America's greatest mobility leaders - from their homes to yours

Sergio has a long track record of success as a global sales and marketing executive. Before joining Launch Mobility, Sergio led international sales teams for the automotive division at ITW, the professional division in the Caribbean of Newell Rubbermaid, and the Latin and Southeast Asia sales team...

Paul C. Ajegba has 29 years of experience with the Michigan Department of Transportation, and was appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer as Director on Jan. 1, 2019.  He previously served MDOT for three months as Metro Region Engineer, and before that as University Region Engineer.  During his...

Sam Anthony is the co-founder and CTO of Perceptive Automata. Sam developed the methods that underlie Perceptive Automata’s ground-breaking human understanding technology during his PhD work at the Vision Science Laboratory at Harvard University. In the course of Sam’s research he discovered a new...

Carla Bailo is the President and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), and is a leader in engineering and vehicle program management with 35 years of experience in the automotive industry. Under her leadership, CAR continues to be a preeminent resource of objective and unbiased...

Bio: Chad lives and works in Austin, Texas at Capital Metro where he oversees Capital Metro’s demand responsive programs. The main programs in this division are the MetroAccess ADA paratransit program and the on-demand service called Pickup. Chad also leads Capital Metro’s various other innovative...

Richard is a serial entrepreneur and veteran in data exchange, having founded fintech trading platform LeadX. Richard founded wejo, the world’s leading connected car omni-channel marketplace, innovating with global brands to re-imagine the driving experience, save lives and build customer...

Bob Bennett chairs the Cities Today Institute, a 50+ city collaborative focused on integration of technologies and best practices in local government. He is also the Principal and founder of B2 Civic Solutions, an international civic technology consultancy firm based in Parkville, MO. From...

Josh Berg joined Magna in April, 2019. He currently holds the role as Director of Innovation Ventures at Magna International. In this role, Berg oversees all venture related activities for the company.Prior to joining Magna, Berg started his journey at General Motors as a public policy manager for...

Lynn Blake is Vice President of Mobility at PSA North America, Inc. Groupe PSA is the global automotive company which produces Peugeot, Citroen, DS, Opel and Vauxhall automobiles and the global mobility services brand Free2Move. In this role she is responsible for leading the strategic development...

Carlos Blanco is the CEO of WiBLE, the free floating carsharing company owned by Repsol and KIA that operates in Madrid with 500 vehicles that can be rented through your smartphone. Executive MBA by IE, Postgraduate in Digital Marketing and Degree in Advertising and Public Relations, Carlos has...

Sharada Bose is a strategically focused Silicon Valley executive. After 24 years at Hewlett-Packard, she shifted her career to start-ups. As a founding member of Way.com, she has helped the company grow 10x in revenue to $60M in ARR. Her experience spans technology, operations, business development ...

Jeff Brandes is a lifelong resident of St. Petersburg, a Veteran, and a local businessman. After serving in the Army from 1999 to 2006, he joined his grandfather in the family lumber business. He was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2010. He was elected to the Florida Senate ...

Zack is the founder of Token Transit, the mobile app for riders to purchase transit fares. Prior to founding Token Transit, he worked at Google on their fraud and risk prevention team, and as an economic consultant in New York. Zack’s true passions are working to create liveable cities and great...

As the Partnership Development Associate at City Tech, Kate works to facilitate strategic partnerships and collaboration to build solutions for critical city challenges. Before joining UI Labs, Kate managed corporate sponsorships and coordinated national, educational events as a Senior Associate at ...

Matt Carpenter is Chief Executive Officer at Silvercar, Inc., focused on the development and delivery of premium solutions that meet the evolving mobility needs of the future consumer. Matt joined Silvercar from Audi, where he served as Chief Financial Officer for Audi of America and Audi...

Burak brings to Autotech a never-ending passion for helping founders combined with broad business and technical experience. Having worked with more than 200 entrepreneurs, he is considered an expert on growth strategies, financial/business modeling and fundraising.Burak previously was a junior...

Robin Chase is a transportation entrepreneur. She is co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar, the world’s leading carsharing network; as well as co-founder of Veniam, a network company that moves terabytes of data between vehicles and the cloud. She has recently co-founded her first nonprofit, NUMO, a...

