Dolgov Dmitry

Dolgov Dmitry

Education

In 2000, Dmitry Dolgov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), in 2006 he received a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

Career

Dmitry Dolgov began his career at Toyota. Between February and September 2006, she served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Stanford & Toyota Research Institute, where he was involved in unmanned vehicle planning as part of the Stanford University DARPA Urban Challenge research team. At Google, his career began in 2009 - until the end of 2016, Dmitry Dolgov led the development of software in the unmanned vehicle project. In 2016, when Google separated Waymo into a separate company, Dolgov was appointed its technical director.

Biography

2021: Appointment to Head of Waymo

In early April 2021, Dmitry Dolgov was appointed one Alphabet of the heads of a development subsidiary. self-driving cars Waymo

The change in management of Waymo was announced by its former CEO John Krafczyk, who stayed in this position for five and a half years. Instead, the company will be headed by two co-heads - Dmitry Dolgov, who previously served as technical director of the company, and Tekedra Mavakan, who previously worked as operating director. Mavacana joined Waymo in 2016 and has been the company's operations manager for two years. Prior to that, she worked in senior positions at eBay, Yahoo and AOL.

According to Krafchik, Dolgov and Mavakan are "ideal" for leading the company. They, according to the ex-head, have all the skills necessary for this and enjoy the full support of the entire board of directors of Waymo and Krafchik himself. 59-year-old Krafchik did not indicate the reason why he leaves the company, but noted that he is pursuing "new adventures." At Waymo, he plans to stay on as an advisor.^[1]

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