Jon Barad

Jon Barad is VP of Corporate Development at Velodyne Lidar where he leads efforts to engage and develop strong partnerships with companies in emerging autonomous markets, including robotics, drones, trucking, smart cities, security, and more. In this role, he works closely with the ecosystem to help fuel its growth. To enable this mission, Barad established and leads the Company’s Automated with Velodyne partner program which is aimed at providing business development support, marketing assistance, and technical support to partner companies. Barad holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.