Leadership
Let’s lead together.
As the two sustaining partners, Eddy and I have an excitement about what we see unfolding. We’re leading but in some ways we feel like we’re being led–by an opportunity that is there right before us and through the others who have come around this effort–our board, other industry leaders like Ford Motor Company, Bosch, PlugNPlay, Stantec, and so many others. Collaboration is at the very heart of this effort–we are looking to use software, robotics and autonomous vehicle technology to solve a big problem by facilitating collaboration in new ways at every step along the way. We know that together we can accomplish something really spectacular. That’s why we invite you, “Let’s Work Together.”
Mark Crawford
Perfecting last-mile delivery with AI.
Mark A. Crawford
CEO & CTO
Mark has over 20 years of experience in automotive product development and autonomous vehicle research. Previously, Mark was the chief engineer of autonomous driving systems at Great Wall Motor Company (GWM) and established their American R&D organization, which was focused on developing SAE Level 4 automated driving technology. He built an international organization and was responsible for autonomous vehicle deployments in multiple countries.
Prior to GWM, Mark was a technical specialist at the Ford Motor Company and was one of the first engineers working on their autonomous vehicle project. Mark is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program centered on Industrial and Systems Engineering and Executive Leadership at Wayne State University and holds both a BS and MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He is excited to be co-leading this great organization.
Eddy Chiang
COO
Eddy has over 15 years of strategic business operations experience in venture capital, private equity, investment banking and corporate development. Previously, Eddy led the US-based emerging technology venture capital and private equity related investments at Fosun Capital (investment arm of Fosun International US$100Bn+ assets under management).
He has extensive experience in technology investment banking (IPO/M&A), having previously worked at firms including Morgan Stanley, and was part of the core corporate development team at Synopsys (NASDAQ: SNPS) handling public/private company acquisitions. Eddy holds a BA degree in Economics from UCLA and an MBA from UC Berkeley.
