SYDNEY, Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Humanforce, an Australian-borne global provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Aaron Thorne as Chief Sales Officer, effective immediately. In this role, Aaron will lead Humanforce's global sales strategy, driving both expansion and deeper relationships with prospective customers in frontline industries such as aged care, childcare, retail, hospitality, events & stadia, local government, education and more.
Thorne joins Humanforce following a distinguished tenure in leadership roles within UKG, where he most recently served as Managing Director for APAC. His achievements include scaling business operations, building trusted partnerships, delivering value and customer-first outcomes to large workforce-heavy organisations, and leading high-performing teams to implement people-centric workforce management solutions in fast-paced environments.
"We are thrilled to welcome Aaron Thorne to the Humanforce executive leadership team," said Clayton Pyne, CEO. "Aaron's deep understanding of what it takes to support and empower frontline workers, combined with his strong sales leadership in complex, large-scale environments, makes him the ideal person to lead our global commercial efforts. As we continue to expand, his insight will be vital in ensuring that our solutions deliver real value for our customers — both in terms of business performance and employee experience."
With over 20 years' experience in sales leadership and enterprise sales across the Asia-Pacific region, Thorne is known for building strategic customer relationships and driving adoption of workforce & people management technologies that drive customer-first outcomes.
"What excites me most about joining Humanforce is its position as the largest frontline-focused, enterprise-grade, full-suite HCM vendor in Australia", said Aaron Thorne. "By uniting Workforce Management, HR, Benefits, Talent, and Payroll into a single seamless solution, Humanforce not only helps organisations navigate complex compliance environments — it also unlocks labour productivity, optimises costs, and elevates the employee experience.
"I've long admired how, through smart M&A and product innovation, Humanforce has consistently tackled the hardest challenges facing frontline-heavy industries. The opportunity to scale that impact on a global level and establish Humanforce as the leader in frontline HCM is one I couldn't resist", Thorne concludes.
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About Humanforce
Humanforce provides the market leading, employee-centred, intelligent and compliant HCM suite for frontline and flexible workforces, offering highly configurable, all-in-one WFM, HR, Talent, Benefits and Payroll - without compromise. Our vision is to make work easier and life better by focusing on the employee experience (EX), and the efficiency and optimisation of businesses.
Founded in 2002, Humanforce has a 2300-strong customer base and heading towards one million employees under management, across a wide range of industries including Aged Care, Childcare, Healthcare, Retail, Hospitality, Events & Stadia, Local Government and more. Today, we have offices across Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Philippines and USA.
Customers include Story House Early Learning, Flight Centre, Southern Cross Care Qld, Norwich City Football Club, Vodafone, and more. https://humanforce.com
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Humanforce Appoints Aaron Thorne as Chief Sales Officer to Drive Growth Across Frontline Workforces Globally
SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- RoboSense (02498 HKEX), a pioneering AI-driven robotics technology company, has been ranked No.1 in the 2025 3D LiDAR Sales Volume for Global Robotic Lawn Mowers by OFweek. Leveraging the generational-leading advantages of its digital LiDAR, such as the E1R, RoboSense has established deep partnerships with multiple global leading robotic lawn mower companies, including Mammotion and Segway Navimow. These collaborations have set a new benchmark for the next-generation boundary-free intelligent robotic lawn mowers driving industry development.
RoboSense's strong performance in the robotic lawn mower segment also drove record-breaking sales growth of its LiDAR products in the robotics sector in 2025, achieving an annual sales volume of 303,000 units—a year-on-year increase of 1141.8%. According to the Gaogong Industry Research Institute (GGII), "2025 Sales Volume Ranking of 3D LiDAR for Robotics in China," RoboSense ranked No.1 for LiDAR sales volume in the robotics sector, demonstrating leadership across both niche segments and the overall robotics market.
The robotic lawn mower segment was the fastest-growing robot category in 2025. According to IDC, in the first half of 2025 alone, global shipments of robotic lawn mowers reached 2.343 million units, representing a year-on-year increase of 327.2%. In this process, RoboSense's digital LiDAR, leveraging its self-developed SPAD-SoC and VCSEL digital chip architecture for high performance and reliability, has become a key driver in enabling perception upgrades and supporting market growth for robotic lawn mowers.
The E1R, the world's first fully solid-state digital LiDAR for robotics, features a 90° ultra-wide vertical FOV and 144 beams, allowing precise detection of small ground obstacles, terrain changes, and fence edges—facilitating accurate localization, mapping, and navigation for robotic lawn mowers. Its fully solid-state design ensures resilience to vibration, bumps, and shocks, improving operational stability on rough terrain by up to three times. Built to automotive-grade standards, the E1R has passed more than 60 reliability tests, including UV aging, salt spray, and electromagnetic compatibility, and can reliably operate in harsh conditions such as rain and dust. With an outdoor service life of up to 8 years, far exceeding industry standards, it serves as the optimal perception partner for all-weather, all-condition robotic lawn mower operation.
Leveraging its leading digital LiDAR products, RoboSense has become a core partner for multiple global leading robotic lawn mower companies. As the global market penetration of robotic lawn mowers continues to grow, the application of LiDAR is expected to enter a new phase of rapid expansion, with RoboSense poised to capitalize on its first-mover advantage and lead the way into the next era of strong growth.
Source:
OFWEEK, "2025 Global 3D LiDAR Sales Volume Ranking for Robotic Lawn Mowers"
Gaogong Industry Research Institute (GGII), "2025 Sales Volume Ranking of 3D LiDAR for Robotics in China"
About RoboSense
RoboSense (02498 HKEX), founded in 2014, is an AI-driven robotics technology company that supplies core components and solutions for the robotics market, committed to "Become the global leader in robotics technology platforms." Headquartered in Shenzhen, China, the company has offices in Shanghai, Suzhou, and Hong Kong; Stuttgart in Germany; Detroit and Silicon Valley in the United States.
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RoboSense Ranked No.1 in Global 3D LiDAR Sales Volume for Robotic Lawn Mowers
RoboSense Ranked No.1 in Global 3D LiDAR Sales Volume for Robotic Lawn Mowers
