Glacier
Ammar Kothari is a Senior Robotics Software Engineer at Glacier since September 2021, where responsibilities include scaling field robots and enhancing customer satisfaction through software hardening and project prioritization. Prior experience includes roles as a Robot Reliability Engineer at Thirdwave Automation, a Robotics Engineer at Built Robotics, and a Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at Oregon State University, where research focused on robotic grasping. Other notable positions include a Manufacturing Engineer at Rethink Robotics, and various engineering roles early in the career. Ammar holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master's degree in Robotics from Oregon State University.
Glacier
Glacier's mission is to end waste. Sound ambitious? They agree. But the UN estimates that we have only 11 years left to change our consumption patterns before we do irreversible damage to the environment, so they are of the opinion that now is the time for big bets.