Sohrab Haghighat

Sohrab Haghighat is an entrepreneur with a specialtyspecializing in robotics, autonomous driving, and space technology. He is the co- foundercofounder &and CEO of SpaceRyde, a company building a space transportation infrastructure called the Rocket Network.

Sohrab Haghighat standing next to a component of the Ryder rocket engine.

Sohrab Haghighat standing next to a component of the Ryder rocket engine.

He holds a PhD in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Toronto, alongside a Masters in Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. From May 2012 to November 2012, Haghighat served as a Performanceperformance Specialistspecialist at Safran, an international technology group operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment, and interiors), defense, and space markets.

From December 2012 to October 2014, he was a member of the Researchresearch Staffstaff of Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL), a company carrying out basic and applied research in multi-physical multiphysical modeling and simulation, optimization, control, signal processing, and artificial intelligence.

From November 2014 to May 2015, he served as a Seniorsenior Algorithmsalgorithms Engineerengineer at Cymer, an ASML company providing light sources utilized by chipmakers to pattern semiconductor chips. From 2015 to 2017, he served as Controlscontrols engineer Engineer,and then Engineeringengineering Managermanager at Cruise Automation, a company building self-driving vehicles. He then co-foundedcofounded SpaceRyde in January 2018 alongside his wife, Saharnaz Safari.