Carl Sconnely is now on to his fourth official technology startup with over 40 years of experience in the industry. He entered the software industry in 1981 during the early days of the personal computer revolution. Sconnely says, “It was a great time, everyone was buying a computer and needed it programmed. There wasn’t any off-the-shelf software. It was a great business education for a 22-year kid who had to learn the processes of so many different companies in order to write the software for them.” Sconnely, has created software for a variety of businesses, including horticultural greenhouse management, car dealerships, chemical companies, dairy factories, manufacturing companies, newspaper media publishing, and restaurants/hotels, gaining valuable experience in software development at a very young age.

Sconnely has had the opportunity to work with prestigious companies such as General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Daimler Corporation, Bank of the West, and Damp Rid manufacturing. In 1994, his company was a beta tester for Microsoft’s Windows 95®; he quickly saw the potential of a graphical operating system and began developing ERP systems based on Microsofts’ Windows® products. Sconnely had his third company exit in 2018 and shortly thereafter, created his fourth startup.

Seeing robotics and AI as the new frontier, as was the early 1980s PC revolution, he founded Quartile III Robotics (Q3 Robotics) with the vision of providing economical Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) solutions for a variety of traditionally manual labor tasks in retail and commercial applications. The company’s flagship product, Xina AI, was born out of the frustration of Sconnely trying to order breakfast on a kiosk; Xina allows customers to speak their order instead of drilling down through menus, clearing popup advertising, and just getting lost in the menu.