Juha Alakarhu

Juha Alakarhu is the VP of Imaging at Axon, leading imaging R&D at the company’s Finland office. His expertise spans camera system development for body-worn and in-car devices, fixed video deployments, drone imaging programs, and automatic license plate recognition (ALPR). Juha also spearheads the development of new technologies and product concepts, them from prototyping to production. Additionally, he focuses on the human visual system and the discrepancies between recorded video evidence and human perception.

Previously, Juha held senior imaging roles at Nokia and Microsoft, where he contributed to pioneering smartphone technologies including oversampling, optical image stabilization, advanced image processing, and virtual reality. He holds a PhD from Tampere University of Technology and serves as an advisor to imaging companies, including Polight and Eyeo imaging.