Mr. Urmson is a co-founder of Aurora and has served as Chief Executive Officer and a director on the board at Aurora since its formation in 2017. Prior to founding Aurora, Mr. Urmson helped build Google s self-driving program from 2009 to 2016 and served as Chief Technology Officer of the group. Mr. Urmson has over 20 years of experience leading automated vehicle programs. He was the Director of Technology for Carnegie Mellon s DARPA Grand and Urban Challenge Teams, which placed second and third in 2005 and first in 2007. Mr. Urmson earned his Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University and his BEng in Computer Engineering from the University of Manitoba. Mr. Urmson currently serves on Carnegie Mellon s School of Computer Science Dean s Advisory Board. He also currently serves on the board of directors for Edge Case, a company working to assure the safety of autonomous systems for real world deployment. Mr. Urmson has authored over 50 publications and is a prolific inventor. We believe Mr. Urmson is qualified to serve on our board of directors, given his extensive technical and leadership experience in the self-driving sector and the unique perspective he brings as one of Aurora s co-founders and current Chief Executive Officer.