Laura Wrisley is a seasoned commercial executive with more than 15 years of experience across lidar, autonomous mobility, robotics, and emerging technology markets. She previously spent nearly five years at Velodyne Lidar, ultimately serving as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, before moving into executive leadership roles in robotics. Throughout her career, Laura has built global commercial organizations, negotiated multimillion-dollar agreements, and developed strategic partnerships across automotive, robotics, EV/AV, mapping, UAVs, smart cities, and security. She brings deep expertise in translating advanced lidar and perception technologies into scalable commercial solutions.