Christopher Heiser is co-founder and CEO of Renovo, a Silicon Valley automotive software company focused on solutions that merge software, data management, and automotive-grade safety systems into a unified solution for ADAS & AV fleets. He has built his career taking
disruptive technologies to market; his previous roles include pioneering the camera phone (LightSurf), creating groundbreaking consumer products (IDEO) and building massively scalable global software systems (VeriSign).

Mr. Heiser received his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon where he designed and built autonomous vehicles and exoplanet rovers. He successfully led teams in robotics competitions to multiple world championships, and at IDEO he helped win the inaugural Sandhill Challenge. Christopher is a believer that passionate innovation and thoughtful engineering make anything possible. He is an avid fan of motorsport and has lapped the Nürburgring several hundred times. He lives with his family in Mountain View, CA.

Renovo is an award-winning automotive software company. The Renovo Platform merges software, data management, and automotive-grade safety systems into a unified solution for ADAS & AV fleets. Renovo combines Silicon Valley agility with proven automotive capabilities in a singular commitment to bring ADAS & AV development to the greatest scale, highest safety and lowest cost imaginable.