The core Drivven team is a group of engineers with diverse automotive backgrounds who see FPGAs as the future for automotive electronics. Drivven's current automotive IP is in its 3rd generation, and has been applied to conventional and hybrid vehicles. They have experience in both prototype and production ECU development, employing both FPGAs and conventional automotive microcontrollers.
Through partnerships with leading technology companies, Drivven is in an excellent position to provide FPGA IP, development systems, and services for powertrain electronics needs. Partnering with National Instruments provides Drivven's customers with COTS hardware and a development environment that is both powerful and flexible.
Drivven Facilities and Map
Meet the Drivven Executive Team
| Carroll Dase, President |
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Carroll is a founding partner of Drivven and serves as President and CEO. He received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas in 1995. Carroll has worked in the automotive engineering industry since 1995.
Carroll spent five years at Southwest Research Institute performing automotive fuel and lubricant testing and building custom engine research control systems. He spent 1 year with Motorola writing automotive control software and then consulted on a wide variety of automotive controls projects until starting Drivven in 2003. |
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| Matthew Viele, Vice President of Engineering |
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Matt Viele is a founding partner of Drivven and serves as Vice President of Engineering. He received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Oklahoma in 1996. He received his MS degree in Computer Science from The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2000. He is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University. Matt has worked in the automotive engineering industry since 1996.
Matt spent five years at Southwest Research Institute building custom engine research control systems. He spent 4 years with Woodward Governor Company designing production engine control systems and conducting research in several areas. |
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