May we introduce ourselves?

Big thinkers, makers, innovators: we’re all here to build the world’s best autonomous technology and make it accessible to everyone. Learn more about the mission and values that drive us.

A FEW THINGS OUR TEAM LOVES ABOUT MAY

Our Mission

Our mission is to reimagine transportation by developing and deploying autonomous vehicles that get people where they need to go safely, easily and with a lot more fun.

See Our Commitment to Safety

The Values That Drive Us

We’re united in respect and regard for our four core values. Our values guide us to do the right things, for the right reasons—they inspire us, every day, to do what we do. And they remind us that when we do great things together, we can make a great impact on the world.

Value Personal Relationships

We believe the path to the best results is paved with empathy, inclusivity and collaboration.

Do What's Right

Trust is sacred. We earn the trust of our customers and colleagues every day by doing the right thing every time with safety being of paramount importance and a point of pride.

Consider the Bigger Picture

We operate in the real world and measure our success by the positive impact we have on each other and the communities we serve.

Drive With Purpose

We empower our people. Every project, decision, and action stems from our shared determination to create a safer, greener, more accessible world.

Our Leadership Team & Board of Directors

Leadership
Board

Edwin Olson

Chief Executive Officer

Kathy Winter

Chief Operating Officer

Sid Venkatesan

Chief Strategy Officer & General Counsel

Tom Tang

Chief People Officer

Manik Dhar

Chief Commercial Officer

Jacob Crossman

Senior Vice President of Autonomy

Alessandro Norscia

Vice President of Product

Victor Canseco

Vice President of Operations

Frank Renwick

Vice President of Marketing and Communications

Masaharu Nagamiya

Director of Mobility Business, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)

Benjamin Birnbaum

Partner at Keyframe

Ray Cheng

Partner at Millennium New Horizons

Ryan Green

Board Member

Matthew Kubo

Mirai Creation Fund, SPARX Asset Management

Yosuke Tsuruta

Vice President of Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) in DX & Mobility

Julia Haywood

Board Member

Edwin Olson

Chief Executive Officer

Life at May

We’re more than a team—we’re a community.

Our team is a community made up of smart, kind and compassionate individuals with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We value working toward our goals together and having fun doing it.
Our vehicles may drive themselves, but it's our teams that power our mission.

At May Mobility, the work we do directly improves the experiences of the communities we serve today. We come to work every day to move another step closer to our mission of a safer, greener, more accessible world.
When we get together, we go all out.

We love to celebrate and connect with each other near and far through a variety of employee events, social activities (IRL and virtual!) and community involvement.

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The future of autonomous technology at CES 2024

January 23, 2024
May Mobility CEO Edwin Olson to speak at CES® 2024

January 3, 2024
Innovation needs a little MAYhem

November 20, 2023
Autonomy experts in training: May Mobility internships

September 13, 2023
Get to know May: Sid Venkatesan, general counsel

July 20, 2023
May Mobility strengthens company leadership with new general counsel

July 13, 2023

Work at May Mobility

Our vehicles drive themselves, but it’s people like you who drive May Mobility. Join ranks with our diverse group of curious, passionate people and help us solve a spectrum of autonomous mobility challenges.

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Edwin Olson

Chief Executive Officer

Edwin Olson is CEO and founder of May Mobility, Inc. He has focused on the development of autonomous vehicles for more than two decades, co-leading autonomous vehicle development at Toyota Research Institute and helping to develop Ford Motor Company’s autonomous vehicles. He has a doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and is a professor of computer science at the University of Michigan. Olson got his start in autonomous technology participating in the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007 as part of the MIT team. He was named one of Crain’s Detroit Business’ Notable Leaders in Energy in 2023.

Kathy Winter

Chief Operating Officer

Kathy Winter is chief operating officer of May Mobility, Inc. She joined the company in late 2022 and is focused on accelerating execution and developing strategies and partnerships to help May scale globally. Prior to joining May, Winter served as vice president and general manager of Intel Corporation’s Autonomous Transportation & Infrastructure division. She has nearly 30 years of engineering and automotive experience, including more than ten years working on advancements in the autonomous driving sector. Winter also serves as an independent director for NFI, a global provider of sustainable bus and motor coach solutions.

Sid Venkatesan

Chief Strategy Officer & General Counsel

Sid Venkatesan is general counsel and head of corporate strategy of May Mobility, Inc. With nearly two decades of legal and business experience, Venkatesan focuses on developing safety and compliance processes and protecting May Mobility’s IP and data. Prior to joining May in July 2023, he served as chief legal officer at Embark, held executive roles at Komline-Sanderson and GE Digital and as a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP with broad IP litigation, transactional and counseling practice. Venkatesan has a Juris Doctor from NYU School of Law, a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Cornell University.