Dr. Abdellah Cherkaoui – SVP – Government, Automotive & UtilitiesAbdellah is a passionate technology executive at Volta, an inspiring company that is making a difference driving EV adoption forward.  Volta paves the way building the fueling infrastructure of the 21st century, relying on sound...

Zora is Co-founder and CFO at ReJoule, an cleantech company which provides battery diagnostics and optimization for electric vehicle makers and energy storage providers.  On top of leading the finance, business development, marketing and legal and HR administration, she has helped ReJoule secure...

Jordan Coleman is General Counsel and VP of Policy at Kodiak Robotics. Prior to joining Kodiak, Jordan was Partner at the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions and capital markets.While at WSGR, Jordan was selected for Super Lawyers Rising...

Jordan Davis is the Director of Smart Cities at the Columbus Partnership. Instrumental in the City of Columbus’ winning U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart Cities Challenge Grant, Jordan serves on the leadership team spearheading the strategy and collaboration for the joint venture of Smart...

Adero is a walking logarithm i.e. She makes the complicated simple, that is she’s able to create, build, and grow innovative ideas. Adero has developed safety guides for in the field new hires programs for UN Department of Peacekeeping, simplified HIV/AIDS drug cocktails distribution throughout the ...

Allison Day is the Operations Manager for University Transit Service (UTS) at the University of Virginia. She came to Virginia from Indiana to pursue a degree in Biomedical Engineering at UVA. While a student, Allison became involved at UTS as a student bus driver where she found her love for...

Onewheel inventor and chief engineer Kyle Doerksen spent 8 years designing consumer and technical products at IDEO a global design and innovation firm. He holds multiple engineering degrees from Stanford University. The idea for Onewheel evolved as he needed to walk a mile to work and dreamed of a...

Jade is a seasoned executor with an entrepreneurial spirit and a 16-year track record in mobility. Experienced in "new mobility" solutions across a range of transport modes including car rental, car club, bike share and e scooters. His most recent experience includes working in two...

Mark graduated from UC Berkeley in 1996 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. After 11 years leading advanced technology projects in the game development industry and the sale of his first startup, GarageGames, he turned his energy toward solving the worldwide problem of...

Philip has spent the entirety of his 22 year-long professional career at Schaeffler and currently serves as the Director of Innovation for Region Americas.  He holds degrees in both Physics and Mechanical Engineering and has, for the majority of his career, focused on designing, developing, and...

Alex Gibson is Innovation Manager at TransLoc. With his interest in solving meaningful problems, Alex is applying both his passion for transportation infrastructure and data and his understanding how to leverage those assets to make public transportation and cities the best they can be. Through...

Raphaël is a cofounder of Bestmile and as CEO he is the executive leader of the company’s business and technical teams. He is a pioneer in the world of autonomous mobility, having led a project with Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne with cofounder Anne Mellano to test and...

Jenn Golech has recently joined Swiftly as a Director. Previously, she worked at Capital Metro for 14 years, most recently as the Director of Operations. Her work there included managing key mobility projects including the implementation of the 2018 CapRemap system redesign that has resulted in...

Jermaine Grant is TransLoc’s Director of Client Strategy. Jermaine provides leadership to the team that ensures our customers are fully supported in the use and leveraging of our products and services.Jermaine has strong experience in leading customer and patient-facing teams in travel risk...

Appointed CEO in April 2019, Dan Grossman has been at the forefront of the shared economy, leading shared mobility initiatives at Ford, General Motors and Zipcar. Dan burst onto the shared economy scene in 2009, introducing Zipcar to nearly 80 new markets (if you're wondering, Hawaii was the...

Ms. Grubb serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on Disability, an executive branch Federal agency charged with advising the President, Congress, and other federal agencies regarding policies, programs, practices, and procedures that affect people with disabilities. Ms. Grubb ...

Johannes leads the global sales and business development teams at INVERS. He is seasoned in the shared mobility space, starting with his time with Daimler Rental Sales in Germany. With over ten years of experience in sales, Johannes is passionate about equipping innovative entrepreneurs to make...

