Ken Power
Director Of Engineering at National University of Ireland, Galway
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKen Power is a Director of Engineering with 13 years of experience leading teams that deliver production-grade Level 4 autonomous driving systems and next-generation onboard platforms. He currently heads Motional’s perception, compute, and sensor subsystems, owning both the live robotaxi stack and R&D for sensor suites, high-performance compute, and ML runtimes that scale to multi-city fleets. His background spans senior technical leadership at Cisco across cloud, video, and network systems, plus hands-on R&D and consulting in edge deep learning and intelligent systems. Ken pairs deep academic credentials in multimodal sensor fusion and AI with practical delivery experience integrating sensors, real-time safety interfaces, and embedded compute into operational vehicles. He also brings a teaching and research perspective as an adjunct at NUI Galway and a practiced emphasis on systems thinking, coaching, and organizational design. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic architect who balances long-term platform strategy with the detailed engineering needed to keep driverless vehicles running in complex urban environments.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
B Eng (Hons) Software Engineering, B Eng (Hons) Software Engineering at Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone CampusElectronic Engineering, Electronic Engineering at Paderborn UniversityDiploma in Engineering Electronic Engineering, Diploma in Engineering Electronic Engineering at Galway-Mayo Institute of TechnologyComplexity and Sensemaking, Complexity and Sensemaking at Cognitive EdgeCo-Active Coaching, Co-Active Coaching at Coaches Training Institute (CTI)Computer Vision, Computer Vision at Carnegie Mellon UniversityDoctorate in Engineering (D. Eng.) Multimodal Sensor Fusion for Autonomous Driving, Doctorate in Engineering (D. Eng.) Multimodal Sensor Fusion for Autonomous Driving at University of LimerickLean Thinking and the A3 Management Process, Lean Thinking and the A3 Management Process at Lean Enterprise InstitutePhD Complex Adaptive Systems, PhD Complex Adaptive Systems at University of GalwayOrganization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC), Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) at CRR GlobalCertified Human Systems Dynamics Practitioner, Certified Human Systems Dynamics Practitioner at Human Systems Dynamics Institute
Github Skills (31)
python-interface10
cpanel10
addon9
whm9
plugin8
proxy-server8
upstream8
integrate7
hsts7
pagespeed7
python7
caching-proxy6
act6
nodejs6
php6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
CpanelInc/cplocales
Jun 2014 - Feb 2017
Locales for cPanel & WHM
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 2 years 7 months
cpanellocaleswhm
escherlat/addon_securityadvisor
Feb 2016 - May 2024
Contributions:13 pushes, 5 branches, 1 comment in 8 years 4 months
advisorsecuritycpanelupstreamcanonical
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