Speaker

Ronny Cohen

Vice-President, Automotive Strategy and Business Development, LeddarTech

Ronny has 30 years of experience in the hi-tech industry, possesses a B.Sc. with honors in Physics and Mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds 12 patents. In 1995 Ronny co-founded Comsys, a wireless communication start-up. Then in 2015, with Youval Nehmadi, he co-founded VayaVision, a sensor fusion and perception software company concentrating on the autonomous driving market monitoring the driving environment with 3D sensing and cognition.
VayaVision developed an innovative patented technology that enables best-in-class sensing, with added value cognition abilities at an affordable price. In July of 2020 VayaVision was acquired by LeddarTech, a leader in ADAS and AD technology. VayaVision’s VAYADrive sensor fusion and perception technology, combined with LeddarTech’s LeddarSense technology, enabled LeddarVision, an agnostic sensor fusion and perception stack for the automotive, mobility, and industrial vehicle markets.

Company

LeddarTech

LeddarTech is a leader in environmental sensing platforms for autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems. Founded in 2007, LeddarTech has evolved to become a comprehensive end-to-end environmental sensing company by enabling customers to solve critical sensing and perception challenges across the entire value chain of the automotive and mobility market segments. With its LeddarVision™ sensor-fusion and perception platform and its cost-effective, scalable, and versatile LiDAR development solution for automotive-grade solid-state LiDARs based on the LeddarEngine™, LeddarTech enables Tier 1-2 automotive system integrators to develop full-stack sensing solutions for autonomy Level 1 to 5. These solutions are actively deployed in autonomous shuttle, truck, bus, delivery vehicle, smart city/factory, and robotaxi applications. The company is responsible for several innovations in cutting-edge automotive and mobility remote-sensing applications, with over 95 patented technologies (granted or pending) enhancing ADAS and autonomous driving capabilities.