VAIVA
Christian Gruber is an experienced technology leader currently serving as CTO and head of software development and driver assistance systems at VAIVA GmbH since October 2016. Prior to this role, Christian held various positions at Elektrobit from December 2007 to September 2016, including Team Manager for Driver Assistance and Project Manager for ECU & Driver Assistance. Christian's career began at Universität Passau, where the individual worked as a scientific associate from November 2002 to November 2007, following the completion of a Doctorate in Computer Science in 2009 and a Diplom-Informatiker degree in 2002.
VAIVA
As a joint venture between CARIAD SE and ANDATA GmbH, we have big ambitions. With our contribution to “Vision Zero” - by making assisted and autonomous driving safe - we bring exceptional technology onto the streets. Our mission is our passion. This is a key reason why we get up in the morning and head out the door full of motivation. After all, we want to excite our customers day-in and day-out with sophisticated products, solutions and validated concepts and help them get their assisted and autonomous driving functions into series production as fast as possible. To do that, we integrate automated driving, primary and secondary safety by means of an integral concept. System and software development, artificial intelligence and virtual methods are at our core, and we implement them in line with automotive-grade standards (e.g. ASPICE, ISO 26262). The development and validation of these highly-complex functions rapidly leads to an exponential explosion in time, effort and costs. Our team helps VAIVA customers keep these in line at all times. With all of our activities, we always have our eye on one thing: significantly reducing the risk (and impact) of serious traffic accidents and and enabling new, sustainable kinds of mobility.