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Darren Liccardo
Founder of Catapult Ventures
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Darren Liccardo
Founder of Catapult Ventures
Los Altos, California
Overview
Work Experience
Cofounder and Managing Director
2018 - Current
VP Engineering, Systems and Applications
2015 - 2017
Cofounded DJI's Silicon Valley outpost for R&D and business development.
Director, Engineering, Autopilot
2014 - 2015
Built the engineering team and technology for Autopilot and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems.
Technology Office USA
2009 - 2014
Technology Identification, Business Development, Research, Engineering Strategy. Founding member of the ADAS/Autonomous Driving efforts in the US.
Director of Software, Inertial Systems
2003 - 2010
Technical management, strategic planning, product R&D, business development.
Engineering Research
1999 - 2000
Formation flying space vehicle research. Built and demonstrated prototype CDMA ultrawide band time-of-flight ranging system for satellite navigation.
Electrical Engineering
1998 - 1998
Investigated and documented failure analysis on consumer electronics.