I turn 'it works in the lab' into 'it performs real work'. For the past 16+ years I have helped physical AI companies through the hardest transition they will face: R&D→real deployable product → scale.

As Head of Product at Kodiak, I helped build and launch the world's first driverless commercial trucking fleet, now running 24/7 in the Permian Basin. I am currently leading Product for Kodiak Defense, applying that…

I joined nuTonomy as its first Product Manager (around the time of its acquisition by Delphi/Aptiv) helping the R&D heavy team ship its first driverless product. As Senior Product Director at the resulting Motional, I…

CyPhy Works - Vice President of Product 2017 - 2018 I was VP of Product at CyPhy Works, building autonomous ISR drones for the US Army and Navy SOCOM: my first experience taking a defense…

I was on the founding product team at Kiva Systems, building the robotic warehouse systems that Amazon acquired for $775M, which became the backbone of Amazon Robotics. I helped scale that technology across Amazon's fulfillment…

GIS Analyst, Product Manager, BT Global Access - 2002 - 2007 GIS and database modeling for commercial fiber Access pricing across 25 global countries down to street level. Competitive pricing analysis for pricing policies, working…

My path into physical AI started with maps. I hold a Master's in Geographical Information Science (Distinction) from the University of Nottingham, and a BSc in Geography and Topographic Science from Swansea University. While my…

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