Javier Vidal

Originally from Madrid, Spain, Javier is an engineer and entrepreneur whose career has spanned the Americas, Europe, and Asia, focused on building technologies that improve how complex transportation systems operate.

Javier founded Moonware in 2020 after identifying a fundamental problem in airport ground operations: critical decisions were still being driven by fragmented communication, manual coordination, and institutional knowledge that doesn’t scale. At the core of Moonware’s product suite, HALO acts as a real-time operating layer for the ramp, coordinating crews, equipment, and workflows to improve turnaround performance, increase efficiency, and reduce costly delays. Today, HALO is deployed at airports around the world, supporting some of the industry’s largest operators, and the company is backed by leading venture capital investors.

Before founding Moonware, Javier worked with Uber Elevate on autonomous ground vehicles for the Urban Air Mobility market. Prior to that, he was part of Uber ATG, where he worked across systems and hardware engineering to support the company’s self-driving vehicle development. Earlier in his career, Javier worked at Tesla during the 2018 Model 3 production ramp-up, contributing to autonomous material conveyance systems and production operations. He began his engineering career in Tokyo in the robotics industry and was granted his first patent at age 15. Javier studied Mechanical Engineering at Duke University.