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Tess Abanto is Calgary Transit’s Revenue Coordinator.  Tess oversees the delivery and management of the fare and non-fare revenue programs at Calgary Transit.  She supervises fare payment processing, collection, and controls; and leads the delivery and implementation of new programs and innovation...

Maha Achour is a senior leader with more than 20 years’ experience in both public and entrepreneurial start-up companies in the RF, wireless, optics and networking industries. Demonstrated track record of: developing an idea from concept to product, delivering industry leading...

Carlos F. Aguilar, PhD, serves as the President and CEO of Texas Central, a private, Texas-based company developing a high-speed passenger train that will connect North Texas and Houston. Dr. Aguilar brings the experience overseeing large-scale infrastructure projects that will be critical as...

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...

Daniel is responsible for maintaining the product portfolio and developing product strategy for the business, as well as overseeing the development of the platform’s hosting architecture. He brings over 17 years of experience within the transportation industry, both in technology and transit...

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...

Jeffrey C. Arndt is the President and Chief Executive Officer of VIA Metropolitan Transit. VIA provides transportation services to the fast-growing city of San Antonio, identified as the 7th largest city in the United States. Arndt joined VIA in February 2012 as Deputy CEO/Chief of Business Support ...

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...

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...

Brenna Berman serves as CEO & Executive Director of City Tech. Prior to joining City Tech, Brenna served in Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration, which she joined in 2011. She served as the Chief Information Officer for the City and Commissioner for the Department of Innovation &...

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 ...

Moe is our V.P. of operations and partnerships. Working in startups for the past 8 years, both from the VC & Hedgefund side and the Founder side.  

Dr. Carsten Breitfeld is a world-renowned expert in electric mobility with a PhD in mechanical engineering. As CEO of Faraday Future, Dr. Breitfeld will not only steward the launch of the company’s premium FF 91 electric vehicle and manage the final development of the FF 81 mass market electric...

Stina Brock is the Senior Vice President of North America for Electron. She is focused on working with industry partners, utilities, and grid operators to bring Electron’s innovative solutions to energy markets to enable a more efficient and sustainable grid. Electron combines blockchain technology ...

Don Burnette is the Co-Founder & CEO of Kodiak Robotics. Don has worked in the autonomous vehicle space for the last ten years, making him a seasoned expert in the field. He began his career at Google as a software engineer for their self-driving car project, the predecessor to Waymo. After...

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 ...

Ashley heads up what3words in the US from Silicon Valley, with a focus on developing global partnerships across the automotive, mobility, tech and logistics industries. She joined what3words in 2017 to build strategic partnerships, taking the lead of the Automotive and Mobility team soon...

Dan Chen is vice president and general manager of 3M’s Transportation Safety Division.  3M is a Fortune 500 diverse manufacturing company that applies science in collaborative ways to improve lives daily.  As a senior leader, Dan drives global growth for 3M in the road safety and infrastructure...

Zora, ReJoule’s Co-founder and CFO, is enabling automakers to produce electric vehicles batteries that are cheaper, safer, and more sustainable.  Zora leads the finance and business development and has helped ReJoule maintain their bootstrapping through securing two major grants - a $225K NSF SBIR...

Regina is the CEO and Co-founder of Populus, a data platform for cities to manage the future of mobility. Trusted by leading cities and the world’s largest mobility operators, the Populus platform securely ingests real-time data from shared electric scooters, bikes, and cars - helping operators and ...

Charlene Consolacion is the CEO and Co-Founder of Biig, transforming the automotive industry by introducing a secured and smart lockbox, the BiigVault, into vehicles, enabling a wide-array of on-demand automotive services such as in-car trunk delivery. Charlene is constantly innovating in the...

Jay Blazek Crossley is Executive Director of Farm&City (FarmAndCity.org), a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to high quality urban and rural human habitat in Texas in perpetuity. Crossley has a Masters in Public Affairs from the LBJ School at UT-Austin and fifteen years of experience changing Texas...

Kelly Custer is the Founder and Creative Director of Knack, an industrial design studio specializing in simple mobility products. Pairing her transportation design degree with over 8 years of design consulting experience in consumer products, Kelly has built a strong passion for mobility...

Andy is the founder and serves as the President and CEO of Momentum Dynamics, the global leader in fast, efficient high-power wireless charging for electric vehicles. Mr. Daga holds degrees in structural and civil engineering, architecture and space science and technology.  Andy’s primary...

