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Naisy '16

Autonomous Vehicle Operations Manager, Motional

I remember in my Insect Ecology class, we were learning about sustainable food sources. One of the topics was insects as a sustainable food source. In one of our classes we cooked insects and ate them! We made mealworm cookies, cricket pesto, sautéed mealworms, and more!

I did not plan on finding a career in the autonomous vehicle industry — I first graduated with an environmental science degree with proficiency in GIS. Thanks to a friend in my GIS Comp group, I was connected with a recruiter at Uber Advanced Technologies Group as a contracted map production specialist for autonomous vehicles. I worked my way up the ladder to map quality specialist, production coordinator, fleet operations Lead, and eventually became AV testing operations manager. We pride ourselves on developing self driving vehicles that are safe, accessible and reliable, including technology for those with hearing impairments, mobility issues, or the visually impaired.

Naisy studied environmental science and psychology at Allegheny College.