Scott Madden joined Udelv, a venture-backed company that produces middle- and last-mile autonomous delivery vehicles called Transporters, as vice president of sales.

Madden’s experience includes two years as head of commercial fleet sales at YourMechanic in Silicon Valley in California, five years as vice president of strategic alliances and sourcing at Element Fleet Management, four years in various leadership roles at Purolator Canada and 19 years at Federal Express Canada.

“With our recent order of 1,000 Transporters from Donlen Corporation, a fleet leasing and management company based in Bannockburn, IL, this is a critical time in Udelv’s growth,” Daniel Laury, CEO and co-founder of Udelv, said. “Scott’s experience and industry connectivity will solidify Udelv’s place as a major player in last and middle-mile autonomous deliveries.”

“Autonomous delivery is quickly becoming a reality as the answer to the skyrocketing growth in e-commerce,” Madden said. “The demand for Udelv’s autonomous Transporters is sizeable due to the sweeping cost reductions over traditional driver-based services. This, combined with the general public interest in contactless delivery, the electrification of commercial fleets, the known shortage of drivers and the rapid growth in online deliveries, leads to a very exciting opportunity to scale our solution. I’m excited to bring this new business model to commercial success.”

Last month, Udelv entered a partnership with Intel’s Mobileye. Udelv will produce more than 35,000 Mobileye-driven Transporters by 2028, with commercial operations beginning in 2023.