Becoming The Mr. CTO - 59: Last Supper
We closed my UAE story in Dolce - our favorite bar in Masdar City. It was the perfect place, with
Becoming The Mr. CTO
I’ve decided to start sharing a full series of stories about how I became The Mr. CTO - not the brand, not the title, but the human path behind it. It wasn’t linear. It wasn’t clean. There were beautiful moments, and there were some very hard ones too. I’ve carried these stories with me for years, and now feels like the right time to put them out there.
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Becoming The Mr. CTO - 58: Packing
That day came, and I left the UAE. My story there officially ended in 2023, or at least that chapter
Becoming The Mr. CTO - 57: Real Reconnaissance Vehicle
At this point, we were building something closer to a real surveillance platform. We mounted a 50x optical zoom camera
Becoming The Mr. CTO - 56: Recon Bike Meets UGV
Not long after the initial UGV tests, we started combining some of our earlier work, especially the reconnaissance bike, with
Becoming The Mr. CTO - 55: First Steps Toward Autonomous UGV
One of the early autonomous ground vehicle concepts started with something very basic - a modified RC racecar. We used
Becoming The Mr. CTO - 54: Final Contemplation
It was late 2022, on the island of Zlarin. We were waiting for some final approvals in the UAE, and
Becoming The Mr. CTO - 53: What a Journey It Has Been
What a journey it has been. Sometimes it feels like I’ve been on a fast track through life and
Becoming The Mr. CTO - 52: Mobility R&D
I’ve always been into mobility. There’s something about the way people move, the idea of travel and motion,
Becoming The Mr. CTO - 51: Warp Speed
We built a fully electric motorcycle, a proper cross bike. To save time (and money), we used a tested and