Naser Sedaghati is an experienced professional in the field of computer science and engineering, currently serving as Director of AV Performance and Acceleration at Cruise since September 2017. Naser also holds a range of leadership roles within Cruise, including Director of System Performance and Senior Engineering Manager. Previous experience includes a research engineer position at Imagination Technologies and a graduate research associate role at The Ohio State University. Naser has completed internships at Samsung Electronics and NVIDIA, focused on GPU architecture. Naser holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University, a Master's degree from the University of Tehran, and a Bachelor's degree from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.