Sjoerd van der Zwaan is a leading expert in autonomous systems, bringing over eight years of experience in automotive innovation. With a background in Electrical and Computer Engineering, he specializes in robotics, computer vision, and AI, continuously pushing technological boundaries.
As Chief Product Officer at Solid Sands, Sjoerd drives product strategy, focusing on improving vehicle safety, performance, and autonomous functionality. He delivers solutions that streamline development and verification processes for critical components like compilers and standard libraries, ensuring their qualification for use in safety-critical embedded systems. His expertise spans compiler validation, toolchain qualification, sensor integration, and machine learning, all while ensuring compliance with stringent safety standards. By addressing these key areas, he accelerates ADAS advancements while maintaining the highest levels of quality and reliability.
Previously, as Chief Technology Officer at 2Getthere, Sjoerd led the innovation of autonomous transit systems. His career reflects a deep passion for transformative technologies, from self-driving vehicles to augmented reality, shaping the future of mobility and advancing cutting-edge solutions for a smarter, safer world.

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Solid Sands is the world-leading provider of verification and qualification technology for C and C++ compilers and libraries. Our mission is to make the world a safer place. Our products support companies to achieve both the highest quality objectives and the most up-to-date functional safety standard requirements. By creating the best possible test suites for C and C++ compilers, libraries, and analysis tools, we are at the forefront of software testing and qualification. Our flagship products include SuperTest, the most comprehensive compiler test and validation suite, and SuperGuard, a library safety qualification suite. With industry partners worldwide, we serve leading and innovative semiconductor, IP and security companies, as well as safety-critical software companies in the automotive, robotics, railway and medical industries. The SuperTest Compiler Test and Validation Suite verifies C and C++ compilers and libraries. SuperTest is used worldwide by compiler developers for quality assurance and by safety-critical software developers to qualify third-party and open-source compilers following the most up-to-date functional safety standard requirements. The SuperGuard Library Safety Qualification Suite is a requirements-based test suite for the C and C++ standard libraries. It is used by application developers and tool suppliers to qualify third-party (COTS), open source and self-maintained library implementations for use in safety-critical applications.