Sterling Anderson Speaking Fee: $20,000 to $30,000
Speaking Fee:
$20,000 to $30,000
Travels From:
Available Upon Request
Travels From:
Available Upon Request
Primary Topic Category:
Technology
Primary Topic Category:
Technology
Secondary Topic Category:
Creativity and Innovation
Secondary Topic Category:
Creativity and Innovation
Sterling Anderson Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Sterling Anderson is a seasoned product development leader with extensive experience in the automotive industry. He began his career at MIT, where he developed the Intelligent Co-Pilot, a pioneering technology in cooperative control of human-machine systems. He later joined Tesla, where he led the design and launch of the Model X and several generations of Tesla Autopilot. In 2017, he co-founded Aurora and helped it become the world's leading independent developer of autonomous vehicle solutions.
Sterling Anderson is a world expert in autonomous vehicle technology. In the late 2000's, he developed the MIT Intelligent Co-Pilot, a shared autonomy framework that paved the way for broad advances in cooperative control of human-machine systems. In 2014, he joined Tesla, where he lead the design, development, and launch of the Tesla Model X. Following the launch of the Model X, Sterling led the team that delivered Tesla Autopilot. In early 2017, he co-founded Aurora with the former leaders of Google's and Uber's respective self-driving programs to bring the benefits of this technology to market safely, quickly and broadly.
Sterling holds four patents and over a dozen publications in autonomous vehicle systems. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University and an MS and PhD in robotics from MIT.