Jacob is the Founder and CEO of Dagmy Motors. In his role, Jacob developed the revolutionary battery pack technology around which Dagmy Motors was founded. Under Dagmy’s leadership, Dagmy Motors formed as a startup in the battery technology space committed to making electric propulsion and energy...

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 ...

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...

CEO of RoadBotics, an AI platform for assessing roadways. He was Executive Chairman of kWantix, a quant hedge fund, CEO of kWantera, a GE Ventures-backed energy trading company and CEO of Think Through Learning, a venture-backed online tutoring company and US Managing Director of ANGLE...

Co-Founder and CEO of Fleetonomy, Israel Duanis, is an autonomous vehicle veteran and data-driven technologist who utilizes his passion for innovation to lead Fleetonomy’s journey towards the autonomous revolution. By leveraging Fleetonomy’s new-mobility platforms, top tier OEM’s, car rental...

Louay Eldada is the CEO and co-founder of Quanergy, the leading creator of high performing, reliable, low-cost LiDAR sensors. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Optical Engineering, all from Columbia University. Dr. Eldada is a serial entrepreneur, having founded...

Zakharii Fesenko is a blockchain integrator, CEO at DataSpark software outsourcing company. Over the last five years, he implemented 4 complex blockchain solutions into the logistics, banking and educational sphere.In 2018 Zakharii was inspired by the idea of the using of technology distributed...

Sean Flood is CEO and founder of Gotcha, the only mobility-as-a-service company offering four sustainable micro-transit products—e-bikes, e-scooters, e-trikes, and 100%-electric ride share vehicles—through one proprietary, app-based platform. Under Sean’s leadership, Gotcha has grown to operate...

Lee Friedman currently serves as Public Policy Manager for San Diego City Mayor Kevin Faulconer. As a mobility champion, Lee is focused on improving the quality and safety of San Diego’s multi-modal transportation network. Lee was instrumental in bringing the Vision Zero program to the City of San...

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...

Quin Garcia is a global transportation expert who’s invested $200M in the $3T ground transportation sector. He currently acts as Managing Director of Autotech Ventures, a mobility-focused VC firm representing a global market capitalization of over $500B. In addition to his current venture role, he...

​​​​​​​Remo has extensive leadership experience in hyper-growth startups, as MD for Western Europe at Gett and as COO Northern Europe at Groupon. Before this he spent four years at McKinsey & Co., having completed a PhD at the University of Oxford. 

Syed Gilani is the CEO and President of Safr, a fast growing rideshare company focused on women empowerment. He comes with an extensive experience spread over two decades across four continents. A graduate of Harvard University, Syed is a visionary business leader from Pakistani origin. Syed has...

Dr. Ginsberg is Connected Signals’ co-founder, chairman, and CEO. He received his doctorate in mathematics from Oxford in 1980 at the age of 24.  He remained on the faculty in Oxford until 1983, doing research in mathematical physics and computer science; during this period, he wrote a program that ...

Paul Glenney is the CEO of Hubject Inc., the North American division of the German based technology company focused on simplifying the customer experience of electric vehicle charging. Hubject established itself through the creation of the largest eroaming platform in Europe and more recently as a...

Prior to Convoy, Grant worked at Amazon, founded and served as CEO of gaming studio Massively Fun, and held senior positions at multiple startups including Reactivity (acquired by Cisco) and Context Optional (acquired by Adobe). Grant earned computer science degrees from the University of Southern...

Dr. Anne Goodchild leads the University of Washington's academic and research efforts in the area of supply chain, logistics, and freight transportation. She is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and serves as Founding Director of both the Supply Chain Transportation &...

Ted Graham is the head of Open Innovation at General Motors where he helps identify partnerships that will help build new forms of mobility including autonomous and connected vehicles. He is also the former Innovation leader at PWC and a McKinsey strategy consultant with a focus on understanding...

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...

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 ...

Amy Gu is the founder and managing partner of Hemi Ventures, a VC firm that invests in early-stage companies in emerging technology sectors like AI, biotech, and autonomous vehicles. Amy is a leader in diversifying the male-dominated world of tech entrepreneurship and financing. Prior to her...

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...

Ro Gupta is the CEO and Cofounder of CARMERA, the street intelligence platform specializing in high-definition mapping for autonomous vehicle localization, perception and path planning. Before CARMERA, he created data products and helped grow web discussion network, Disqus, to 2 billion...

Bibhrajit Halder, Ph.D., is an industry expert for self-driving vehicle, autonomous robotics, AI and Deep Learning. He has been working on autonomous robotics for over 15 years. He completed Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN and has MS degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied...

