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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

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

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

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

Dave has made his career designing products to fit people. He has designed physical, visual, and auditory user interfaces for hand-helds, kiosks, web sites, production machines, and automobiles, and has conducted user research in the lab, on the web, in the field, in cars, and in the homes of consumers. Dave has worked for aRead more

My extensive knowledge and experience in the field of human factors, ergonomics, user research and usability has been gained in a wide variety of product development and industries, including: – web and mobile technologies – household appliances – automobiles – heating & cooling equipment – children’s products – personal computer equipment – personal protective equipmentRead more