# Chris Urmson: person

Canonical ID: `0a18ae3e-036a-407b-a6dc-5e5590dadc52`

Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Aurora; previously CTO of the Google self-driving project and technical director of CMU's DARPA Grand/Urban Challenge teams. PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon.

- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Aurora Innovation](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/aurora.md) Co-founder, CEO & Chairman (SEC-verified)

## Foundings (1)

- [Aurora Innovation](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/aurora.md) (cofounder)

## Board seats (1)

- [Aurora Innovation](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/aurora.md) chair

## Former / Previously (1)

- [Waymo](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/waymo.md) CTO (Google self-driving project) (secondary-verified)

## Education (2)

- Carnegie Mellon University PhD, Robotics
- University of Manitoba BSc, Computer Engineering

## Sources (1)

1. https://ir.aurora.tech/


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