Tom Tang

Chief People Officer

Tom Tang is chief people officer of May Mobility, Inc. Since joining the company in July 2020, Tom has cultivated a new kind of employee experience focused on the growth and development of our incredibly talented workforce alongside our technology and service. As May Mobility reimagines transportation, Tom is reimagining the workplace. His forward-thinking approach earned him a place on Business Insider’s list of power players in the self-driving car industry. Prior to joining May, Tom co-led the people function at Cruise where he grew the team from 100 to over 2,000 employees over the course of 3 years.

Manik Dhar

Chief Commercial Officer

Manik Dhar is chief commercial officer of May Mobility, Inc. He is responsible for developing and implementing May’s growth strategy. No stranger to the tech sector, Dhar has more than 25 years of experience helping startups and industry giants alike expand and achieve scale. Prior to joining the company in February 2022, he served as chief revenue officer at data-annotation firm CloudFactory. He has also led student-transportation disruptor Zūm to 10x growth in two years, and held executive positions at Google and Oracle. Dhar majored in computer science at Bangalore University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering.

Jacob Crossman

Senior Vice President of Autonomy

Jacob Crossman is senior vice president of autonomy at May Mobility, Inc. He was appointed to the position in August of 2021 and is responsible for the company’s autonomy engineering and robotics engineering functions and leads his teams in the development and deployment of May Mobility’s autonomous vehicles. Crossman joined May Mobility with more than 20 years of professional experience in research and development of autonomous sense/react technologies at Soar Technology, Inc. and Deepgram, where he served in various senior roles. He has a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in computer science from the University of Michigan.

Alessandro Norscia

Vice President of Product

Alessandro Norscia is vice president of product at May Mobility, Inc. Since joining in March 2023, he leads the product organization’s delivery of mobility-as-a-service transit solutions. Norscia has more than 20 years experience in product leadership in the automotive, automation, consumer electronics and telecommunications markets. Previously, he served as senior director of product management at Intel, overseeing the definition, management and commercialization of Intel’s hardware and software platform solutions for autonomous driving, ADAS, software-defined vehicles and autonomous mobile robots. Before Intel, Norscia held leadership positions for companies such as Qualcomm and Infineon in the areas of automotive wireless connectivity, home networking and broadband communication.

Victor Canseco

Vice President of Operations

Victor Canseco is vice president of operations at May Mobility, Inc. Canseco was appointed in March 2023 and directs the scaling of May Mobility’s operations. Prior to joining May, he served as senior director of the software and advanced technology group at Intel. He is a leader known for connecting the dots between strategy, execution and culture to catalyze results. Over his career, Canseco has successfully developed and executed multi-year strategic plans in highly competitive technology-driven global sectors such as automotive, semiconductors, consumer electronics and financial services. He has held leadership positions at Intel, Aptiv, Expedia, Aon, Motorola, IBM Global Services and General Motors.

Frank Renwick

Vice President of Marketing and Communications

Frank Renwick is the vice president of marketing and communications at May Mobility, bringing over 20 years of expertise in marketing across automotive, cleantech, energy, and consumer goods. Before joining May, he led marketing for Bowery, the largest vertical farming company in the U.S. Previously, at Droga5—an Accenture company and AdAge and AdWeek’s Ad Agency of the Decade—Frank directed award-winning and business-building initiatives for major brands like Chase, lululemon, Rivian Automotive, Kraft, Coors Light, Mattress Firm, and CBRE. Earlier in his career, he transformed NRG’s brand into a leader in renewable energy as vice president of marketing, while driving acquisition and retention for its subsidiary, Reliant

Masaharu Nagamiya

Director of Mobility Business, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)

Masaharu Nagamiya is a board director for May Mobility, Inc. As Director of the Mobility Business at NTT, Masaharu Nagamiya leads autonomous driving business development in Japan for NTT. Collaborating with May Mobility and other important partners, including Toyota Motor Group, Masahura Nagamiya leads efforts toward developing new autonomous driving business opportunities across Japan. He has 30 years of experience in prior roles at NTT Data including enhancing customer contact points using smart cards, RFID, and mobile devices. Additionally, as the sales leader for the largest mobile operator in Japan, he was responsible for global business development. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Waseda University.

