Andrew P. Poppas

Arm and PACCAR Executives Join Luminar

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Execution is everything for Luminar as we progress towards series production to set a new automotive safety and autonomy standard, said Luminar Founder and CEO, Austin Russell.

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  • Execution is everything for Luminar as we progress towards series production to set a new automotive safety and autonomy standard, said Luminar Founder and CEO, Austin Russell.
  • Prior to PACCAR, Poppas held positions as the Senior Vice President of Global Engineering, Quality and IT at Remy International (now Borg Warner).
  • Sameer Ladiwala joins as Luminars Chief Accounting Officer from Arm where he served as the Chief Accounting Officer.
  • Founded in 2012, Luminar employs approximately 400 with offices in Palo Alto, Orlando, Colorado Springs, Detroit, and Munich.