Francis Pellegrino

Francis Pellegrino serves as the Product Line Manager for Embedded Vision Systems at D3 since July 2022, focusing on the integration of automotive sensing technology into industrial vehicles and autonomous robotics. As Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Growing Resources since 2020, Francis leads initiatives utilizing nano-optics and AI for quality assurance in agriculture, with support from NSF and NIST. From 2018 to 2022, Francis contributed to the Horticultural Optics Research Project at the University of Rochester, exploring optical applications for sustainable agriculture. Additionally, Francis gained experience as a Research and Development Intern at Bausch + Lomb in 2019, where a metrology system for contact lens validation was developed. Francis holds a Bachelor of Science in Optical Engineering from the University of Rochester.