Latest News / October ‘25 / BrightDrive Joins The Autoware Foundation!

Organization Overview

The Autoware Foundation gathers representatives from member organizations to influence and drive the strategic and technical goals of Autoware.

The Autoware Foundation reinforces management efforts by employing full-time project managers, software architects and administrative staff.

Board of Directors and Fellows

Yang Zhang

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Christian John

Member of the Board of Directors

Suraj Gajendra

Member of the Board of Directors

Shinpei Kato

Fellow

Strategic Planning Committee

Johannes Betz

Johannes Betz

SPC Chair - Technical University of Munich

 Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor

Autoware Foundation

Samet Kütük

Samet Kütük

Head of Marketing / Community Advocate

Ali Peker

Ali Peker

Adastec

Simon George

Simon George

AMD

Robert Day

Robert Day

Arm

Lucas Liu

Lucas Liu

Autocore

Kristjan Vilipõld

Kristjan Vilipõld

AuveTech

Jonghyun (Johnson) Lee

Jonghyun (Johnson) Lee

Beyless

Alexander Wischnewski

Alexander Wischnewski

Drive Blocks

Zheren Ma

Zheren Ma

Inceptio Technology

Huei-Ru Tseng

Huei-Ru Tseng

ITRI

Armağan Arslan

Armağan Arslan

Leo Drive

Hyeonseok Jeon

Hyeonseok Jeon

MORAI

Abishek Ramasubramanian

Abishek Ramasubramanian

Multicoreware

Rahul Mangharam

Rahul Mangharam

RoboRacer

Michal Niezgoda

Michal Niezgoda

Robotec.AI

Mariko Tame

Mariko Tame

TIER IV

Weisong Shi

Weisong Shi

The Car Lab

Jian Liu

Jian Liu

WEICHAI

David Chang

David Chang

Whale Dynamic

Technical Steering Committee

Ryohsuke Mitsudome

Ryohsuke Mitsudome

TSC Chair - TIER IV

Shinpei Kato

Shinpei Kato

The University of Tokyo - TIER IV

Muhammad Zain Khawaja

Muhammad Zain Khawaja

Autoware Foundation

M. Fatih Cırıt

M. Fatih Cırıt

Autoware Foundation

Bonolo Mathibela

Bonolo Mathibela

Autoware Foundation

Kerem Par

Kerem Par

Adastec

Simon George

Simon George

AMD

Kasper Mecklenburg

Kasper Mecklenburg

Arm

Xingang Liu

Xingang Liu

Autocore.ai

Lucas Liu

Lucas Liu

Autocore

Kristjan Vilipõld

Kristjan Vilipõld

AuveTech

Sangbum Kim

Sangbum Kim

Beyless

Thomas Hermann

Thomas Hermann

Driveblocks

Shengqi Zhang

Shengqi Zhang

Inceptio Technology

Michael Li

Michael Li

Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

Mert Çolak

Mert Çolak

Leo Drive

Hyeongseok Jeon

Hyeongseok Jeon

MORAI

Milan Patel

Milan Patel

Multicoreware

Rahul Mangharam

Rahul Mangharam

RoboRacer - University of Pennsylvania

Piotr Zyskowski

Piotr Zyskowski

Robotec.AI

Naoyori Tanzawa

Naoyori Tanzawa

TIER IV

Weisong Shi

Weisong Shi

The CAR Lab at UDelaware

Ilir Tahiraj

Ilir Tahiraj

TUM

Zhenyi Zhang

Zhenyi Zhang

WEICHAI

Qiwei Ling

Qiwei Ling

Whale Dynamic

Execution Leadership Team

Daisuke Tanaka

Daisuke Tanaka

ELT / President

Johannes Betz

Johannes Betz

ELT / Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee

Ryohsuke Mitsume

Ryohsuke Mitsume

ELT / Chair of the Technical Steering Committee

Execution Team

Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor

Managing Director of Strategy

Muhammed Zain Khawaja

Muhammed Zain Khawaja

Managing Director of Product

Samet Kütük

Samet Kütük

Head of Marketing / Community Advocate

Mete Fatih Cırıt

Mete Fatih Cırıt

Software Architect

Bonolo Mathibela

Bonolo Mathibela

Project Manager