Jad Nohra is an accomplished engineering manager with extensive experience in high-performance computing and autonomous systems. Currently at Irreducible, Jad is building a highly performant HPC fabric for hardware accelerated zero-knowledge proofs. Previously at FERNRIDE, Jad led the development of safety-critical autonomous driving functions and contributed to strategic company direction. Roles at Argo AI included engineering management for autonomous vehicle test strategies and simulation modeling, with a focus on pragmatic and efficient testing methods. Prior experience spans significant R&D contributions at Microsoft and Havok, where Jad specialized in real-time physics simulation and game AI. Jad holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from Emporia State University and a Bachelor's degree in Computer and Communications Engineering from the American University of Beirut.