# Ryan Gariepy: person

Canonical ID: `cef0073f-4967-4ab8-8ba3-ca0e17091758`

Co-founder and CTO of Clearpath Robotics (founded 2009). Leads autonomous systems R&D. Co-founded OTTO Motors (Clearpath's autonomous industrial vehicle brand, acquired by Rockwell 2023). Core contributor to ROS (Robot Operating System) and ROS 2. Frequent speaker at ROSCon and IEEE ICRA. University of Waterloo alumnus.

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## Current roles (1)

- [Clearpath Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/clearpath-robotics.md) Co-Founder, CTO since 2009-01-01 (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (2)

- [Clearpath Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/clearpath-robotics.md) founded 2009-01-01 (cofounder)
- [Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/clearpath-otto.md) founded 2009-01-01 (cofounder) _no longer at company_

## Former / Previously (1)

- [Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/clearpath-otto.md) Co-founder & CTO (2009-01-01 to ?) (secondary-verified)

## Sources (2)

1. https://clearpathrobotics.com/about/
2. https://roscon.ros.org/


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