Javier Vidal | Chief Executive Officer
Moonware

Javier Vidal, Chief Executive Officer, Moonware

Originally from Madrid, Spain, Javier studied Mechanical Engineering at Duke University. He was granted his first patent at age 15 and started his work experience at a robotics company in Tokyo, Japan. He later worked at Tesla, reporting directly to the VP of Engineering during the critical 2018 Model 3 production ramp-up phase, as well as in a team developing in-house autonomous vehicles for material conveyance. The experience led him to Uber ATG the following year, bridging the systems & hardware engineering teams responsible for Uber’s self-driving technical artifact framework. Javier then started a collaboration with Uber Elevate designing autonomous pushback vehicles to tow air taxis, revealing a critical technology enabling the Urban Air Mobility market to flourish. Soon thereafter he decided to start Moonware, realizing the potential it has to transform operations in all aviation-related sectors.

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