John Chu is Head of People at Bedrock Robotics, a leading autonomous construction technology company valued at $1.75 billion. He brings over 20 years of strategic people leadership experience across technology and robotics.

John holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Master's from Loyola University of Chicago. He previously served as Senior Director of Human Resources at Waymo, where he oversaw headcount growth of 400% during global expansion.

John joined Bedrock in September 2025 during a period of rapid growth, helping build the team as the company raised $270 million in Series B funding. He previously served as Chief People Officer at Hippocratic AI and data.ai (by Sensor Tower).

Throughout his career, John has held senior HR roles at Yahoo, Strategy&, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and Deloitte. His expertise spans talent management, organizational design, and HR transformation for high-growth technology companies.

At Bedrock, John is building the people operations infrastructure to support the company's mission to deploy fully operator-less excavators in 2026. The company has raised over $350 million and is addressing the construction industry's critical shortage of 800,000 workers.