Aravind Samba Murthy currently works as a Systems Engineer for Cruise, an autonomous vehicle company based out of San Francisco. He previously worked on autonomous mobile robots at Amazon Robotics and elevator control systems at Thyssenkrupp Elevators. Aravind has a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an MBA degree, both from Georgia Institute of Technology. He has published 11 conference papers and 3 patents in the fields of industrial automation and transportation electrification.