John Bares
President And CEO at Carnegie Robotics LLC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Bares is a veteran robotics executive and engineer with over a decade of leadership deploying advanced field robotics from research to commercial products as President and CEO of Carnegie Robotics. He blends deep academic credentials (PhD in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon) with hands-on operational leadership across startups and large teams, including senior roles at Uber Advanced Technologies Group and as former Director of CMU’s National Robotics Engineering Center. His work emphasizes machine vision, sensor integration, and MIL-spec positioning systems that have been adopted in DARPA competitions and by the US Army, reflecting a focus on rugged, real-world autonomy. Known for translating laboratory capabilities into durable, revenue-generating systems for agriculture, mining, defense and energy sectors, he pairs technical rigor with pragmatic business execution. An underappreciated strength is his ability to lead cross-disciplinary teams through the full product lifecycle—from sensor hardware design to field deployment in harsh environments.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (2)
lists10
ros10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
carnegieroboticsllc/multisense_ros-release
Jan 2015 - Aug 2020
Contributions:1817 pushes, 384 branches in 5 years 7 months
carnegieroboticsllc/rosdistro
Jan 2015 - Jul 2020
This repo maintains a lists of repositories for each ROS distribution
Contributions:3 pushes, 25 branches in 5 years 5 months
repositoriesros2for-eachlistsros
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