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OUR STORY

Meet Our Visionary CEO, Luc Leroy, former leader of Tesla's Core Automation Engineering Team. With a remarkable track record of delivering the Shanghai Gigafactory ahead of schedule and under budget with a team of over 300 engineers, Luc founded Full Speed Automation. His mission? To pioneer a no-code approach, enabling manufacturing digitization and upgrades that are accessible, efficient, and scalable for companies of all sizes, so that everyone can tap into the benefits of world-class automation.

Team

Integrity. Ingenuity. Grit.

The VITESSE management team blends industry experience, entrepreneurial spirit, and technical skills. They bring years of leadership experience as executives, product managers, and engineers. They live and breathe our values, and work tirelessly to help our customers succeed.

Founder & CEO

Luc Leroy

In his role as the former leader of Tesla's Core Automation Engineering team, Luc Leroy successfully tackled the production challenges posed by the 'Model 3 Automation Hell.' His expertise extended to designing and launching software solutions for Gigafactory Shanghai, Model Y, and Cell factories. He also oversaw critical functions such as Supply Chain Automation, Factory Science and Math, and IT Manufacturing.

Product

Paul Baker

Paul Baker is a seasoned expert in Telemetry, Production, and Product Management. His extensive career includes a significant tenure at Tesla, where he served as a Senior Technical Product & Program Manager for 5 years. Additionally, he spent 4 years at SpaceX, where he played pivotal roles in programs and product management spanning PLM, material engineering, IT integration, and manufacturing automation.

3D & Simulation

Eric Mueller

Across his career, Eric held pivotal roles such as engineer, manager, research engineer, and architect at tech giants like Apple, Google, Motorola, and Adobe. His unwavering passion for computational geometry, Inverse Kinematics, physics, robotics, and 3D User Interactions perfectly matched his role in Robot modeling and simulation at Full Speed Automation.

Research

Jerome Etienne

Jerome Etienne is a seasoned expert who has made significant contributions in the realms of Crypto, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Information Security (InfoSec). His career highlights include serving as a Principal Engineer in AR/VR at Amazon, where he showcased his incredible intelligence within AI and ML. Jerome is also widely recognized as the creator of AR.js and the author behind the renowned Learning Three.js blog.

Operations

Dana Tran

Dana has 20 years of multidisciplinary experience, ranging from law to executive leadership, covering sectors like real estate and labor relations. She has managed high-impact contracts at Fortune 500 companies like Comcast Business and Facebook. As an agile and results-driven leader, Dana excels in steering initiatives and teams to solve complex challenges where others see obstacles.

Operations

Olivier Chevance

Olivier is a high-tech executive with over two decades of experience in product and business development across the EMEA region. He has a strong background in general management, marketing, and finance from INSEAD and EDHEC, two prestigious business schools in Europe.