Favorite Parts of Working in the Lidar Industry as a Director of Sales
Max, Director of Sales at Ouster Lidar, finds the diverse applications of lidar technology most rewarding, stating that "this technology has a variety of use cases and we're still learning more." The opportunity to collaborate with "incredibly smart people" developing cutting-edge technologies in robotics, autonomous vehicles, and beyond, positions Max at "the frontier of something...pretty exciting."
Technology, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Strategic Accounts, Leadership
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Max Coates
Director of Sales - Strategic Accounts
Ouster Lidar Inc.
University of Colorado, Boulder
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Economics
Electronics & Semiconductors, Technology
Sales and Client Management
None Applicable
Video Highlights
1. The constant emergence of new applications for lidar technology across diverse sectors like robotics, self-driving cars, and industrial autonomy keeps the work engaging and prevents monotony.
2. The opportunity to interact with and learn from brilliant individuals developing cutting-edge technologies using lidar is a significant source of enjoyment.
3. Being at the forefront of emerging technology and contributing to the development of future technologies is a highly exciting aspect of the job.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your industry?
Lidar technology is being included in all sorts of emerging applications, like robotics, self-driving cars, and autonomy. This includes industrial autonomy and security.
What's been most exciting is not being focused on just one vertical, where every deal, application, and conversation is the same. This technology has a variety of use cases, and we're still learning more about them.
It's exciting to talk to the incredibly smart people building the newest robots, doing drone surveys, or working with mining equipment. The list of applications keeps growing, and learning about what they're doing with lidar is really fun and interesting.
There are many smart, educated people choosing to use lidar to build future technologies that we will all hopefully use. Being on the frontier of emerging technology is pretty exciting.
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