This document discusses autonomous vehicles and opportunities to pivot careers into the autonomous vehicle industry. It provides an overview of autonomous vehicle technology and the major areas of work, including vehicle cognition, data management, testing, ecosystem building, and user experiences. Hot jobs in the industry are mentioned like AI in the car, product management, and business development. Steps to pivot include learning key technologies, researching companies and use cases, gaining experience through a project, and taking online courses to help with networking and certification. The document aims to help people explore how to transfer their skills and find new roles in the emerging autonomous vehicle field.

1. #CareerPivot #PathTOAV
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2. I’m SUDHA JAMTHE
CEO IOT DISRUPTIONS
@sujamthe

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video: DriverlessWorldSchool.com @sujamthe
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BUSINESS COURSE
See AVs, autonomous delivery bots and 3 areas to learn AV space

4. What are the robotaxis doing now?
video url: https://youtu.be/xjoWJ3XZFNk (note: I have no affiliation nor endorse any AV brand)

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WHY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES MATTER?
America spends 7 billion hours, 3 Billion gallons, $160
Billion. (traffic, gas, time driving)
Cars parked 95% of time (low utilization of cars owned
by consumers)
500,000 Trucks in America. Contribute to 7%
congestion, spend $28 Billion (28% of cost). (pollution,
cost of ownership)
80 Global Driverless Pilots (60 in CA)

6. “What problems
can an
Autonomous
Vehicle solve for
us today?

7. Source: Mayo Clinic
Autonomous truck used to transport COVID19 test kits to Maya Clinic in Florida
AV USED IN COVID TESTKIT DELIVERY (MAY 2020)

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https://driverlessworldschool.wistia.com/medias/53m8j8yton
INTRO TO #PATHTOAV COURSES

9. India dataset: Thanks to AnalyticsVidhya
PATH TO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
ON DRIVERLESSWORLDSCHOOL.COM
Mentoring + Speakers + Capstone
project course with Industry
AI In The Car

10. “Focus on solving the
business problems
that led to the creation
of self-driving cars
and find your place to
pivot to AV space.
HOW TO FIND YOUR PATH TO AV?

11. “Look at an AV product
to see how you would
build it. See what
skills help you in this
process to find your
transferable skills.
HOW TO FIND YOUR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS?

12. LOOK AT AMAZON KEY AS AN EXAMPLE

13. “Think about Amazon key
delivery in a Volvo. It was
help customers delivery
when outside of home. Car is
a tool. Think how would you
have built this product? Your
role? PM/BD/Experience/
Identity management …

14. “How will you
change Amazon
key delivery today
in the post-civid
world? And why?

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You Path to AV is defining
your chance to define AV
Business! For you!!

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Tesla: Electric carShared Mobility: Lyft/AV taxis (Image:Auro.ai)
Connected Car (Image: rac.co.uk) Autonomous: Waymo cars
TODAY’S CONNECTED CAR WILL BECOME AV IN THE FUTURE
CONNECTED, AUTONOMOUS, SHARED, ELECTRIC (CASE)

17. 5 AREAS OF WORK IN AV SPACE TODAY

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Perception & Objects Identification - DeepLearning
– Traffic signs, cars, people
A A. CAR COGNITION TO GET US TO LEVEL 5

19. Vehicle User Environment
DriverlessWorldSchool.com © Sudha Jamthe @sujamthe
Images: Thanks to Josep Clotet
B. DATA MANAGEMENT & MONETIZATION

20. C. TESTING IN REAL ROADS

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D. BUILD ECOSYSTEM (BD)

22. E. BUILD EXPERIENCES (DESIGN / PM)

23. Hottest area
of AV jobs?

24. AI in the Car, In-car Experience, Product Management, AIX Design,
Partnership & Ecosystem Building, Business Development, Market
Development, AI Ethics, Simulation, Business Model Development,
Business Risk, Legal, Innovation Manager in industries that can
benefit from Connected and Autonomous Cars …
Is this you?

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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF AI IN THE CAR?

26. “Data drives AI:
voice,video of the
road,data about
car parts, driver
behavior …

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D. BUILD PRODUCTS : DIGITAL TWINS IN THE CAR

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• Mamta Narain, PM leader is joining us to talk about Applied AI
MY STUDENTS: MEET MAMTA NARAIN & EMMA LIU

29. How to Pivot?

30. WE COVERED
Autonomous Vehicle Business1
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Five Areas of Work today in AV space
APPLIED AI
Hot AV jobs and How to Pivot

31. STEPS TO PIVOT
Learn one Technology and learn applications/use-cases1
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Go deeper - see who is doing what/how/what are the issues
Learn the Ecosystem - lingo,what companies/partners where you
can help
Experience: Do a project (confidence/showcase)

32. Come Pivot to AV
@sujamthe
driverlessworldschool.com
Online courses, networking, community, project, certificate

33. India dataset: Thanks to AnalyticsVidhya
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34. Mix of Academic, Strategic &
Operational experience.
Advisory: IoT, AI and AV to build
DriverlessWorld
Past eBay Mobile Growth $27 Bil
Business. Love Data and B-models
Mentor business leaders to pivot
career and transform businesses.
Talk/Teach/Write/Advisory/Mentor
SUDHA JAMTHE
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