Speaker Bio
"Kellen is the ceo and co-founder at Pattern Labs. The Erie, CO based startup is focused on solving autonomous mobility and connected infrastructure challenges in some of the most chaotic, unstructured, dynamic, logistics environments in the world. Prior to starting Pattern, Kellen led Product and Program Management for Canvas Technology helping the team to develop a ground breaking autonomous robotic cart capable of operation in highly dynamic spaces. Canvas was acquired by Amazon in 2019 and Kellen continued to lead Product and Program Management inside of Amazon's Robotics & Artificial Intelligence division as the team scaled up their fleet of robots. Kellen has also spent time in the automotive and aerospace worlds developing products across the globe for Toyota, Airbus, and more. Kellen is an avid outdoorsman and can often be found on long scramble outings in Boulder's Flatirons, Rocky Mountain National Park, and across Colorado's Front Range. Kellen is passionate about sustainability, using automation to provide abundance for humanity, off-Earth robotic exploration, AI ethics, and paleontology. "