Wayve appointments Rob Flenniken, Uri Wolfovitz, and Dennis Jackson to key roles in engineering division.
Wayve has announced the appointments of Rob Flenniken, Uri Wolfovitz, and Dennis Jackson to its engineering leadership team. The new team members bring experience in autonomous vehicles, embedded systems, AI platforms, and scalable software solutions. Their expertise will support the development of technologies for assisted and automated driving.
Rob Flenniken has joined as vice president of Vehicle Software. He will oversee the development and support of a stable and scalable vehicle software platform to support AI model development and integration with automotive hardware and software systems. Rob brings over 20 years of experience in biomedical engineering, mobile devices, consumer electronics, and autonomous vehicles. Prior to this role, he spent three years at Cruise, contributing to the expansion of the Chevy Bolt robotaxi fleet and the development of subsequent autonomous vehicle platforms.
Uri Wolfovitz joins as production software and optimization director, leading the development and deployment of Wayve’s middle ground reference platforms. For over 17 years, Uri has driven advancements in AI, computer vision, and autonomy. Most recently, he served as VP of performance optimization and optical path at Mobileye. He also co-founded DeepBlock, an AI assistant for real estate developers, and was previously COO and VP of R&D at Sight Diagnostic.
Dennis Jackson joins as Engineering Director, and will lead the company’s development fleet software team. He brings 25 years of experience across the medical devices, drones and autonomous vehicles industries. Prior to joining Wayve, Dennis spearheaded Cruise’s development and testing of embedded software for multiple generations of autonomous vehicles. At Wayve, he will be responsible for overseeing the development and testing of on-vehicle embedded systems, as well as user interface software for prototyping and data collection fleets. He will also work to improve and maintain the reliability of Wayve’s prototypes.
These appointments reflect Wayve’s focus on expanding its engineering capabilities. Each leader brings relevant experience and perspective to support the development and deployment of the company’s software platforms and AI-based driving systems.
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