Alex Gruzen is the CEO of WiTricity, the industry pioneer in wireless power transfer over distance. Before WiTricity, Gruzen co-founded Texas-based Corsa Ventures, where he focused on building leading technology companies via early-stage investments. Prior to Corsa, he was the Senior Vice President ...

Marko Guček is the co-founder and CEO of the successful startup GoOpti. His fulfilling professional life has always connected his two biggest passions: business and travel.Born in Ljubljana, entrepreneur Marko Guček graduated from the Faculty of Economics (University of Ljubljana) and later...

Christopher Heiser is co-founder and CEO of Renovo, a Silicon Valley automotive software company focused on building products that enable the global commercialization of level 4 autonomous vehicles. He has built his career taking disruptive technologies to market; his previous roles include...

Judd Herzer is the Managing Director of Strategic Policy with the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification. In his role, Judd facilitates the office's work across state government, academia and private industry to enhance Michigan’s mobility ecosystem, including developing dynamic ...

Sampo Hietanen is set on changing how the world moves. He’s the founding CEO of MaaS Global, a fast-growing company from Finland that intends to lead the revolution to change the 10 000 billion euro transportation sector. MaaS, Mobility as a Service, means that instead of buying a car people buy...

Paul Hirsch brings deep mobility services and automotive market expertise to his role as co-founder and CEO of Launch Mobility, Inc., a shared mobility operations platform. Launch Mobility’s Platform and Operations Services empower anyone to deploy customer-friendly and operationally efficient...

Over 15 years of M&A experience, with deep vertical expertise in advanced mobility and automotive technology, both in the US and in Europe·   Held several leadership roles with major players in the electric vehicle charging space·   Launched first independent automotive technology VC fund in...

Kendall Howell is the Assistant Director for Transportation at the University of Virginia. He began his career as a bus driver while a student at UVA, and discovered that he does in fact have diesel in his blood. When he’s not spending quality time with the fam, his hobbies include board...

Brian L. Johnson is the current City Manager of Peachtree Corners, Georgia. As City Manager, he is the Chief Executive Officer of the city and is responsible for the management of all city departments and of all city affairs. He is currently one of only 1,280 local government management...

Jordan is the founder & CEO of Automotus, where he works with cities to tackle some of their most complex mobility problems. He and the Automotus team have built an all-encompassing curb-management platform that applies big data and cutting-edge IoT technology to help manage the shifting...

Jeremy focuses on investments across Scale’s technology portfolio with a primary focus on companies adding machine intelligence to business and vertical software, especially in industries untouched by the first decade of SaaS. As well, he is excited about frontier technologies including...

Allie Kelly is Executive Director of The Ray. In that role, she leads the nonprofit organization that has built the nation’s only publicly accessible, living laboratory for transportation innovation. Allie was recruited to lead as its first Executive Director in 2015. In three years, she has helped ...

Catie King is the Director of Product Management at TransLoc. She draws from her experience building data-centric SaaS platforms to lead a team of product professionals and drive product strategy. Catie believes she has the best job on the planet—collaborate with brilliant people to innovate and...

Niklas Kviselius is leading a team coordinating innovation initiatives at TransLink, Metro Vancouver's transportation network, serving residents and visitors with public transit, major roads, and bridges. Niklas has a background from venture capital, academia, and innovation practices in...

Ryan has been involved in the transit industry since his college days, where he started as a bus cleaner 35 years ago at the University of Iowa’s Cambus.  Ryan held transit  management positions in Decatur,  Madison, WI, Scottsdale, Arizona. Later Ryan worked for Trapeze in Arizona. He has also...

Daniel Laury is the co-founder and CEO of Udelv, a company pioneering autonomous delivery. In January 2018, with his team of engineers, he orchestrated the world’s first public road autonomous delivery in California. In 2019, after releasing its second generation vehicle, Udelv has successfully...

Andrea Learned is a global climate action influencer with a 25-year career in  strategic communications and influencer relations. She has leveraged her voice around biking as transportation since late 2015, when she first launched the #bikes4climate tag just after the Paris climate talks. Andrea...

