Wednesday Buckendale Tech Talk Keynote Presenter

Don Burnette

Founder & CEO of Kodiak Robotics

Don is one of the autonomous vehicle industry’s true pioneers, with more than a decade of experience working on self-driving software development. He began his career as a software tech lead for the Google self-driving car project, the predecessor to Waymo.

After over five years at Google, Don left the company to co-found Otto, the first self-driving truck startup, which was acquired by Uber.

After nearly two years as Software Technical Lead at Uber, Don left to found Kodiak.