Edwin Olson
CEO and Founder at May Mobility
Experience
Career
2017May Mobility
CEO · Ann Arbor, MI · 2017 – Present
2024University of Michigan
Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science · 2024 – Present
2020University of Michigan
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science · 2020 – 2024
2014University of Michigan
Associate Professor · 2014 – 2020
2008University of Michigan
Assistant Professor · 2008 – 2014
2016Toyota Research Institute
Co-Director of Autonomous Driving Development · Ann Arbor · 2016
Bio
Edwin Olson is the co-founder and CEO of May Mobility, Inc., an Ann Arbor-based startup that develops self-driving shuttles. Olson earned his PhD from MIT in 2008 for work in robot mapping. Olson has worked on autonomous vehicles for over a decade, including work on the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge and vehicles for Ford and Toyota Research Institute. Most recently, he was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" in the Michigan and Northwest Ohio region by EOY Awards.