Sterling Anderson
Sterling Anderson, GM’s EVP & CPO, empowers organizations to innovate through groundbreaking product strategy, autonomous technology, and future-ready leadership insights.
Why book Sterling Anderson for your next event
- Sterling Anderson led the team behind Tesla Autopilot, setting new global standards in autonomous driving. His keynote reveals how pioneering technology can inspire bold thinking, accelerate innovation, and give organizations a decisive competitive edge.
- As co-founder of Aurora, Sterling launched the world’s first fully driverless trucking service. He shares strategies to help businesses harness disruption, rethink operations, and seize opportunities in rapidly changing industries.
- Now Chief Product Officer at GM, Sterling oversees the full global product lifecycle. His insights guide organizations in aligning vision with execution, scaling innovation across teams, and building enduring market leadership.
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Driving the Future: Innovation at the Speed of Disruption
Chief Product Officer at GM, co-founder of Aurora, and former Tesla leader, Sterling Anderson shaped iconic innovations like Autopilot and the Model X. With an MIT Ph.D. in robotics, he empowers organizations to master disruption, harness technology, and future-proof growth through visionary product leadership and transformative strategies.
Keynote Speaker Sterling Anderson is recognized as one of the world’s foremost innovators in mobility, robotics, and product leadership. As Chief Product Officer and Executive Vice President of Global Products at General Motors, he oversees the entire product lifecycle across one of the largest automotive portfolios in the world. His leadership drives not only innovation at scale but also the strategic alignment needed to compete in fast-changing global markets.
Before joining GM, Sterling co-founded Aurora, where he helped launch the world’s first commercial, fully driverless trucking service, an achievement that redefined the future of logistics and autonomous technology. Prior to Aurora, he played a central role at Tesla, leading the development and launch of the award-winning Model X and later guiding the team that delivered Tesla Autopilot. With a Ph.D. in robotics from MIT, Sterling also pioneered human-machine collaboration, laying the foundation for some of today’s most transformative advancements in automation and AI.
Booking Sterling Anderson for your event means bringing unparalleled expertise in innovation, disruption, and future-proof leadership to your stage. His keynotes equip organizations with the tools to navigate rapid technological change, embrace bold strategies, and transform vision into market-leading reality. Whether addressing executives, boards, or cross-functional teams, Sterling inspires leaders to rethink the status quo and embrace the opportunities of tomorrow.
Book Sterling Anderson for your event to give your organization actionable insights from a leader who has built the future, time and again.
Keynotes
Keynote by Sterling Anderson:
Mastering Innovation: Turning Disruption into Growth
Are you struggling to keep product development ahead of disruption?
In today’s fast-moving markets, organizations face mounting pressure to innovate faster, reduce risks, and deliver products that truly differentiate. This is where keynote speaker Sterling Anderson provides unparalleled value. As the visionary behind Tesla Autopilot, co-founder of Aurora’s driverless trucking revolution, and Chief Product Officer at GM, Sterling has mastered the art of turning bold ideas into market-shaping realities.
His keynotes reveal proven frameworks for aligning teams, accelerating innovation, and navigating uncertainty with confidence. With deep expertise in robotics, AI, and large-scale product leadership, Sterling equips organizations with actionable strategies to transform challenges into opportunities.
Booking Sterling Anderson ensures your leaders walk away inspired, empowered, and ready to execute future-proof product strategies that deliver lasting growth.
Keynote by Sterling Anderson:
Embodied AI and the Path to Scalable, Trusted Technology
How can organizations harness the power of AI without losing human connection and control?
As businesses race to adopt artificial intelligence, the challenge lies in creating systems that not only process data but also act intelligently in the real world, what we call Embodied AI. This is where keynote speaker Sterling Anderson brings transformative insight. With a Ph.D. in robotics from MIT, where he pioneered human-machine collaboration, and leadership roles developing Tesla Autopilot, Aurora’s driverless trucking, and GM’s global products, he has spent his career advancing the frontier of embodied intelligence.
His keynotes reveal how organizations can leverage Embodied AI to increase safety, efficiency, and scalability, while building trust between people and machines. Booking Sterling Anderson ensures your teams gain the strategies, vision, and confidence to lead in the age of intelligent, adaptive technologies.
Keynote by Sterling Anderson:
Leading Through Disruption: Inspiring Innovation in Uncertain Times
How can leaders inspire innovation and resilience in times of constant disruption?
Today’s executives face the daunting challenge of steering organizations through rapid technological change, global competition, and shifting customer expectations. Traditional leadership approaches are no longer enough. This is where keynote speaker Sterling Anderson brings unmatched value. As Chief Product Officer at General Motors, co-founder of Aurora, and former leader of Tesla Autopilot and Model X, he has guided teams through some of the most groundbreaking innovations of our time.
His keynotes reveal how visionary leadership, strategic alignment, and bold decision-making can transform uncertainty into opportunity. With insights rooted in real-world success at Tesla, Aurora, and GM, Sterling equips leaders with actionable frameworks to inspire teams, accelerate innovation, and achieve sustainable growth.
Booking Sterling Anderson ensures your leaders gain the mindset and tools to thrive in the age of disruption.
"What." Then "How." Realizing the Power of Right-to-Left Innovation | Sterling Anderson | TEDxBYU
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