Meet the Team
Derq is a global MIT spinoff and Techstars alum based out of Dubai and Detroit. We are founded and run by individuals passionate about creating safer and smarter roads for road users. Our multi-disciplinary team hails from MIT, Georgia Tech, IIT, and McGill, and has work experience with leading technology firms and agencies including Ford, Siemens, and NASA, and governments in the United States, Canada, and the Middle East.
Interested in joining the team? Apply at careers@derq.com
Dr. Georges Aoude
Co-founder &
CEO
Jay LaFrance
VP Business Development Western US
Bilal Naeem
Machine Learning Engineer
Jesse deVore
Senior Software
Engineer
Nihal Barde
Software
Engineer
Utkarsh Dubey
Research Scientist (Computer Vision and ML)
Karl Jeanbart
Co-founder &
COO
Akash Kishore
Senior Software
Engineer
Fahad Rizvi
Machine Learning Engineer
Mary Rose Dalocanog
HR and Operations Executive
Ryan Gillespie
Senior Project Manager
Uzair Mehmood
Machine Learning Engineer
Dr. Amer Abufadel
Co-founder &
CTO
Ankit Sharma
Systems
Team Lead
Harshal Kataria Software
Engineer
Mayank Pathela
Full-Stack
Developer
Thaer Abbas
Lead Full-Stack
Developer
Vatsal Kansara
Senior Software
Engineer
Jamie Sullivan
VP Business Development Eastern US
Arijit Bose
Senior
Product Manager
Imtinan Azhar
Full-Stack
Developer
Meenakshi Ravisankar
Software
Engineer
Dr. Usman Farrokh Niaz
Lead Research Scientist (Computer Vision and ML)
Dr. Yasir Tahir
Research Scientist (Computer Vision and ML)
Board of Advisors
We are advised by government & industry leaders and experts in smart cities, autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence.
H.E. Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr
Former Director General
Smart Dubai Office
Dr. Karl Iagnemma
CEO, Motional
(JV between Aptiv and Hyundai)
Dr. Zahi Karam
VP of Data Science
Bluecore
Dr. Hamed Benouar
Former Chief Traffic Engineer
California DOT
Mark Joseph
Former CEO, Vice Chair
Transdev North America
Hicham Chatila
National Director
Parametrix
Ty Beltramo
Fellow at CGS Advisors
Former CTO at MapQuest, Former Chief Architect at GM Onstar