I am an Engineering Manager at TomTom, where I work on building real time maps at scale for Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Advanced Driving Systems (ADS) for Autonomous Vehicles. I lead a very talented team of engineers and applied scientists building automatic pipelines for detecting and categorizing all kinds of signs painted on the roads.

Before this I worked as Head of Software at Oivi, a medical devices startup focused on making early detection of diabetic retinopathy more accessible and affordable. I managed the SW department, working closely with upper management and the heads of other deparments to properly align company goals with development and improve cross-team collaboration. I also managed the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) portfolio. Before my that, I was a Senior Applied Scientist for computer vision tasks for about 2 years.

Prior to that, I spent about four and a half years at Aeolus Robotics, where I owned features from specification to delivery and coordinated across teams to ensure agile development. I also performed algorithm development and testing, as well as hardware-software integration, for robot perception, grasping, motion and reactive planning. I have also led tech demos for investors, as well as knowledge transfer workshops for other developers on how to work with the robots. Additionally, I have performed technology scouting duties at international robotic conferences.

During my PhD studies I performed research on retinal image registration and modelling, and before that I worked as a software engineer in Scientific Games and Nokia Siemens Networks