Jory Denny
Staff Software Engineer at Waymo
Oakley, California, United States
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Top SchoolJory Denny is a Staff Software Engineer and technical lead at Waymo with nine years of industry experience bridging autonomous vehicle engineering and academic research. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Texas A&M and previously served as an assistant and associate professor at the University of Richmond, where he directed the SpiRoL spider robotics lab and mentored undergraduates in robotics, AI, and graphics. At Waymo he has progressed from senior engineer to staff and technical lead manager, applying motion planning and computational-geometry expertise to production-scale autonomy. Jory combines deep research rigor with hands-on systems delivery, able to translate doctoral-level algorithms into reliable, deployable software. Based in Oakley, California, he brings a rare mix of classroom teaching, lab leadership, and large-scale engineering management to complex robotic systems. An intriguing facet of his background is the continuity from doctoral research in robotic motion planning to steering real-world autonomous vehicle stacks at Waymo.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Texas A&M University
Github Skills (3)
robotics1
motion-planning1
planning1
Github contributions (5)
MaxSimpson/Exploring-Graphics
Dec 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:8 commits, 32 pushes in 1 year 3 months
kaiwenchen/RoboPlanner
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:2 pushes in 13 days
roboticsindependentmotionplanningmotion-planning
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