Verification for Autonomous Systems

Mark Fitzgerald, Director, with Chris Rommel, EVP

August 2025

Autonomous technologies are accelerating across automotive, aerospace, industrial automation, and healthcare. However, with great innovation comes great risk: ensuring safety, reliability, and trust in intelligent systems is now mission-critical.

VDC Research’s latest report examines how simulation-based validation, AI-driven verification, and multi-sensor testing are redefining development lifecycles. The research also highlights vendor strategies, regulatory pressures after high-profile accidents, and the race to establish standardized practices. Gain access to market forecasts through 2029, competitive vendor insights, and adoption trends shaping the future of autonomous systems.

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About Mitch

Mitch Solomon

President

Mitch has spent years supporting senior leaders of operational and industrial technology companies as well as private equity investors that participate in the space.  He is an active member of the Technology and Innovation Council at Graham Partners, a leading industrial technology focused private equity firm, and serves on the advisory boards of OptConnect (a top IoT connectivity provider) and DecisionPoint (a rapidly growing operational technology systems integrator).  Mitch has worked closely with a wide range of industrial technology clients on a diverse array of growth opportunities and challenges including applications of AI, c-suite recruiting, strategic planning, new market identification and entry, product strategy, competitive positioning, revenue retention, value proposition identification and messaging, sales strategy and execution, and board presentations. Mitch holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.