Saket Sonekar

Operations & HD Map Specialist

Hyderabad, India

Specialist in HD maps, 3D maps, Self-driving vehicle platform, cartographic work, and people management

Available as Consultant in improvement of Cartography Tools and HD Maps.

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Saket Sonekar

9 years of experience in Robot delivery, last-mile delivery, Autonomous vehicle, perceptions, HD maps, 2D maps, GIS, Navigation, team management, and project management. Successfully delivered end-to-end HD maps of 3 cities and 2D navigation maps of 40+ cities.

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Management skills
Project Management
80%
Stakeholder Management
70%
Team Management
90%
Vendor Management
80%
Technical Skills
HD Maps
95%
GIS Remote Sensing
70%
Routing & Navigation
90%
Lidar
60%
2D & 3D Self Driving Car Maps
90%
Office Skills
MS Excel
85%
MS Word
95%
Spreadsheet
90%
Hobbies Skills
Travelling
95%
Photography
90%
Bike Riding
70%
Music
50%
Language Skills
English
90%
Hindi
90%
Marathi
50%
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Experience
  • Product Operations Manager Nov 2019 – present
    Hyperspec.AI, Sanfrancisco

    - Autonomous vehicles are unable to scale due to operationally inefficient HD maps. Waymo, Zoox, Cruise, Argo AI stand at risk of being disrupted by companies like Tesla that leverage real-time scene construction as mentioned by a recent article in Seeking Alpha.
    - Today we are using Google Maps and Apple Maps to get around everywhere we go. However, now imagine you can only use them in Mountain View, Phoenix, and San Francisco.
    - This is what Autonomous Vehicles are dealing with today. They rely on a hard connection to a high-definition master map to know where they are and where to go.

    - Hyperspec AI removes that dependency by leveling up each vehicle with a real-time vision pipeline that localizes and navigates without reliance on a hard tether to the HD map.
    - We untether from the HD maps using our hyper-accurate positioning algorithm which only drifts 10 centimeters per min. We then correct this drift using standard definition aerial imagery which is widely available. We are building the technology required to expand the territory accessible to autonomous vehicles from 3% to 95% of our roadways while reducing today’s cost of $5000/km by more than 90%. Our technology is a kingmaker for self-driving companies because we help our customers out-scale their competition with positive unit economics.

  • Project Manager Jan – Aug 2019
    Civil Maps, Hyderabad, India

    - Civil maps is San Francisco based company that provides a solution for autonomous vehicles with cognition, enabling them to crowdsource 3D maps and make better decisions for safe driving.
    - I was hired first for India mapping Operations. I have handled entire mapping operations right from hiring to training, starting operations, and deliver the project on time.
    - Have worked on 2 different projects one is HD maps which are completely for self-driving vehicle maps and the other one is last-mile Robo door delivery of goods.
    - Have worked with the development team and created QC tools for all 8 processes.
    - The team has worked on Right from loop closure, Vector data creation, navigation steps to final checks, and delivering to the client.
    - Developed process improvement initiatives and analyzed problems to create corrective action strategies.

  • Team Lead June 2016 –Dec 2018
    Uber Technologies, Hyderabad, India

    - Mapping operations started in 2016 with the goal of creating a base map with routing and navigation services for ride-hailing app and driverless vehicles.
    - Handled a team of 50 employees working for final quality checks, city delivery and post maps delivery services.
    - Have knowledge of all navigation and routing services.
    - Launched more than 40+ cities display maps, routing, and Navigation.
    - Closely worked with the clients to provide immediate solutions of delivered maps.
    - Provided daily, weekly, and city-wise feedback and solutions to all the production teams.

  • Team Lead Feb 2015 –Jun 2016
    Ceinsys Tech Ltd (Formally ADCC Infocad Limited) , Nagpur, India

    - Managed a Team of 50+ Employees who worked in Mapping and GIS projects for End to end mapping and city delivery.
    - Worked on 3 different projects cadestrial mapping and POI.
    - Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issues directly and implementing timely solutions.
    - Worked for India mapping operations for Point of interest, Base Map Creation, and Different types of Attributes.
    - Worked with team members to improve performance and implement training updates.


Education
  • B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering 2010-14
    Nagpur University, Nagpur (M.H.)
  • Certification in Remote Sensing & GIS Feb 2016
    National Remote Sensing Centre (ISRO), Hyderabad (TS)

Awards & Achievements

Awards
  • Technical Employee of the year 2015
    ADCC Infocad, Nagpur
  • Best Associate 2017
    Accenture solutions
  • Best Team Lead 2017
    Accenture Solutions
  • Star of Business 2018
    Accenture solutions
  • Two times awarded as Best Lead Client Nominations 2018
    Accenture solutions
  • Top executive in finding out bugs in Tools 2019
    Civil Maps

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