AJ Cassarella · Denver

Autonomous robotics · Writing · Creative work

AJ
CASSARELLA

For twelve years I’ve put autonomous robots to work in the world’s warehouses — building the solutions, deployment and customer success teams that make them pay off. Now I’m looking for the next one. Along the way, I’m writing Voyajes about where we’re going.

Open to new opportunities
AJ Cassarella
01What I do

// What I do

I taught machines to find
their own way.
Turns out it’s contagious.

I build the commercial and deployment engines behind autonomous material handling — the standards, the economics, and the teams that make robotics repeatable. Off the clock I’m reading, and turning what I find into Voyajes. Music taught me how to build something from a feeling; it’s on pause while words take the lead.

01

Autonomous systems

Solutions, deployment, and customer success for robotic fleets — from site survey to acceptance. I’ve cut cost-to-deploy 40% and scaled live fleets 150%.

02

Voyajes

Notes on technology, climate, creativity, and the road between them. Just getting started on Substack — early readers welcome.

03

Sound & music

Years of producing and DJing as Voyajer, released on Spotify and played around Denver. It shaped how I hear everything — on pause for now while writing takes the lead.

RangeRobotics, writing & creative work
Experience12+ years in automation
StudioVoyajer Productions LLC
BaseDenver, Colorado

02 — About

The engineer who kept
wandering into the arts.

AJ Cassarella outdoors in the Colorado foothills

I’ve spent my career moving closer to how complex, physical work actually gets done. I’ve sat on both sides of the table in industrial automation — evaluating, justifying and buying material-handling systems, then selling, designing, deploying and supporting them. I build the processes that make robotics repeatable and profitable: standardized deployments, ROI models that survive customer scrutiny, and teams that scale.

Away from the warehouse floor, I run Voyajer Productions — an independent studio that started in music and is turning toward words. I read constantly, and most of what I write starts as something I read. Florida to Connecticut to Penn State, and now Denver — I care about climate and conservation, the outdoors, and making things that outlast the deadline.

AJ Cassarella at golden hour beneath a Denver overpass, rail lines and skyline behind

03 — Experience

Career chapters

  1. 2024 — 2026

    Cyngn

    Sr. Manager, Customer Success & Solutions Engineering

    Led solutions, deployment and customer success for an autonomous-vehicle fleet. Cut cost-to-deploy 40% and scaled deployed fleet 150%.

    DeploymentCustomer SuccessTeam Building
  2. 2023 — 2024

    Phantom Auto

    Senior Sales Engineer

    Rebuilt sales-to-engineering hand-off, roughly halving cycle time and expanding the customer base 30% in a year.

    Sales EngineeringProcess
  3. 2022 — 2023

    Wayfair

    Senior Manager, Material Handling Automation

    Owned the buying side of automation — delivered four projects in twelve months, $1M+ projected savings under a two-year payback.

    Capital JustificationVendor Selection
  4. 2021 — 2022

    Berkshire Grey

    Solutions Design Engineer, Warehouse Automation

    Built the company-wide RFP/RFI strategy across six industries, saving 40% of sales-cycle time.

    RFP StrategyAMRs & AGVs
  5. 2017 — 2020

    Seegrid

    Senior Sales & Deployment Engineer

    Led multi-million-dollar robotics deployments end to end while supervising a small engineering team.

    DeploymentLeadership
View the full résumé
The Voyajer

// Voyajes

Words worth
the detour.

I’m just getting started — new Voyajes will land on Substack. Subscribe below and you’ll be among the first to read them.

Read the Voyajes

04 — Connect

AJ Cassarella

Let’s stay
in touch.

I’m exploring new roles in robotics and automation leadership — if you’re hiring, or know someone who is, I’d love to hear from you. Or subscribe, and I’ll bring the writing to you.