Darren Liccardo
Founder of Catapult Ventures
Los Altos, California
Overview
Work Experience
Cofounder and Managing Director
2018 - Current
Investing at the forefront of Automation, Robotics, AI, and IoT
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.
Tesla Motors is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides electric cars, solar, and renewable energy solutions.
Raised $19,374,213,101.00 from European Union, PennDOT, Australian Renewable Energy Agency and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
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.
Crossbow Technology manufactures and supplies wireless sensor networks and fibre optic inertial sensor systems.
Raised $13,020,000.00 from Intel Capital, Cisco, Morgenthaler Ventures and Paladin Capital Group.
Engineering Research
1999 - 2000
Formation flying space vehicle research. Built and demonstrated prototype CDMA ultrawide band time-of-flight ranging system for satellite navigation.
Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company specialized in advanced technology systems, products and services.
Raised $62,016,440.00 from Air Force Research Laboratory, United States Air Force, NYSERDA and NYSERDA.
Electrical Engineering
1998 - 1998
Investigated and documented failure analysis on consumer electronics.
With over 90 scientific and engineering disciplines, Exponent’s staff of approximately 900, located in 20 offices throughout the USA