Jaime Waydo — CEO

I build thoughtful, first-of-their-kind technologies at the intersection of engineering, design, and human experience. Over the past 20+ years, I have led the development of complex systems across healthcare, robotics, and mobility, spanning early-stage startups and large organizations creating category-defining products. My foundation is in mechanical and controls engineering, and I began my career at NASA, working on robotic systems that are still operating on Mars today. Since then, I have served in senior technical and product leadership roles across industry, including chief engineering roles at Google and Apple, CTO of WHOOP, and as a co-founder of multiple companies. Across these environments, I have focused on building teams, scaling complex products, growing world class companies, and bringing first-of-their-kind ideas into the world. Today, I am the CEO and co-founder of Curio Studio, a creative technology studio focused on developing emotionally resonant, culturally grounded products powered by emerging technologies. Our work blends deep engineering rigor with imagination, experimentation, and craft, and focuses on a movement-powered adventure product designed to make health feel meaningful, playful, and alive. I believe the best products emerge from clarity, restraint, and iteration. They are built through thoughtful experimentation rather than grand plans. My role as a leader is to set a clear vision, ask the hard questions, and create the conditions for teams to do their best work. When that happens, the results are often better than anything one person could design alone.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in advanced engineering and technology innovation across healthcare and mobility sectors.

Experience: 26 yrs 10 mos

Career Highlights

Over 20 years of experience in engineering and technology leadership.
Led product and engineering teams at Google and Apple.
Co-founded multiple companies, driving innovation in mobility and health.

Work Experience

53 Stations

Portfolio Advisor (1 yr 5 mos)

Plexor.ai

Board of Advisors (1 yr 5 mos)

Turntide Technologies

Board of Directors (2 yrs 5 mos)

WHOOP

Chief Technology Officer (1 yr 11 mos)

Consulting & Advising

Chief Executive Officer (4 yrs 4 mos)

Cavnue

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer (1 yr)

CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION FOUNDATION

Board of Directors (5 yrs 5 mos)

Apple

Senior Director, Chief Engineer for Autonomy (2 yrs 8 mos)

Waymo

Chief Engineer, Head of Systems Engineering (4 yrs 10 mos)

Translucent Medical

Co-Founder & Director of Engineering (1 yr 7 mos)

Hansen Medical

Staff Mechanical Engineer (1 yr 4 mos)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Lead Mechanical Systems Engineer (13 yrs 2 mos)

Education

MS at UCLA

BS at Montana State University

Jaime Waydo

CEO

United States26 yrs 10 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Over 20 years of experience in engineering and technology leadership.
Led product and engineering teams at Google and Apple.
Co-founded multiple companies, driving innovation in mobility and health.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in advanced engineering and technology innovation across healthcare and mobility sectors.

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Systems EngineeringTestingIntegrationMatlabManufacturingSystem DesignSensorsSpacecraftEngineering ManagementSolidworksAerospaceMechanical EngineeringRoboticsSimulationsSpace Systems

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Experience

26 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs

Average Tenure

5 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

53 stations

Portfolio Advisor

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Advise founders & leadership in the 53 Stations portfolio on product strategy, technical architecture, AI uses and implementation, and organizational design

Plexor.ai

Board of Advisors

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Advising on AI strategy, technical roadmap, product vision, and execution.

Turntide technologies

Board of Directors

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Partnering with the board and executive team on strategy, leadership transitions, and operational focus during a company turnaround.

Whoop

Chief Technology Officer

Sep 2022 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Executive leader responsible for product, design, engineering, AI/ML, data science, and research across hardware, software, and services.
Led a global organization of 300+ employees and 100+ contractors across 6 countries
Drove the company’s largest year of growth
Oversaw 200+ feature launches, including 24 major product releases
Reduced operational costs by 25% through cloud and infrastructure optimization
Created first AI consumer products at WHOOP, and built the vision and roadmap for continued enhancements
This role required operating at scale while still inventing, shipping, and iterating quickly.

Consulting & advising

Chief Executive Officer

Feb 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

Cavnue

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Feb 2021 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr

Co-founder of a first-of-its-kind smart infrastructure company focused on connected roadways and next-generation mobility.
Built the company from day one to 46 employees in under a year
Led engineering, product, design, and operations
Defined and validated the product vision with public and private sector stakeholders
Delivered the first deployment into market
Partnered with the CEO to raise a $10M seed round and a $130M Series A at an 800x valuation increase

California transportation foundation

Board of Directors

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 5 mos

Supporting California’s transportation ecosystem through education and advocacy.

Apple

Senior Director, Chief Engineer for Autonomy

Jun 2018 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Led autonomy systems at Apple across AI, software, systems engineering, and operations.
Led a 2,000-person organization spanning AI, engineering, science, design, and operations
Delivered step-function performance improvements across autonomy systems
Reduced iteration cycles from weeks to 24 hours through test infrastructure, tooling, and automation
Presented results directly to Apple’s executive leadership team

Waymo

Chief Engineer, Head of Systems Engineering

Aug 2013 – Jun 2018 · 4 yrs 10 mos

Senior technical leader during the transition from research to real-world autonomous deployment.
Led systems engineering across hardware, software, AI/ML, operations, and analytics
Created and executed the first plan for fully driverless operation on public roads
Helped shape regulatory strategy with NHTSA and other agencies
Executed the world’s first fully autonomous public road drives and deployments

Translucent medical

Co-Founder & Director of Engineering

Jan 2012 – Aug 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Day 1 startup leader, team builder, and technology maker.
Led engineering across hardware, software and AI/ML.
Head designer for all hardware and UI/UX.
Partnered with the CEO to raise series-A, develop major partnerships, execute clinical trials, and ultimately exit with an acquisition.

Hansen medical

Staff Mechanical Engineer

Sep 2010 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos

Jet propulsion laboratory

Lead Mechanical Systems Engineer

Aug 1999 – Oct 2012 · 13 yrs 2 mos

Led mechanical and systems engineering for Mars rover missions.
Chief engineer for the mobility system on the Curiosity rover
Led end-to-end design, assembly, testing, and launch
Managed multi-million-dollar programs and cross-disciplinary teams
Systems I worked on are still operating on Mars today
This experience shaped how I think about reliability, scale, and building systems that must work the first time.