From Plans to Reality: Meet Estelle Bardon, Head of Program Management at Kodiak

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Self-driving vehicles didn’t become real through code alone. They became real through decisions, discipline, and execution. In the second episode of Human-Led Autonomy, we sit down with Estelle Bardon, Head of Program Management at Kodiak. Estelle leads the cross-functional work that connects autonomy software, vehicle hardware, and real-world operations. She explains how Kodiak approaches make-versus-buy decisions, why program management is essential to scaling autonomous systems, and how clear ownership, timelines, and dependencies turn complex challenges into shared solutions. In this episode, you’ll learn: - How Kodiak decides what to build in-house versus where to partner - Why program management is the backbone of deploying autonomy at scale - How collaboration across teams turns ambition into execution Autonomy advances when people take responsibility for making it real. If yo…

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