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The team building Colony.

Colony is led by engineers and operators with deep experience in autonomous systems, robotics, and industrial-scale remote sensing.

Founding Team

Rad El Gharbi
Rad El Gharbi
Founder & CEO

Physics undergraduate at the University of Waterloo. Conducted neutrino physics research at Harvard University (2021–2022), where he designed a small-scale Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) to study proton flight characteristics, contributing to R&D aligned with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). Three years of service in the Canadian Army Reserves. Previously founded a GIS data collection and routing platform for linear infrastructure operators. Leads Colony's strategy, operations, and business development.

Samuel Tagliabracci
Samuel Tagliabracci
Co-Founder & CTO

Four years at Clearpath Robotics on the Complex Robotic Integration Team, where he designed and integrated autonomous mobile platforms end-to-end: mechanical CAD, electrical systems, and custom software. Built systems incorporating 2D/3D LiDAR, computer vision, autonomous navigation, and robotic manipulators on ruggedized mobile platforms. Brings deep expertise in full-stack robotics integration, multi-robot coordination, and field-hardened platform design. Leads all hardware engineering, autonomy software, and fleet architecture at Colony.

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