Brian Gerkey

Prior to Open Robotics, Brian worked at Willow Garage, SRI, and Stanford. He earned his PhD in Computer Science at USC. He is a strong believer in, frequent contributor to, and constant beneficiary of open source technology. Brian has worked on the ROS project since 2008, contributing to the development and release of one of the most widely used robot software platforms in robotics research, education, and industry. He is also the founding and former lead developer on the open-source Player Project, a predecessor to ROS. For his work on Player and ROS, Brian was recognized by MIT Technology Review with the TR35 award in 2011 and by Silicon Valley Business Journal with their 40 Under 40 award in 2016.