Doug Field Joins Rivian Spinoff Mind Robotics as Chief

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    "title": "Doug Field Joins Rivian Spinoff Mind Robotics as Chief - The Tech Buzz",
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    "excerpt": "Doug Field, the automotive executive who orchestrated Tesla's Model 3 production and led Ford's electric vehicle push, has joined Mind Robotics as the company charts its course beyond Rivian's truck-focused origins. The hire signals Mind Robotics' ambition to leverage Field's decade of experience scaling complex hardware products across three of tech's most demanding companies. The robotics industry just got a major talent acquisition. Doug Field, who spent the last three years rebuilding Ford's electric vehicle strategy as chief advanced technology officer, is joining Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics in a senior leadership role. The move puts one of automotive's most experienced hardware executives at the helm of a company betting big on autonomous systems beyond traditional vehicles. Field's track record reads like a playbook for scaling ambitious tech products. At Tesla , he was the engineering leader who turned Elon Musk's Model 3 vision into reality, overseeing the production ramp that transformed Tesla from niche luxury brand to mass-market force. Before that, he spent five years at Apple working on the company's secretive Project Titan autonomous vehicle initiative, bringing his automotive expertise to Cupertino's typically consumer-focused engineering culture. The timing of Field's move to Mind Robotics isn't coincidental. The company, which emerged from Rivian's broader...",
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