CO-LOCATED EVENTS

Speaker

Joe LaChapelle

Vice President of Research and Development, Luminar Technologies, Inc.

Joe LaChapelle is Vice President of Research and Development at Luminar, responsible for the development and creation of the next generation technologies for Luminar’s autonomous vehicle perception systems. Throughout his career, Joe has held leadership positions in photonics companies ranging from executive management, engineering management and R&D. He has co-founded multiple startups related to the development and sale of LiDAR, lasers and detector technologies. In the early 2000’s, he co-founded Deep Photonics and served as CEO for five years. LaChapelle holds more than 30 U.S. and international patents in optics technologies and earned a B.S. degree in Engineering Physics from Oregon State University.

Company

Luminar Technologies, Inc.

Luminar Technologies, Inc. is producing advanced sensor technologies for the autonomous vehicle industry. Luminar is fueled by a group of relentless optimists and fearless problem solvers who tirelessly design, build and deliver the future of LiDAR. Our vision is to make autonomous vehicles safe and ubiquitous.