Summary
Bruce Lao is a VP of Engineering with 13 years of experience leading ADAS and assisted-driving development at a major Auto Tier1, building and scaling computer vision, embedded, and sensor-fusion teams from technical and recruiting fronts. His background spans deep technical roles at Microsoft Research (computer vision, multi-sensor fusion, smart retail/conference solutions) and core infrastructure work across Azure and Office365, giving him a rare combination of research-led vision and production-grade distributed systems expertise. He holds advanced degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from USC and Zhejiang University, with early experience in signal processing and real-time embedded algorithms that inform his modern AV system design. Based in Shanghai, he actively hires CV/Image/Embedded engineers and bridges research, product, and manufacturing considerations to move ADAS features from prototype to vehicle.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at University of Southern California
Bachelor of Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineer, Electrical Engineering at Zhejiang University