Kiran Bharwani

Kiran Bharwani serves as Chief Technology Officer at BrightAI since September 2023, following a notable tenure at Rivian from May 2017 to January 2024, where Kiran held positions including Vice President of ADAS/Autonomous Driving and championed functional safety. Prior to Rivian, Kiran was a Technical Specialist focused on ADAS and Autonomous Driving at Faraday Future. Kiran's career began at Caterpillar, leading software architecture for the MineStar product, with a focus on autonomous features for large mining trucks. Kiran's educational background includes a degree in the Architecture of Complex Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Software Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bradley University, complemented by a Bachelor's degree in the same field from Thadomal Shahani Engineering College.