Dmitri Dolgov is a Russian-American engineer who is the co-chief executive officer of Waymo.
10 Facts About Dmitri Dolgov
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Dmitri Dolgov was born in the Russian SFSR and raised in Moscow.
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Dmitri Dolgov traveled often, living in Japan for a year and attending high school in the United States before returning to Russia.
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Dmitri Dolgov earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in physics and math from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1998 and 2000, respectively, followed by a Ph.
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Early in his career, Dmitri Dolgov worked on self-driving cars at Toyota's Research Institute and as part of Stanford's team for the DARPA Grand Challenge.
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In 2009, Dmitri Dolgov joined the original team of Google's Self-Driving Car Project, which became Waymo in 2016.
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Dmitri Dolgov started as an engineer for Google, then became the lead scientist with Google X in 2014, before replacing Chris Urmson as the autonomous driving project's head of software in 2016.
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Dmitri Dolgov became Waymo's chief technology officer and vice president of engineering, where he oversaw both hardware and software development.
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Dmitri Dolgov focuses on the company's technology and Mawakana oversees business operations.
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Dmitri Dolgov is an inventor with more than 90 patents, as of September 2018.