Troy has 15 years of R&D engineering experience in projects ranging from aerodynamic design of miniature drones to design, development and testing of multiple fully autonomous ground vehicles - including two autonomous DARPA Urban Challenge SUV's. He has authored multiple papers and presentations on testing methods for autonomous systems, and spoken as a guest lecturer at Harvard Law School to separate fact from fiction about “drones” in the news. Today, Troy leads a multi-disciplinary team of systems, integration, and software engineers at Draper working to develop low cost and safe Level 4+ autonomous driving functionality adaptable across many future makes and models of vehicles. Troy is a graduate of Virginia Tech with an MS in Aerospace Engineering.

At Draper, we believe exciting things happen when new capabilities are imagined and created. Whether formulating a concept and developing each component to achieve a field-ready prototype or combining existing technologies in new ways, Draper engineers apply multidisciplinary approaches that deliver new capabilities to customers. As a not-for-profit research and development company, Draper focuses on the design, development and deployment of advanced technological solutions for the world’s most challenging and important problems. Specialties: Strategic Systems, Space Systems, Defense Systems, Special Programs, Biomedical Engineering, Energy Systems, Human Systems Technology, Positioning, Navigation & Timing (PNT), Autonomous Systems, Precision Instrumentation, Cybersecurity, and Microsystems.