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Eager to lead a team of talented individuals and create innovative and exciting products that reinforce the core values. Continue to build a stronger relationship with the Brand, promote Product Design both internally and externally through cross-functional efforts. Focus on delegating activities and planning in an efficient but effective manner. Volvo Trucks North America –Read more

Alexander Schmitt is the Head of Speech Technology.Read more

John LePore is a Principal and the Chief Creative Director at Perception, an award-winning creative consultancy in NYC that prototypes the future for Superheroes, Hypercars, and Emerging Technologies. With years of past experience in motion design, advertising and user experience, John’s workday now consists of contributing imaginative concepts to blockbuster films, and solving problems forRead more

Nandita Mangal leads HMI (Human Machine Interaction) platform for advanced driver-assistance systems at Aptiv. Her work focuses on systems, where they are “safe by design” and centered around human vehicle interactions under automation inside the cabin. She has extensive experience in product development and interaction research for L2/L3 ADAS as well as L4/L5 systems. SheRead more

Srikanth Hari is the Technical Program Manager at Ford.Read more

John Derkacz is a lead software integrator for Mitsubishi Electric’s Advanced Development team. He has 12 years of experience as a software engineer, including 5 years involved with automotive UX development.Read more

Joe is a UX Design Lead, crafting advanced automotive experiences for General Motors. He has been a leader in the automotive industry for over 9 years, guiding work ranging from production solutions to autonomous vehicles and more leading-edge projects. He has a master’s degree in Experimental Psychology from Central Michigan University, and a Graphic DesignRead more

Karlheinz Blankenbach, has three decades of experience in displays resulting in more than 400 papers and presentations. His main R&D activities are (automotive) display topics such as optical measurements, display systems, evaluations, HMI, and LEDs, as well as display hardware and software. Blankenbach is a member of the Society for Information Display’s program subcommittee, Automotive/VehicularRead more

Arianne Walker is the chief evangelist for Alexa Auto at Amazon, where she helps educate automakers and device makers about voice.   Prior to that, she was head of automotive industry strategy at Oracle Data Cloud where she helped automotive marketers discover and implement the best possible audience strategies for their marketing efforts.  Her automotive backgroundRead more

Kyle Davis is a Senior Analyst for Vehicle Experience and Connected Car at IHS Markit focusing on the North American market. His main areas of focus are, Center Stack Displays, Instrument Clusters, Head-Up Displays, Headunit, and Telematics . Additionally he researches other methods that impacts the user’s experience, such as Over-The-Air updates, Virtual Personal Assistants,Read more