Mytra Appoints Former Meta and GoPro Engineering Leader Ingrid Cotoros as Chief Development Officer & Adds Nigel Marcussen as VP of Scaling

Industrial robotics company continues to strengthen leadership team as growth accelerates

BRISBANE, Calif., Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mytra, the company supercharging industrial productivity at scale with its software-defined robotics solution, today announced two key additions to its leadership team: Ingrid Cotoros as Chief Development Officer and Nigel Marcussen as Vice President of Scaling. Together, they bring decades of experience leading global engineering organizations and scaling complex operations, further positioning Mytra to deliver transformative industrial automation solutions at scale.

Cotoros most recently served as Vice President of Technology Engineering for Devices at Meta. She will lead Mytra's engineering and development organization as the company transitions from early deployments to scaled operations. Cotoros brings more than two decades of experience building and launching breakthrough products across aerospace, consumer electronics, and AR/VR. At Meta, she led a global team of more than 1,300 engineers, powering AR/VR products including Meta Quest and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. She previously held leadership roles at GoPro and Lockheed Martin, and earned her PhD in physics from UC Berkeley after graduating from Caltech.

"I see robotics, and especially industrial automation, as the place where physical AI can have the biggest real-world impact, and that's what drew me to Mytra," said Cotoros. "I am energized by the company's first-principles approach of inventing not just the bot, but the entire automation infrastructure for specific industrial applications, rather than iterating on outdated systems. Just as importantly, the team's deep, hands-on experience, and drive are outstanding. I am thrilled to join such a talented group and help scale Mytra's transformative solutions into products that customers can deploy quickly and at massive scale."

Marcussen brings deep expertise leading teams through rapid growth at WeWork, Rivian, and Google. At WeWork, he developed systems and processes that enabled the company to launch hundreds of offices worldwide at unprecedented speed. At Rivian, he solved critical production bottlenecks to enhance production efficiency while introducing Rivian's Gen2 R1 product. At Mytra, Marcussen will oversee scaling initiatives, including supply chain, internal operations, and structural engineering, ensuring the company can deploy its robotics infrastructure quickly and consistently across customer sites.

"What drew me to Mytra is the chance to tackle a truly hard, critical problem alongside incredibly smart people. Industry and logistics are trying to scale fast, yet most automation solutions are slow to implement, site-specific, and simply not scalable," said Marcussen. "Mytra's modular, productized approach can adapt to any customer and deliver end-to-end solutions that unlock material flow - the lifeblood of any factory or logistics operation. At Rivian, I saw firsthand how broken material flow can grind production to a halt. Solving that problem at scale is game-changing."

"Ingrid and Nigel represent the best of both worlds: world-class technical depth and the proven ability to scale," said Chris Walti, Co-Founder and CEO of Mytra. "Ingrid's leadership in hardware and systems engineering and Nigel's expertise in scaling complex operations will be instrumental as we move from early deployments to broad rollout. We're thrilled to have them join our mission to redefine industrial automation."

Cotoros and Marcussen join a rapidly growing leadership team at Mytra that now includes veterans from Tesla, Rivian, Walmart, GoPro, Meta, Slack, and other leading companies. Their appointments underscore Mytra's momentum as it builds the future of industrial automation and expands with new customers and deployments.

To learn more about Mytra and view open positions, visit https://mytra.ai/

About Mytra 
Mytra builds software-defined industrial robotics solutions designed to automate the most common industrial task in logistics – moving and storing material. Mytra solves critical bottlenecks for grocers, retailers, and other warehouse-dependent organizations, including Albertsons Cos., so they can increase supply chain resiliency and throughput and drive new innovations forward. Headquartered in Brisbane, CA, the company is backed by investors like Greenoaks, Eclipse, Abstract Ventures, Humba Ventures, Promus Ventures, LifeX, 515 Ventures, Garry Tan, and Lachy Groom.

SOURCE Mytra