How to Evaluate Pedestrian Detection Systems Before You Buy
Seven questions that separate a system that fits your operation from one that ends up switched off.
Independent guidance for the leaders deciding how people and machines share the floor.
Every year, companies spend heavily on pedestrian detection systems that never fit their operation. I help executives, fleet managers, EHS teams and investors make that decision with clear eyes: what the risk really is, which technologies fit, and how to prove the result.

Camera AI, RFID tags, radar, UWB and video analytics all promise fewer collisions. Each one works in some environments and fails quietly in others. The cost of choosing wrong is a stalled rollout, frustrated operators who disable alarms, and the same risk you started with.
Aisle widths, traffic patterns, lighting, dust, speed and shift structure decide what works. Vendor demos rarely test those conditions.
A pilot without baseline data and success criteria proves nothing. A structured pilot gives leadership a clear yes or no.
Nuisance alarms destroy adoption. Configuration, training and change management matter as much as the hardware.
Operators
A clear business case, risk picture and rollout plan for AI safety technology across your sites.
FleetTechnology selection matched to your forklifts, loaders and haul trucks, uptime targets and maintenance capacity.
EHSRisk assessment, pilot design and documentation that holds up with leadership, insurers and regulators.
Technology Decision Reviews from $3,500. See engagement options →
Investors
VC / PEMarket structure, competitor landscape, technology diligence and adoption barriers in industrial safety technology, from someone who has sold, deployed and supported these systems in the field.
Expert calls $300 per hour. Briefings and due diligence by quote.
Standard of care, feasibility and system performance analysis for fatal and serious injury cases involving industrial vehicles.
Case review $300 per hour.
Expert witness services →A pilot should end with a decision. Baseline data and success criteria set up before it starts are what make that decision clear.

I have spent my career at the point where new technology meets real operations: machine control on construction equipment, geospatial systems for the largest mining companies in South America, autonomous industrial vehicles, and AI pedestrian detection on forklifts and heavy equipment.
I have worked for the manufacturers, built the dealer channels and supported the end users. That means I know where these systems succeed, where they fail, and what questions vendors would rather you did not ask.
Deployed with a large forklift dealer at a high-volume logistics center.
Installed at a global automaker's production facility.
Deployed for a large earthmoving and site development contractor.
Competitive dynamics, distribution strategy and adoption drivers for a confidential client.
Agricultural weighing systems: OEM opportunities and manufacturer partnerships.
Market, technology and channel work for clients in industrial and geospatial technology since 2022.
Seven questions that separate a system that fits your operation from one that ends up switched off.
An honest comparison of the three main approaches and where each one fits.
How regulations, consensus standards and available technology shape what a reasonable employer does.
Tell me about your operation or your investment thesis. I will tell you plainly whether I can help.
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