As automotive manufacturers navigate growing data complexity, stricter regulatory requirements, and the accelerating shift toward software-defined vehicles, Ottometric has announced the appointment of Axel Gern to its Board of Directors. The move reinforces the company's leadership position as OEMs and suppliers seek scalable solutions for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle development.
Ottometric has appointed Axel Gern to its Board of Directors.
Gern brings more than 20 years of experience in autonomous systems, ADAS engineering, and automotive software development.
His leadership background includes roles at Mercedes-Benz, Daimler Truck, Torc Robotics, and Aeva Technologies.
The appointment comes as automotive OEMs face increasing validation, compliance, and data management challenges.
Ottometric aims to help organizations streamline ADAS and autonomous vehicle development through scalable data and validation workflows.
Growing regulatory frameworks, including GSR2 and Euro NCAP 2026, are increasing demand for efficient automotive validation solutions.
Axel Gern joins Ottometric's Board with more than two decades of experience leading autonomous driving, ADAS, and large-scale automotive software programs. Throughout his career, he has held senior leadership positions at Mercedes-Benz, Daimler Truck, Torc Robotics, and Aeva Technologies, helping organizations develop and scale advanced vehicle technologies.
Most recently, Gern served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Torc Robotics and Managing Director of Torc Europe, where he oversaw teams responsible for autonomous trucking systems and safety engineering. Before that, he served as Chief Technology Officer of Daimler Trucks' Autonomous Technology Group, contributing to the company's autonomous trucking initiatives and software-defined vehicle strategy.
As autonomous and ADAS technologies mature, automotive organizations are increasingly challenged by the complexity of managing vast amounts of vehicle and driving data. Industry programs are no longer constrained solely by feature development but also by validation scalability, KPI consistency, evidence traceability, and the operational demands of large-scale data management.
"ADAS and autonomous systems are reaching a point where data workflows, operational efficiency, and evidence management become core engineering challenges," said Axel Gern. "I've led teams at Daimler Trucks, Torc, and elsewhere that were forced to solve these challenges at scale, and the Ottometric platform is exactly the solution we need. I'm excited to help Ottometric solve these pressing challenges across the automotive industry."
Automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers are facing growing pressure from expanding scenario libraries, tighter release schedules, increasing evidence requirements, and evolving regulatory frameworks. Industry standards such as GSR2 and Euro NCAP 2026 are driving the need for more scalable and efficient validation processes.
According to Ottometric CEO Joseph Burke, the increasing complexity of software-defined vehicles requires stronger validation strategies and operational efficiency across development programs.
"As vehicles become increasingly software-defined, validation and engineering complexity continue to scale rapidly," said Joseph Burke, CEO of Ottometric. "Axel has firsthand experience building and scaling autonomous systems organizations through that transition. His perspective is highly valuable as the industry moves toward larger and more data-intensive validation programs."
Gern's appointment reflects Ottometric's focus on addressing the operational and engineering challenges facing modern ADAS and autonomous vehicle programs. His expertise is expected to contribute to the company's product roadmap as organizations seek scalable solutions for validation, compliance, and fleet-wide data management.
As the automotive industry continues its transition toward software-defined mobility, efficient validation systems and data-driven engineering processes are becoming increasingly critical. Ottometric's expanded leadership team positions the company to support OEMs and suppliers as they address the next phase of autonomous vehicle development and deployment.
Ottometric is an enterprise software company focused on automating and streamlining the development, validation, and training processes for the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Vehicles (AV) markets. Ottometric's modular end-to-end platform combines AI, computer vision, big-data infrastructure, and deep automotive expertise to transform raw data into actionable insights. Solutions built on this platform enable OEMs, Tier-1s, and Tier-2s to develop faster, scale efficiently, and bring safer vehicles to market. The company is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Schooner Capital, Rally Ventures, Proeza Ventures, Goodyear Ventures and Trucks VC. Visit www.ottometric.com
