Max Depiro

Max DePiro, PhD. an entrepreneur and autonomous vehicle innovator, will lead Perrone Robotics’ engineering team. In his role, DePiro will focus on customer delivery mechanisms, product commercialization, and enhanced development of AV systems. In addition, DePiro will be responsible for scaling the production of Perrone Robotics’ autonomous vehicle (AV) TONY (TO Navigate You) retrofit kit to meet increased market demands from the commercial, governmental, residential, fleet, and logistics sectors. DePiro’s background includes platform development, cloud-based software applications, and image processing methods for automated inspection. Prior to Perrone Robotics, Max led a series of ventures in the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) technology space. For over five years, he managed projects for commercial, defense, and academic deployments at NASA Langley Research Center. Max’s early career experience spans Department of Defense research and embedded PC solutions for advertising, gaming, and defense applications.