Ryan Gariepy
Vice President, Robotics at Rockwell Automation
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolRyan Gariepy is a robotics engineer and executive with 14 years of experience building and scaling autonomous systems, currently serving as Vice President, Robotics at Rockwell Automation and Chair of the Canadian Robotics Council. As co‑founder and long-time CTO of Clearpath, he combined product strategy, systems architecture, and hands-on R&D to commercialize industrial and research robots focused on the “dull, dirty, and dangerous.” He sits on the board of Open Robotics, helping shape open-source robotics strategy and ensuring practical, shareable codebases for the community. Based in Waterloo, Ryan blends technical depth from a MASc in Mechanical Engineering with entrepreneurial grit, and is known for staying involved in prototyping and even the odd office chore to keep teams grounded. He brings a rare mix of executive leadership, IP and product stewardship, and a passion for driving robotics-fueled economic development in Canada.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MASc Mechanical Engineering, MASc Mechanical Engineering at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (72)
robot10
motion-capture9
sdf9
ros9
gazebosim9
lists9
driver9
grizzly9
3d-models8
ignition8
robotics8
gazebo-simulator8
simulation8
nodes8
python-client7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
g/grizzly_simulator
Oct 2012 - Apr 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 1 PR, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
gazeboroboticsgrizzlysimulationgazebo-simulation
clearpathrobotics/myo_ros
May 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:9 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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