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Jim Kane is the Vice President of Engineering at Baraja, a deep technology company that has reinvented LiDAR for self-driving vehicles. Their groundbreaking Spectrum-Scan™ platform is setting new benchmarks for precision, range, and reliability. At Baraja Jim’s responsible for ensuring their systems meet the stringent requirements that is demanded by the automotive industry. Jim has more than 20 years of engineering experience at DaimlerChrysler, Magna, and several automotive startups. At Magna, he was the Global Vice President of Engineering for Magna Electronics and was responsible for driving the adoption of advanced driver assistance systems and self-driving technologies for the supplier’s automakers. Jim also helped grow two successful automotive startups that sold to Tier 1 suppliers.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • American Collectors Insurance • Autogeek • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation
INSPIRATION
One of Jim’s past bosses at a startup called Moveamento who was very helpful to Jim’s career growth.
CHALLENGE
Winning an electric vehicle project with a large OEM to buy a high voltage charger, that was needed rather quickly, creating a huge challenge to deliver.
SPECIAL AUTOMOBILES
1997 Chevy 1500 Short Box, his brother’s truck.
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
What You Do Is What You Are by Ben Horowitz
PARTING WORDS OF WISDOM
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Sir Winston Churchill
WHERE TO FIND JIM
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