Embark Trucks is a San Francisco based team building self-driving semi trucks. Embark Trucks has raised $117MM in total and is backed by Tiger Global Management ($70MM Series C) and Sequoia Capital ($30MM Series B). 

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Nathan Hazard

Shikha Kapur

Alex Fisher

Josh Raycroft

Jean-Baptiste

Gilbran Alvarez

Brandon Connors

Michael Schmidt

Sai Kondabattula

Penelope Herscher is an accomplished public company board director, executive, and entrepreneur, with more than 15 years of experience as a high-tech CEO in Silicon Valley and more than 15 years of experience serving on public company boards of directors.  She currently serves as chair of the board of directors at SGH-SMART Global, Inc. and Lumentum Holdings, Inc., and, as a director at Faurecia SA and several other private companies. 

Since 2004, Ms. Herscher held various executive positions including CEO of FirstRain, Inc., a privately held company in the unstructured data analytics space, CEO of Simplex Solutions, a publicly traded electronics design automation company, and C-level and senior executive positions for Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Synopsys, Inc. She holds a BA Hons, MA in Mathematics from Cambridge University in England.

Penelope Herscher

Michael Reid is the Chief Business Officer at [Embark Trucks](/org/embark-trucks). Michael was previously the General Manager at Varden Labs from December 2015 to July 2016, and before that they were an alumnus of The Next 36 from January 2015 to August 2015. Michael has also worked as a Product Manager at [Complete Solar](/org/complete-solar) from August 2014 to January 2015.

Michael Reid has a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Management Engineering from the [University of Waterloo](/org/university-of-waterloo). Michael also has a DCS in Natural Sciences from CEGEP - John Abbott College.

Their manager is Alex Rodrigues, CEO. They are on a team with Stephen Houghton - Chief Operating Officer, Siddhartha M. Venkatesan - Chief Legal Officer, and Sam A. - Chief Commercial Officer.

Michael Reid

Marcus Sjolin is the head of product at [Embark Trucks](/org/embark-trucks). Marcus was previously a software engineer intern at WhatsApp Inc. from January 2017 to April 2017. Marcus also interned at Wish - Shopping Made Fun! from April 2016 to September 2016, where they re-architected the network and image libraries for all Wish Android apps. Marcus also interned at Hipmunk from September 2015 to December 2015, where they overhauled the UI and functionality of the Hipmunk Android app. In addition, they have interned as an Android developer at Pebble Tech from January 2015 to May 2015, and as a software engineer at Houred from May 2014 to September 2014.

Marcus Sjolin has a B.SE in Software Engineering from the [University of Waterloo](/org/university-of-waterloo), as well as an Ontario Secondary School Diploma with a French Immersion from Aurora High School. Marcus also has two certifications, one from edX in Artificial Intelligence and one from [Coursera](/org/coursera) in Machine Learning.

Some of their coworkers include Paul Ashbourne - Head of Infrastructure, Ajith Dasari - Head of Platform, and Somudro Gupta - Head of AV Engineering. Marcus Sjolin reports to Brandon Moak, CTO.

Marcus Sjolin

Payal Maheshwari is the Head of People at [Embark Trucks](/org/embark-trucks). Payal has extensive experience in organizational design, change management, and leadership development. 

Maheshwari began their career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Lehman Brothers. Payal then transitioned to the nonprofit sector, working as a Manager of HR Strategy at TechnoServe. In this role, they helped develop and implement HR strategies that supported the organization's mission. 

Maheshwari then returned to the corporate world, joining PwC as a Human Capital Management Consultant. In this role, they conducted benchmark analysis and developed financial cases to gain senior leadership and cross-functional buy-in of HR transformation programs. Payal also built comprehensive, integrated implementation plans to guide major HR transformations. 

After PwC, Maheshwari joined [MetLife](/org/metlife) as AVP, Head of HR Digital Strategy, Innovation, and Employee Experience. In this role, they oversaw the development and implementation of digital HR strategies that improved the employee experience. 

Most recently, Maheshwari was Head of People at Compass, where they led the HR function for the West region. Payal is currently Head of People at [Embark Trucks](/org/embark-trucks).

