition, Mads is building partnerships, Open Innovation spaces and relations to external partners. Prior to joining DFDS in 2017, Mads acted as project manager in the Danish Maritime Authority working on a number of EU and regional projects and representing Denmark in Commitees and Working Groups on maritime safety, environment and technology.