Valerie is an international expert in rural transportation and mobility as a service in low population density communities.  In less than a year,  Feonix has launched programs in 5 states with notable partners, including the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center, Easterseals, the AARP ...

Kamil Litman is vice president of software at May Mobility. He was appointed to this position in June 2020 and is responsible for Platform Engineering/DevOps, Data practice and full-stack development of experiences for internal and external customers.Litman joined May Mobility after leading...

As the Director of Engineering for Schaeffler-Paravan, Noel focuses on developing, managing, and creating new markets within the drive-by-wire space for autonomous and semi-autonomous applications in North America.  She implements business development initiatives and provides market intelligence...

Tom McCollum is the President & Chief Executive Officer for Forbes Todd Automotive Group—a family owned business based in Dallas, Texas, including Audi, Acura and Honda franchises. Prior to joining Forbes Todd, Mr. McCollum was President & CEO of Asbury Automotive’s Western U.S. holdings...

Dietmar is the co-founder & CEO of mpathy.ai, the virtual ride attendant  for operators of shared mobility services.Dietmar founded mpathy.ai to enable the fast growing market of shared (autonomous) mobility services by providing a scalable AI based solution for  passenger interaction and...

Smriti is the Director of Business Development & Strategy at Weave Grid, where she leads developing innovative charging methods that streamline EV integration onto the grid. She brings expertise in energy innovation and building unique collaborations that launch new markets to drive the energy...

 Alex Mitchell is the SVP of Market transformation at the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), where he oversees the group's cleantech analysis, multi-stakeholder programs and initial pilots and deployments. He joined LACI from Groupe PSA in Paris where he was VP of Corporate...

WM Motor is a leading electric vehicle start-up, manufacturing smart connected BEVs for China’s mass market.  Am delighted to be visiting my home town to be a part of MOVE 2020 and am looking forward to giving MOVErs my perspectives on China’s e-mobility revolution.

Dr. Katerina “Kat” Moreland is the Senior Associate Director for Transit Operations at Clemson University. She has been working in parking and transportation systems for 11 years. She manages a staff of University bus drivers as well as coordinates contract services with the City of Clemson and...

Josh Moskowitz is Chief Operating Officer for Shift Transit, a leading mobility operations company. As COO, Josh is responsible for overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations, global business development strategy and execution, and brand marketing. Prior to serving as COO, Josh served as...

Joe Moye has over 30 years of experience as a business executive and entrepreneur across the technology industry serving both the private and public sectors.Before joining Beep, Joe was the General Manager of the Public Sector Business Unit and President of the Software Division for Virtustream, a...

Fred Neal Jr., AICP is a Senior Planner with Villavaso and Associates and a member of the Board of the Commissioners of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA), where he serves as chair of the board Operations and Administration Committee and the is the board liaison to the RTA Riders...

Paul Newman is Co-Founder & CTO at Oxbotica, the universal autonomy software company building the technology that will drive the next generation of autonomous vehicles.With a global reputation as a creator and innovator of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, Paul is also BP Professor of...

Samyak leads the Business Operations and Finance teams at Ridecell. With deep expertise in building scalable organizations and businesses, he also oversees Ridecell's global and new business expansion. Samyak brings with him over 15 years of operating and strategic planning experience across...

Sandra turns new mobility visions into reality: as a Shared Mobility Architect she has planned and launched more than a dozen different shared mobility services world-wide. Her work spans across Mobility-as-a-Service programs, microtransit for rural island communities, e-mopeds in Brooklyn as well...

Karl leads the Electric Vehicles & Emerging Technologies Team at Austin Energy, the 3rd largest city-owned electric utility in the country and one of most comprehensive electric vehicle programs in the nation that was recently recognized as Plugin America’s “Drive Electric Utility of the...

Ben Prochazka joined SAFE in October 2012 as the Director of Strategic Initiatives to help lead the Outside the Beltway Initiatives and now serves as the National Director of the Electrification Coalition. Ben has spent more than a decade working on environmental, human rights, and voter engagement ...

John Doan, P.E. is cofounder of Mobility 4 All, the kinder, gentler ride service for seniors and people with disabilities. Through our tech-enable platform, called MO, we match riders who need reliable, on-demand, door thru door service with fully vetted and trained CareDrivers. Mobility 4 All is a ...

