Annie Lien's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

Various Stealth AV Startups @ Startup Experience From 2013 to 2018 (5 years) Founder & CEO | Autonomous Vehicles/Robotics Stealth Startup @ Startup Experience From 2015 to 2015 (less than a year) Industry Consultant & Advisor | Automotive, Autonomous Driving, ADAS @ Annie Lien Consulting • Investment and fundraising strategies, business strategy and development, product strategy, technical...

Various Stealth AV Startups @ Startup Experience From 2013 to 2018 (5 years) Founder & CEO | Autonomous Vehicles/Robotics Stealth Startup @ Startup Experience From 2015 to 2015 (less than a year) Industry Consultant & Advisor | Automotive, Autonomous Driving, ADAS @ Annie Lien Consulting • Investment and fundraising strategies, business strategy and development, product strategy, technical strategy, competitive landscape, ADAS and self-driving industry / market trends, ADAS and self-driving benefits / risks, marketing / PR strategy, policy / government• Consultation in investments and corporate strategies resulted in billions of dollars in market share and capital gains• Clients/projects include: Investors, Startups, Car Manufacturers & Suppliers, Automotive Trade Associations, Consulting Firms, Journalists/Media (e.g., National Geographic Film Series with Ty Burrell)The Years Project by National Geographic featuring Ty Burrell:https://vimeo.com/190909802https://www.facebook.com/YearsTheShow/videos/the-road-ahead-with-ty-burrell/2618341228221548/ Product | Automated Driving, Self-Driving Cars @ Toyota Research Institute From January 2019 to April 2020 (1 year 4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaCBDO & CMO | Perrone Robotics @ Startup Experience • Led and drove executive efforts to commercialize robotics software platform, resulting in a more aggressive business and product plan & strategy for entry into the AV space, creating more focused strengths on new strategic partnerships and marketing• Co-led investment fundraising and corporate strategy, received Series A investment from Intel Capital From 2016 to 2016 (less than a year) San Francisco Bay AreaStrategy, Product, BD, Marketing | Autonomous Driving & ADAS @ Audi / VW Group • U.S. spokesperson for Audi's Autonomous Driving program• Spearheaded strategic vision, direction, messaging/branding of Audi's U.S. Autonomous Driving program• Established, influenced, built relationships with external industry players (OEMs, suppliers, insurance companies, state and federal legislative and regulatory bodies, SAE AV Levels of Definitions committee, etc.) to influence future direction of Autonomous Driving & ADAS• Bridged, aligned cross-functionally with global corporate departments—design, engineering, legal, governmental affairs, PR/marketing, executive management—to push forward R&D of customer focused prototypes, concepts, solutions for Autonomous Driving & ADAS• Co-led new company-wide initiatives on U.S. Autonomous Driving PR/marketing, legal, government activities• Partnered with Audi's PR/marketing teams to demonstrate product and concept launches• Scouted competitive landscape, advocated findings into roadmaps with emphasis on customer needs From 2009 to 2013 (4 years) San Francisco Bay AreaProduct, Senior Engineer | Autonomous Driving & ADAS @ Audi / VW Group • Created, managed, executed, drove forward usability/UX studies, customer clinics to influence executive decisions• Aligned with marketing / PR teams to demonstrate product and concept launches• Scouted, monitored market / competitor trends, advocated findings into project roadmaps with emphasis on customer needs• Led and managed group of contractors in various user study responsibilities From 2007 to 2009 (2 years) San Francisco Bay AreaTeam Leader of Team AnnieWay | Autonomous Driving @ DARPA Urban Challenge 2007 • Served as Team Leader on part-time, voluntary basis• Cooperated with team of independent researchers in development of autonomous vehicle prototype• Liaison/negotiator between team and DARPA officials, global organizational responsibilities, media/press relations• Encouraged and maintained team motivation and moraleTeam AnnieWay was founded and supported on a part-time, voluntary basis by research professionals and graduate students from the German universities of Karlsruhe and Munich. We were a true "underdog" team with very little money, manpower, resources and time. Against all odds, from almost 100 participating teams we were successfully chosen as one of eleven finalist teams for the November 3, 2007 race.And no, I did not choose the team name --- the team members forced me to give them my name! :)www.mrt.kit.edu/annieway/team.html From 2006 to 2007 (1 year) USAUsability Researcher & Machine Learning Specialist @ Robert Bosch • Created, managed, executed user studies for design and development of multi-million dollar NIST funded, machine learning based speech technology project and other internal corporate systems• Training data management & QA testing• Led and managed small team of contractors and interns From 2005 to 2007 (2 years) San Francisco Bay AreaProduct | Automation in Supply Chain & Logistics @ Third Wave Automation • Multiplying human potential by the power of shared autonomy. Third Wave’s first product, the world’s most advanced autonomous forklift, delivers revolutionary increases in safety, efficiency and throughput by leveraging shared autonomy - a breakthrough in machine learning, computer vision and robotic material handlingWe Are Hiring! Front End SW Engineer, TPM, Senior ML, among others... Silicon Valley, CA