Ryan Gariepy is the Co-Founder and CTO of both Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors. In addition, he serves on the board of the Open Source Robotics Foundation, is a Co-Founder of ROSCon, and also co-founded and co-chairs the Canadian Robotics Council. Gariepy is also an advisor to several startups and venture capital groups, and helped found the Next Generation Manufacturing Canada initiative. He is a regular speaker, panelist, and expert guest on topics including robotics, AI, and technology policy. Gariepy completed both a B.A.Sc. degree in Mechatronics Engineering and an M.A.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, and has over seventy pending patents in the field of autonomous systems