Ethan is an experienced entrepreneurial executive within the technology industry. After 13 years in presidential, CEO and VP of Business Development roles at Feeney Wireless, later Inseego with Novatel Wireless, Ethan has developed a broad range of skills, with strengths in...

As Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Alliances, Alvarois responsible for building the ecosystem of business and technology partners needed to deliver next generation mobility services. He is a proven mobility business strategist and leader, having worked with human-driven...

Jerry Roane (CEO) 40 years experience building companies to make innovative products from ideas.  Early stage concepts to manufacturing of-- continuously variable electronic transmission, smart credit card manufacturing, stacked DRAM and high speed SRAM for super computers and satellites, thin...

David Roberts serves as the Chief Innovation Officer for the State of Indiana.  In this role he has responsibility for helping develop the State’s strategy for cultivating a business-friendly environment for future mobility solutions.  He was previously the President of the Battery Innovation...

Brett Roubinek is president and CEO of Transportation Research Center, Inc., North America’s largest independent automotive test center and proving ground, providing a full range of research opportunities for the world’s innovators in automotive and mobility technologies. Roubinek is a seasoned...

Avinash Rugoobur, an experienced executive, joined Arrival as Chief of Strategy following an impressive 16 years in the mobility industry. Rugoobur started his career at General Motors where he eventually led innovation activities at GM’s Silicon Valley Office. Duringthis time he led the $1 Bn...

Cassiano has been RioCard’s executive director for 6 years, where he has constantly strived for innovations in the transport payment system and expanding market reach. Has headed projects such as RioCard Jogos Rio 2016, official transport payment for the Olympics (Rio 2016). Riocard a transport...

Sam is the Head of Operations for Gatik. Sam is an experienced leader with a 15-year track record of delivering complex projects across diverse sectors. He currently heads- up operations for Gatik Inc a company offering AVs for B2B short-haul logistics.Prior to Gatik, Sam co-founded the Innovation...

Payam is the Founder & CEO of Bellhop, a leading ride- and scooter- sharing comparison app. He holds an INSEAD MBA and BSc in Computer Science from UCLA.

Jennifer Sanders is Cofounder and Executive Director of the Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA) a 501c3 public-private partnership dedicated to supporting Dallas’ smart cities strategy. While at the DIA, she has collated a network of three dozen member organizations, and works with over 20 departments ...

Michael Schwartz is the Head of Customers and Policy at Ride Report. He has more than a decade of experience implementing data-driven transportation plans, policies, and infrastructure. His work in the public, private, and non-profit advocacy sectors informs his wide ranging perspective on how to...

Boris Shulkin was named Magna’s Senior Vice President of Technology and Development in June 2020. In this role, Shulkin reports to Magna President Swamy Kotagiri and assists with helping drive overall technology and product strategy in the rapidly evolving mobility landscape.In his previous role as ...

Enzo Signore joined Quanergy as Chief Product and Marketing Officer in 2019. In this role, he is responsible for the development and management of new product concepts, as well as innovative go-to-market growth and global strategies for the leading LiDAR company. Enzo brings 25 years of experience...

Daniel Sisco is the Senior Director of Automotive Systems for Renesas Electronics America. Prior to his work at Renesas, Daniel worked at Magna Electronics, LG, and many other Tier1’s, specializing in BSP and low level SW development, and SW development process. Daniel’s background includes...

As VP of Product Management at Miovision, Erin Skimson is responsible for Miovision’s product portfolio.  Erin has more than 20 years of marketing, business development, product management, and leadership experience. In her role as product manager, Erin introduced Stryker’s first high definition...

As CEO and Director of Last Mile Holdings, Max Smith oversees all subsidiaries under the Last Mile umbrella while managing funding efforts and investor relations. He champions the company’s mission of providing the broadest product suite of proprietary e-mobility vehicles for shared mobility...

Louis has been in the Parts and Services business for 41 years. He started as a technician and worked his way up to Director. Louis is a proven problem solver and passionate about advancing his industry through technology and cutting edge strategies.

