Panel Session: Delivering the Goods: ADS in Freight Applications
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 12, 2023: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Rich Steiner
Head of Policy, Gatik
Presentation Description
Speaker Biography
Rich is Head of Policy at Gatik, the market leader in autonomous middle mile transportation. Gatik focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers such as Walmart, Kroger and Georgia-Pacific, and in 2021 became the first company worldwide to operate fully driverless commercial deliveries on the middle mile.
Rich is a government affairs and policy professional with 15 years' experience in the private and public sectors, focusing on advanced technologies. At Gatik, Rich leads the company’s government affairs and public policy portfolio. Prior to Gatik, Rich worked in senior management for the Government of Ontario, and led technical consultations on behalf of energy-from-waste technology companies in the UK.
Rich holds a Masters of Public Policy degree from King’s College London, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English & History from the University of Toronto.
