Bernard C. Soriano is the Deputy Director for Policy at the California Department of Motor Vehicles and is in charge of California’s autonomous vehicles program. He has over 35 years of engineering and management experience in the private and public sector.
He previously held engineering and management positions at Hughes Space and Communications, Inc. (now Boeing), where he designed satellite control systems and was involved in their launch missions.
He also was adjunct faculty member at the California State University, Sacramento where he taught in the College of Engineering and the College of Business.
Dr. Soriano holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of California, Irvine, a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a B.S. in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from the University of California, Davis. He also holds an M.B.A. from California State University, Sacramento.
In addition, Dr. Soriano was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve and was as a finalist in the NASA astronaut candidate program.
