Olamide Akintewe

Olamide Akintewe is a Senior Software Engineer at Samsara since July 2022, previously serving as a Lead Embedded Control Engineer at General Motors from October 2015 to June 2022. During the tenure at General Motors, Olamide led a team focused on developing embedded real-time electric all-wheel drive motion control algorithms aimed at enhancing vehicle stability and efficiency for dual-axle battery electric and hybrid vehicles. Prior experience includes a role as an Embedded Control System Engineer at GE Transportation from October 2009 to September 2015, where Olamide developed safety-critical embedded control algorithms for an autonomous motion control system designed to optimize fuel consumption in freight trains. Olamide holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Gannon University.