Management Team

  • Michael Wagner

    Michael Wagner

    Chief Executive Officer, Edge Case Research

    Michael has been at the forefront of the autonomy industry for over twenty years, originally starting at Carnegie Mellon. He oversees product and business strategy at Edge Case.

  • Peter Balle

    Peter Balle

    Chief Commercial Officer, Edge Case Research

    Peter brings to the role impressive experience in the worlds of both the automotive industry and insurance. We are excited to work with Peter to build, coordinate, and scale up business development across all of our markets.

  • Molly Meacham

    Molly Meacham

    Vice President of People and Legal

    Molly leads Edge Case’s People team, leveraging her extensive legal and human resources experience to focus on strategy and compliance as we grow. Her mission is to maintain our Smart, Helpful, and Friendly culture through Edge Case’s evolution into the global leader for safe autonomy.

  • Ben Lewis

    Ben Lewis

    Vice President and General Manager,
    Edge Case Risk Management

    Ben is leading Edge Case’s autonomous vehicle insurance venture, Edge Case Risk Management. He brings more than nine years at one of the world's largest global property and casualty insurers.

  • Frank Fratrik

    Frank Fratrik

    Vice President and General Manager,
    Edge Case Defense

    Frank brings impressive leadership and experience in military and commercial system safety to directing Edge Case Defense. Prior to Edge Case, Frank worked for nearly fifteen years at the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center.

  • Kelly Mullins

    Kelly Mullins

    Vice President
    of Global Operations

    Kelly specializes in helping startups and tier-one research centers grow rapidly, with over 25 years of demonstrated success providing secure, reliable, and scalable computing infrastructure and services. At Edge Case, she oversees our global operations team.

Board of Directors

  • Michael Wagner

    Michael is the CEO of Edge Case Research. He has been at the forefront of the autonomy industry for over twenty years. His research at Carnegie Mellon developed powerful verification techniques for complex autonomy algorithms. He founded Edge Case in 2013.

  • Chris Urmson

    Chris is the co-founder and CEO of Aurora. He has been instrumental in instigating and advancing the development of self-driving vehicles over the past 15 years. Chris helped build Google’s self-driving car program, and was faculty at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

  • Gerrit Seidel

    Gerrit Seidel joined yabeo as Managing Director and partner in 2016. He has served as cofounder and investor for several leading European fintech and insurtech firms, and is the Deputy Chairman of Solarisbank.

  • Matt Zack

    Matt is the Vice President of Business Development and Corporate Marketing at Ansys. He is a seasoned industry veteran with decades of experience, previously as a senior corporate development executive at SAP.

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