As the Head of Strategic Partnerships at AEye, I'm responsible for establishing the strategy and relationships that drive the companies long-term strategic partnerships within the automotive and emerging autonomous driving space.

Prior to Sense, I led the Business Development at Luminar Technologies ($LAZR) and built highly-effective partnerships with leading OEMs such as Volvo and Toyota.

I was also, an early member of the business development team at Tesla during the launch of the Model X.

AEye is the premier provider of intelligent, next generation, adaptive LiDAR for vehicle autonomy, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), and robotic vision applications. AEye’s iDAR™ (Intelligent Detection and Ranging) system leverages biomimicry and principles from automated targeting applications used by the military to scan the environment, intelligently focusing on what matters most, enabling faster, more accurate, and more reliable perception. iDAR™ is the only software configurable LiDAR with integrated deterministic artificial intelligence, delivering industry-leading performance in range, resolution, and speed. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.