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Matthew Rendall

Co-founder & CEO, Clearpath Robotics

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Matthew Rendall co-founded Clearpath Robotics in 2009 with three fellow University of Waterloo mechatronics engineering graduates, Ryan Gariepy, Pat Martinson and Bryan Webb, and is listed as CEO on the company's leadership page. He also heads OTTO Motors, Clearpath's industrial division, which Rockwell Automation acquired along with Clearpath in October 2023.

Matthew hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Matthew co-founded Clearpath Robotics, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Did Matthew Rendall co-found Clearpath Robotics?

Yes. University of Waterloo Engineering news, 2022-11-16, names Matt Rendall as co-founder and CEO and identifies the other three founders as Ryan Gariepy, Patrick Martinson and Bryan Webb, all Waterloo mechatronics engineering graduates who started the company in 2009.

What is his role today?

Clearpath Robotics' leadership page, checked 2026-09-20, lists Matt Rendall as CEO, with Bryan Webb as COO/CFO and Ryan Gariepy as CTO; the same page now carries the footer "Clearpath Robotics, by Rockwell Automation."

What happened to Clearpath Robotics?

BetaKit, 2023-10-05, reports that Rockwell Automation completed its acquisition of Clearpath Robotics and its OTTO Motors division that Monday, at $550-600 million USD upfront, and that Clearpath's CEO, CTO, president and employees would stay in Kitchener-Waterloo.

What is his connection to OTTO Motors?

Inbound Logistics, 2024-05-06, identifies him as "Matt Rendall, CEO, OTTO Motors" and states that he heads both Clearpath and OTTO as CEO; the article describes OTTO Motors as the autonomous-mobile-robot business Clearpath launched in 2015.

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