Guillaume Autran
Manager AMR Software at OTTO by Rockwell Automation
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolGuillaume Autran is a seasoned technology leader and director specializing in vehicle OS for autonomous industrial robots. Based in Waterloo, Canada, he has over a decade of experience spanning embedded software, firmware, and large-scale distributed systems, and leads the Vehicle OS strategy for OTTO Motors at Rockwell Automation since 2023. He previously steered Clearpath's OS initiatives, aligning fleet management with autonomous algorithms and hardware control—from RTOS firmware to cloud-backed diagnostics. His career includes senior architecture and leadership roles at BlackBerry and MRV Communications, where he built and led teams delivering high-performance embedded and networking software. He holds a Ph.D. and MSc in Computer and Information Science from the University of Guelph, underscoring a deep technical foundation in software architectures, robotics, and distributed systems. A mentor and strategist, Guillaume translates complex autonomy requirements into scalable, production-ready software that connects hardware, firmware, and software layers.
10 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Computer and Information Science, Ph.D. Computer and Information Science at University of Guelph
English, French
Github Skills (100)
rospy10
introspection10
cpp10
ros10
middleware10
client-library10
robotics10
disable10
sdk10
opc10
graph10
communications10
wireshark10
ros210
hardware10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
guillaumeautran/carbon-relay-ng
Jun 2017 - Dec 2020
Fast carbon relay+aggregator with admin interfaces for making changes online - production ready
Contributions:25 pushes, 5 branches, 2 comments in 3 years 6 months
relayadminproduction-readyinterfacescarbon
clearpathrobotics/rclcpp
Feb 2018 - Apr 2023
rclcpp (ROS Client Library for C++)
Contributions:2 PRs, 41 pushes, 7 branches in 5 years 2 months
client-librarycpprosrclcpp
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