Benjamin Birnbaum

Partner at Keyframe

Benjamin Birnbaum is a board member for May Mobility, Inc. Birnbaum is a founder and partner of Keyframe Capital, a cross-asset investment fund that focuses on enabling change in physical infrastructure categories, like transportation, energy, and the built environment, as well as a founder of Terawatt Infrastructure, a developer, owner, and operator of electric vehicle charging assets. Prior to this, Ben was the Vice President of Strategy for MV Transportation; operating in over 200 cities, MV is of the world’s largest transit operators. Birnbaum holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University.

Ray Cheng

Partner at Millennium New Horizons

Ray Cheng is a board member for May Mobility, Inc. Ray is a Partner at Millennium New Horizons, an investment firm that has backed many significant technology companies from Facebook and Twitter to Alibaba and Zappos. Prior to joining Millennium, Ray spent three years with Rho Ventures where he was a Senior Analyst in their New York office. Ray also serves as a founding advisor to Komodo Health, and was previously an advisor to HackHands, which was acquired by Plursalsight in July 2015. Ray graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Systems Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Ryan Green

Board Member

Ryan Green is a board member for May Mobility, Inc. He first joined the company in May of 2021 as its Chief Financial Officer and was responsible for leading May’s financial operations, including the finance, accounting and corporate governance functions. Prior to joining May, Green was the CFO at Rivian, the American electric vehicle maker and automotive technology company. Prior to Rivian, he served as the CFO for Harley Davidson Financial Services, and held various financial leadership positions at Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Bayer AG and Ford/Visteon. Green holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Michigan State University, and an MBA from Wayne State University.

Matthew Kubo

Mirai Creation Fund, SPARX Asset Management

Matthew Kubo is a board member for May Mobility, Inc. Matt is a member of the SPARX Mirai Creation team, a VC investor dedicated to backing the next generation of innovative, global companies focused on intelligent technologies, robotics, and technologies that offer solutions for achieving carbon neutrality, including hydrogen, electrification, and new materials. Over the past 20 years, Matt has held various positions in Tokyo, Hong Kong and the U.S. at SPARX Group, including Head of CEO Office and President of its Hong Kong and New York offices.
He joined SPARX from The McKenna Group, a Silicon Valley based strategy consulting firm. Prior to that, he worked in the Corporate Finance Group of Stephens Inc. Matt holds a Bachelor of Business Administration majoring in Finance and Honors Business from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.

Yosuke Tsuruta

Vice President of Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) in DX & Mobility

Yosuke (Ken) Tsuruta is a board member for May Mobility, Inc. As the vice president of dealer experience and mobility at Toyota Motor North America, he leads activities driving Toyota’s Mobility as a Service (Autono-MaaS) and flying mobility businesses. With his roles spanning across Japan, Thailand and the U.S. during his more than 20 years with Toyota, he has led projects including the development of the e-Palette and collaborations with mobility partners including May Mobility, Uber, and Aurora, as well as a collaboration with NTT – the largest telecommunications carrier to develop mobility services and smart city platforms.

He helped establish MONET Technologies, a joint venture between Toyota and Softbank to provide on-demand mobility services with an autonomous module bus, as well as Fengju Chuxing – a car rental service provider, covering automotive sales, technology development and online ride-hailing that is a joint venture between Toyota and Chinese company DiDi Chuxing. Yosuke holds a degree from Waseda University.

Julia Haywood

Board Member

Julia Haywood is a board member for May Mobility, Inc. Haywood has over 20 years of experience leading operations and multi-year transformations at large corporations and multiple start-ups. She previously worked as EVP and Chief Commercial Officer for United Airlines, where she successfully helped set the airline’s new commercial direction; was Partner at Boston Consulting Company (BCG) for 12 years leading airline start ups and retail transformations; as well as VP of Strategy, International Expansion & Airport Operations for Lyft, owning the ride-hail company’s market strategy and expansion efforts. Haywood is now the Chair of the Board for Flair Airlines, is an Investment Committee Advisor and consultant to UP.Labs, and serves on the advisory boards for the nonprofit organization Start Early and baby gear company Loop.

Edwin Olson

Chief Executive Officer

Edwin Olson is CEO and founder of May Mobility, Inc. He has focused on the development of autonomous vehicles for more than two decades, co-leading autonomous vehicle development at Toyota Research Institute and helping to develop Ford Motor Company’s autonomous vehicles. He has a doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and is a professor of computer science at the University of Michigan. Olson got his start in autonomous technology participating in the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007 as part of the MIT team. He was named one of Crain’s Detroit Business’ Notable Leaders in Energy in 2023.