Payal Maheshwari has a B.S from the [University of Virginia](/org/university-of-virginia) in Commerce and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the [University of Virginia](/org/university-of-virginia) Darden School of Business. Payal is certified from the [Hudson Institute of Coaching](/org/hudson-institute-of-coaching) in Coach Certification.

Payal Maheshwari reports to Alex Rodrigues, CEO. Payal Maheshwari works with Richard Hawwa - Chief Financial Officer, Brandon Moak - CTO, and Sam A. - Chief Commercial Officer.

Payal Maheshwari

Richard Hawwa is currently the Chief Financial Officer at [Embark Trucks](/org/embark-trucks). Prior to this, they were a Managing Director at Citi from April 2012 to May 2021. During their time at Citi, Richard worked on several high-profile transactions, including the [Lucid Motors](/org/lucid-motors) DeSPAC (the largest SPAC Transaction and common stock SPAC PIPE capital raise of $2.5 billion at the time of announcement), [Li-Cycle](/org/li-cycle) on its $1.7 billion DeSPAC, [Ouster](/org/ouster) on its $1.9 billion DeSPAC, and DCRB on its $2.7 billion DeSPAC of Hyzon Motors. Richard also advised on the sale of [Baxalta](/org/baxalta) to Shire for $36.9 billion, [Hyundai Motor Group](/org/hyundai-motor-group) on its $4 billion autonomous driving joint-venture with [Aptiv](/org/aptiv) (Motional), Horizon Therapeutics on its $598 million acquisition of Vidara Therapeutics and inversion to Ireland, Lear Corporation on its $850 million acquisition of Eagle Ottawa, and Essendent on the contested merger with S.P. Richards from Genuine Parts Company in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction and subsequent cash sale to [Staples](/org/staples) for $996 million. Richard began their career at UBS in July 2005, where they worked until March 2012 when they transitioned to Citi.

Richard Hawwa's educational career is in finance and economics. Richard studied finance and economics at [Southern Methodist University](/org/southern-methodist-university).

Richard Hawwa reports to Alex Rodrigues, CEO. They are on a team with Brandon Moak - CTO, Sam A. - Chief Commercial Officer, and Michael Reid - Chief Business Officer.

Richard Hawwa

Alex Rodrigues is the CEO of [Embark Trucks](/org/embark-trucks). Alex was previously a co-founder at Varden Labs, a software engineer at [Khan Academy](/org/khan-academy), and a software engineer at [Nuance Communications](/org/nuance-communications). Alex also founded and led programming and design for FRC Team 4334.

Alex Rodrigues is a Mechatronics Engineer who graduated from the [University of Waterloo](/org/university-of-waterloo).

Michael Reid - Chief Business Officer, Siddhartha M. Venkatesan - Chief Legal Officer, and Stephen Houghton - Chief Operating Officer report to Alex Rodrigues.

Alex Rodrigues

Sam A.

Stephen Houghton is the Chief Operating Officer at [Embark Trucks](/org/embark-trucks). Stephen was previously the Vice President of Global Markets (Operations) at Cruise, Head of Autonomous Vehicles GTM at Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Founder at Study Sauce. Prior to that, they served as the Chief Operating Officer at Taking Point and Engagement Manager at [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company). Stephen Houghton also served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps from May 2001 to October 2005.

Their manager is Alex Rodrigues, CEO. Stephen Houghton works with Richard Hawwa - Chief Financial Officer, Sam A. - Chief Commercial Officer, and Michael Reid - Chief Business Officer.

Stephen Houghton

Siddhartha M. Venkatesan is the Chief Legal Officer at [Embark Trucks](/org/embark-trucks). Siddhartha has previously served as the Interim Chief Legal Officer at Amelia, an IPsoft Company, and the Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at [Komline-Sanderson](/org/komline-sanderson). Siddhartha has also been an Executive Counsel at GE Digital and a Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

Siddhartha M. Venkatesan has a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School, a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university).

Some of their coworkers include Richard Hawwa - Chief Financial Officer, Stephen Houghton - Chief Operating Officer, and Brandon Moak - CTO. Siddhartha M. Venkatesan reports to Alex Rodrigues, CEO.

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