BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, AUTONOMOUS DRIVING
Horizon Robotics
Abr 2019 - Ago 2021 (2 años 5 meses)
• Established U.S. operations as the 1 st North American hire, owning the automotive OEM & RoboTaxi autonomy markets • Led efforts in AI accelerator silicon design-in, optimized perception algorithms, hardware platforms, & design services • Grew U.S. business from $0 to $4M+ by acting as international liaison for pre-sales, negotiation, servicing, & technical support • Prospected & won Horizon's 1 st American OEM ADAS production contract for $3M of realized NRE & $73M ARR of design win • Spearheaded a $250K custom autonomy PoC with General Motors, enabling China to secure a mass-production contract • Secured Coast Autonomous P1 -Shuttle, resulting in Horizon's 1 st U.S. customer press release & deployment of 12 RoboTaxis