Garrett Dowd
Technical Lead at Battelle
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolGarrett Dowd is a technical lead with 10 years of experience specializing in mobile robotics, autonomy, and GNSS-denied positioning, currently directing R&D efforts at Battelle in Columbus, Ohio. He blends hands-on hardware/software integration with product strategy, having led large autonomous robot programs and served as principal investigator for navigation systems supporting polar science. His background spans academic research in connected and automated vehicles, entrepreneurial ventures in dynamic pricing and ticketing systems, and product leadership at HyperloopTT where he drove blockchain-based ecosystems and global business development. Garrett pairs an MS in Robotics with an MSc in Entrepreneurship from UCL, giving him a rare mix of technical depth and commercial instinct. Notably, he has repeatedly transitioned research into operational systems—moving concepts from university labs and startups into deployed autonomy solutions.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BS Mechanical Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering at The University of AkronMS Robotics, MS Robotics at The Ohio State UniversityUniversity College London
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Github Skills (113)
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machine-learning9
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
garrettdowd/garrettdowdcom
Nov 2019 - Jan 2024
Contributions:30 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 3 months
garrettdowd/py_ptv
Apr 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:10 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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