Parkopedia Appoints Brian Holt PhD as Head of Autonomous Driving

Parkopedia, the world’s leading parking information provider, announced today the appointment of Brian Holt as head of autonomous driving, a new position within the company.

In this new role, based out of Parkopedia’s London UK office, Holt will be responsible for leading the team developing parking solutions for autonomous cars, including autonomous valet parking.

An electronic engineer with in-depth machine learning and computer vision expertise, Holt recently led Vision and AI Research at Samsung where he was responsible for teams covering on-device AI, vision-based localisation for self-driving cars and augmented/virtual reality projects.

“We are extremely excited to have Brian on-board. He is a trusted leader who consistently delivers results and is therefore uniquely qualified to drive Parkopedia’s autonomous vehicle research,” said Parkopedia’s CEO Eugene Tsyrklevich. “The team is really looking forward to