Chloe Spano’s work as a lead innovator in the transportation industry has helped deliver technology that cohesively leverages MicroTransit, Autonomous Vehicles, Integrated Mobility technology to help Transit Agencies and Governments build their transportation ecosystem and shape their Mobility as a ...

Paul Steely White is Safety Policy Director at Bird where he advocates for smart safety standards in the e-scooter industry.Before joining Bird, he served as Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives, New York City’s leading advocates for bicycling, walking and public transportation. White...

Mr. Stone is a co-founder of PublicInput.com and serves as Vice President overseeing sales and marketing. On a day-to-day basis he applies his experience in consulting planning and engineering for state and local governments to research and share best practices for gathering representative feedback ...

Tyler Svitak has built his career solving problems at the intersection of technology and urbanism. Tyler has held strategic roles advancing connected, automated, and electric mobility initiatives at the City and County of Denver, Colorado Department of Transportation, and American Lung Association...

Ian Sweeney is an entrepreneurial business management expert specializing in early-stage product launches at technology companies. He has over 20 years of experience working with a broad range of enterprises including Dolby Labs and Taulia and tech product start-ups in the automotive and FinTech...

Tim Sylvester is an electrical & computer engineer, entrepreneur, and project manager. With nearly two decades of experience in construction, Tim has been featured in numerous regional and national publications and other media, including CNN and the Wall Street Journal, and has won multiple...

Alexa advocates for mobility both in transportation and at the gym. Leading product marketing for Arity, Alexa oversees solutions that address the challenges of new mobility including delivery on-demand, carshare, rideshare, and micro-mobility.Alexa applies her past experiences of bringing consumer ...

Alex Thibault is the VP and GM – North America for Vulog, the world’s leading platform powering new mobility services. He oversees the company’s operations in the US, Canada and Mexico, working with a broad spectrum of partners to build and deliver top-of-the-line technology to world-class vehicle...

Mark Thomas is the VP of Alliances at Ridecell and is responsible for marketing Ridecell, the world’s leading platform to launch, operate and scale new car and ride sharing mobility services. Prior to joining Ridecell, Thomas headed the connected car marketing team at Cisco Jasper, where he...

Over 20 years of operational and financial management experience.• CEO / President of Pico Mobility, LLC.• Co-founder and CEO of Moto Holding (MotoLease), the largest nationalindependent lessor in the powersports market.• Powersports Finance Group Board Member.• Finance Columnist at Motorcycle...

Mike leads revenue, sales, marketing, and partnerships for Betterez, as well as the company's Application Marketplace initiative. He firmly believes that sales must remain an integral part of a customer’s success and is therefore also a key contributor to the company’s processes and standards...

Passionate about the revitalization of Detroit, creating opportunities for kids in STEM and leaving the world a better place, Joaquin Nuño-Whelan invests greatly in technology and the community. Joaquin began his career at GM as a test engineer at the Milford Proving Ground after co-oping while...

Luke is one of the world’s leading energy storage experts with a proven track record for efficiency. He has successfully lead design, development, testing and manufacturing of 19 unique production electric vehicle batteries. Luke is passionate for weatherproofing systems tolerant of harsh...

Nathan Yang, Vice President of Product at Dealerware, is a product management and design leader with a unique & diverse background including mobile apps, wearables, SaaS, and IoT. Nathan supports the development of product roadmapping. He previously worked at Poly, where he led product...

Adam Yeatts serves as the Senior Manager of Business Development at TransLoc, a Ford Smart Mobility company. He implements TransLoc’s business strategy to ultimately positively impact our partners. His team spends their time traveling the country, meeting with public transit...

Steve Young has served as the Vice President of Technology & Innovation at VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio, Texas, since 2015.  VIA Metropolitan Transit serves as the transportation leader for the greater San Antonio Metropolitan region, moving over 38 million passengers a year. Steve’s ...

Jon is a passionate entrepreneur who brings a 20 year track record of driving and scaling consumer and business technology companies in rapidly changing industries. Prior to ParkMobile, Jon served as Managing Director, International, for Ceridian HCM (NYSE: CDAY), a leading provider of global human ...