Ivan Avanesov

Ivan Avanesov is a serial hardware entrepreneur and the Co-Founder of Splash, a defense technology startup developing autonomous naval vessels for future maritime operations. Prior to his current executive role, he founded and operated Vosentech, a hardware manufacturing company focused on specialized airflow visualization equipment. Under his direct leadership, Vosentech successfully scaled its production to become the world's largest supplier of miniature smoke generators, ultimately manufacturing and selling more than 10,000 individual units globally. Through this venture, his company supplied critical testing equipment to major enterprise, military, and government clients, including prominent organizations like SpaceX, NASA, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Avanesov draws upon more than eight years of dedicated marine robotics research experience to focus his current efforts on advancing autonomous naval technology and complex hardware manufacturing for the modern aerospace and defense sectors.