# Shinpei Kato: founder, Tier IV

Canonical ID: `20b277a1-48c0-4d06-8ada-78b353712fb1`

Founder and CEO of [Tier IV](/companies/tier-iv), co-founder and Fellow of the Autoware Foundation, and specially appointed professor at the University of Tokyo. Created Autoware, the world's leading open-source software for autonomous driving, while an associate professor at Nagoya University (2012–2016). Holds a BEc from Kyoto University.

- **Nationality:** Japanese
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (2)

- [Tier IV](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/tier-iv.md) Founder
- [Tier IV](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/tier-iv.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (1)

- [Tier IV](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/tier-iv.md)

See all founders: [/founders](https://registry.deploy.report/founders.md)

## Former / Previously (2)

- [Carnegie Mellon University](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/carnegie-mellon-university.md) Postdoctoral Scholar (? to 2012-01-01) (secondary-verified)
- [University of Tokyo](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/university-of-tokyo.md) Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of TMI (secondary-verified)

## Sources (2)

1. https://tier4.co.jp/en/about-us
2. https://shinpeikato.com/


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