Aurora Promotes Nolan Shenai to Serve as General Counsel
05 November 2022 - 7:15AM
Business Wire
With decades of experience in the technology
and automotive sectors, Shenai has been instrumental in expanding
strategic collaborations with FedEx, Uber Freight and Schneider
Today, Aurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUR) announced the
appointment of Nolan Shenai as General Counsel. Shenai previously
served as Aurora’s Interim General Counsel from June 2022 and
Deputy General Counsel from August 2020. Shenai has more than 15
years of experience as a practicing attorney, including almost a
decade in the automotive and autonomous vehicle industries.
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“Developing self-driving technology is one of the greatest
challenges of our generation; building and protecting our technical
leadership is critical to Aurora's continued success,” said Chris
Urmson, Aurora’s Co-Founder and CEO. “Nolan has deep commercial and
technical expertise and has been a key driver in preparing Aurora
for commercialization of its technology and protecting technologies
at the foundation of Aurora's business. I'm confident that with
Nolan's support, Aurora will continue to drive toward commercial
success.”
Since joining Aurora in August 2020, Shenai has played a
critical role in helping the company shepherd key strategic
collaborations with industry leaders like FedEx, Uber Freight,
Schneider, and Werner. Prior to joining Aurora in August of 2020,
Shenai held leadership positions at Waymo and at Jaguar Land Rover.
He began his career in private practice as a commercial litigator
at Clark Hill PLC and Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel in
Philadelphia. Shenai received his JD from Vanderbilt University and
his BA from the University of Pennsylvania, where he is also an
adjunct professor and teaches on the law of autonomous vehicles.
Shenai also holds a Masters of Letters degree from the University
of St. Andrews in Scotland.
“I’m thrilled to take on this expanded role working with our
teams as Aurora ushers in a new era for autonomous trucking,” said
Shenai. “Aurora’s unprecedented focus on safety is at the core of
our development and there are fascinating technical and commercial
integration aspects we’re solving together.”
About Aurora
Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving
technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation
safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient
than ever before. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system
designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling
semi-trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins
Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, its driver-as-a-service products
for trucking and ride-hailing. Aurora works with industry leaders
across the transportation ecosystem, including Volvo Trucks,
PACCAR, Toyota, Uber, FedEx, U.S. Xpress, Schneider, Werner,
Covenant, and Uber Freight. To learn more, visit
www.aurora.tech.
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