Ilia Baranov is a senior engineer at Clearpath Robotics in Canada, where the primary tasks is both enabling and preventing the robot revolution. He is active within the Open Source Robotics community, helping maintain JACO, Jackal, PR2 ROS packages; and is the creator of the popular ROS 101 blog series. He is the managing engineering of the PR2 support team at Clearpath and leads the technical demonstration group. Ilia holds 2 patents related to mobile communications and successfully licensed technology from a business venture. He will often take the swiss army knife approach to a problem, where the faster and most versatile solution is preferred to the perfect solution. He graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in electrical engineering in 2013. Robotics and automation have been lifelong interests for him. His hobbies are rock climbing, snowboarding, hacking random things, making things, and a few computer games. Making compelling demonstrations of cutting edge technology, and pushing the boundaries on what is possible with robotics. On tight deadlines, with limited supervision, he takes difficult projects and turn them into success stories. Previous Experience: Robotics R&D, general robotics, project management, satellite communications, orbital propagation, signal analysis, system automation and testing Goals: Robotics R&D, take research products to production

Engineering Manager @ - Setting engineering direction for all Research Solutions at Clearpath Robotics - Managing team of 7 engineers - Electrical design for all research platforms - ROS software development, education and marketing - Possibly aiding the robot revolution From December 2015 to Present (1 month) Kitchener, Canada AreaSenior Electrical Designer @ - Prime Engineer with PR2 group to provide PR2 (Willow Garage robot) support and upgrades - ROS software development, education and marketing - Electrical design of various modules for robotics - Preventing the robot revolution From January 2015 to December 2015 (1 year) Kitchener, Canada AreaElectrical Engineer @ Making sure the robots don't take over. From September 2013 to January 2015 (1 year 5 months) Electrical Engineering Co-op @ Worked with RF plasma generation, shielding. Created sample introduction test bed. Designed updated version of 500MHz, negative pulse amplifier. From September 2012 to September 2013 (1 year 1 month) Robotics Developer @ Research and development partnership between the University of Waterloo, and Aeryon Labs. Worked on development of the Aeryon Scout, and object avoidance research with the University of Waterloo. Continuation of last terms work, and development of custom servo controllers. From September 2011 to December 2011 (4 months) Robotics Developer @ Research and development partnership between the University of Waterloo, and Aeryon Labs. Worked on development of the Aeryon Scout, and object avoidance research with the University of Waterloo. From January 2011 to April 2011 (4 months) Mobile Robotics R&D Specialist @ I continued my work with Clearpath Robotics as a research engineer. This was done during my 2B term at Waterloo. I designed and developed electrical systems for use in future Clearpath products. The designs are also licensed to me as unlimited use intellectual property. From September 2010 to December 2010 (4 months) Mobile Robotics Electronics Specialist Co-op @ Electrical and Electronic development, testing and research for Clearpath Robotics line of mobile robots. Developed electrical systems for a few different company products, helped with prototyping and assembly. Gained experience in PCB schematic capture, design, layout, manufacturing, assembly and testing. From May 2010 to September 2010 (5 months) TTCS Engineer Co-op @ Second Co-op term with the CSA From September 2009 to December 2009 (4 months) TTCS Engineer Co-op @ First Term with the CSA From January 2009 to April 2009 (4 months) Tutor @ · Taught Grade 10 science, further developed communication and teachings abilities · Ensured pupil's understanding with prepared tests and report assignments From July 2008 to August 2008 (2 months) Cook @ · Ensured a safe working environment for my co-workers at all times · Trained new employees within the company From October 2007 to August 2008 (11 months)

BASci, Electrical Engineering @ University of Waterloo From 2008 to 2013 Ontario High School Diploma, Being a Highschooler @ Langstaff Secondary School From 2004 to 2008 Ilia Baranov is skilled in: Robotics, PCB design, Electrical Engineering, ROS (Robot Operating System), Project Management, Technical Writing, Public Speaking, Technical Training, C++, Testing, Embedded Systems, Altium Designer, Circuit Design, Schematic Capture, Electronics