Joe Speed
Physical AI Associate VP
United States
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Top SchoolJoe Speed is a seasoned technology executive with nine years focused on bringing Arm-based, energy-efficient AI compute to robots, autonomous vehicles, IoT, 5G and space as Head of Edge at Ampere. He blends product strategy, go-to-market leadership, and deep technical evangelism, having shepherded functionally safe ROS 2 software into OEMs and tier-1s at Apex.AI and driven SOAFEE and Cyclone DDS adoption at ADLINK. A prolific connector and mentor, Joe has built automotive, IoT, and robotics communities and briefed executive boards across major automakers while earning media recognition for prototype work at IBM AutoLab. He’s an active advocate for safety in robotics software—summarized on GitHub as “making ROS 2 safe”—and advised the Indy Autonomous Challenge. Known for forming lasting customer and partner relationships, he combines systems-level vision with hands-on product requirements and revenue accountability. Unexpectedly, his career threads include policy influence and standards work, from contributing to U.S. AV legislation to growing The Linux Foundation’s IoT membership.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Double Major Computer Science and Business Management, Bachelor of Science Double Major Computer Science and Business Management at Eckerd College
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Github Skills (88)
simulator10
eclipse10
ros10
api10
lidar10
csharp10
point-cloud10
baidu10
robot10
automotive10
slam10
aerospace10
middleware9
robotics9
ipc9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
joespeed/rep
Sep 2019 - Dec 2020
ROS Enhancement Proposals
Contributions:1 PR, 17 pushes in 1 year 2 months
ros
joespeed/TSC-RMW-Reports
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
ROS 2 Middleware evaluation reports for each ROS release
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 10 days
middlewareros
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