Jennifer Haroon is Chief Operating Officer at Nauto, an AI-technology company that is improving the safety of commercial fleets today and the autonomous fleets of tomorrow.Prior Nauto, Jennifer was the Head of Business Operations for Waymo (formerly the Google Self-driving Car Project), focusing on ...

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...

Axel is a co-founder of OurBus, a transportation technology company that connects passengers with high quality motorcoach operators for long distance routes. OurBus was founded in 2016 and has since grown to cover nearly 100 cities across the country.

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...

Michael Horvath is CEO and Co-founder of Strava, the social network for athletes, based in San Francisco, California.Michael has previously served as interim CFO (2018), President (2014-2017) and CEO (2010-2013) of Strava, leading the company’s growth from a handful of users to a brand that is...

Ja'Nese Jean is an International Opera Singer and Founder of SAFETRIP. An on-demand healthcare based rideshare mobile application and web platform. The first of its kind allowing insurance as a payment option while offering both emergency and non-emergency (NEMT) vehicles. She manages the...

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...

Jason JonMichael serves as the Assistant Director of Smart Mobility at the Austin Transportation Department where he leads a cross-functional team of mobility, technology, policy, data, and user experience specialists to deliver outcomes that improve mobility, safety and access to Austin...

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...

Darryl has over 12 years of business and technology development experience across multiple industries. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Accounting and Management Information Systems (MIS) from the Eller College of Management. Darryl’s background...

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 ...

Liz Kerton has built a career helping new technologies break through. Mixing 15 years' experience building marketing programs for tech companies and launching new products and new companies with her Master's Degree in Diplomacy, she now runs the Autotech Council, IoT Forum, and Telecom...

Evgeny Klochikhin, PhD, is CEO of Parkofon, a smart mobility company utilizing the Internet of Things to guide drivers to open parking spaces and automatically charge them for the actual time they spend parked. Prior to starting Parkofon in 2016, he led several large-scale U.S. and international...

Charlie Knuth leads strategic research initiatives at Scoop, the largest carpooling solution in the United States, partnering with some of the world's most forward-thinking organizations like LinkedIn, T-Mobile, and Workday to offer convenient, reliable, and safe carpooling to their...

Taras Kravtchouk is a designer, entrepreneur and motorcycle enthusiast with over 15 years of experience in product design, technology and innovation. Before, Taras ran a design agency in New York and Stockholm working with Fortune 500 companies, as well as emerging startups both in Europe and in...

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...

Debra Lam is the Managing Director of Smart Cities and Inclusive innovation for Georgia Tech, and has a mandate to drive smart communities and urban innovation work across the university and beyond. She founded the Georgia Smart Community Challenge, the first state-wide effort in the nation that...

Christian Lang, is CEO and co-founder of Chargery, a Berlin based emobility start-up.Chargery is a full-service provider for shared electric in urban areas. Chargery offers a broad variety of native services and a high number of services from third parties which can be booked via the Chargery...

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...

Ms. Laurin is the Chief Development Officer at Netlift, a Door-to-door carpool and parking platform. Prior to that, she was a consultant in smart mobility, autonomous vehicles, new mobility solutions and smart cities. She also worked for international  mobility operator as the Director Public...

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 ...

Joel is an advocate for low-carbon technologies and a frequent speaker and writer on topics relating to electric vehicles, clean energy, water policy and climate policy. He is focused on continuing to build Plug In America as the leading independent voice for electric vehicles in the United...

Jason Levine is the Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety. He is a consumer protection advocate by choice and an attorney by training. Since 1970, the Center has been the nation’s premier independent non-profit advocacy organization focused on auto safety, quality, and fuel economy. On...

Peter is responsible for leading Arity’s Product Management team and ensuring that Arity delivers an unparalleled product experience for its worldwide customers. He also leads efforts to define Arity’s product vision and build a prioritized product roadmap, while playing the role of product...

A life-long auto enthusiast:    Jessika is the oldest of three daughters born to an avid 1960’s Mustang collector. She was raised as an auto enthusiast and spent summer weekends passing her dad various wrenches, attending car shows, and bonding over classic cars. Meanwhile, her passion for math and ...

Alastair is the CEO of Teralytics, a big data technology founded by Georg Polzer, Luciano Franceschina and Prof. Dr. Donald Kossman in March 2012. Teralytics provides data analytics solutions that deliver insights into human location, movement and behavior based on data anonymously gathered from...

Noam Maital is the Co-founder and CEO of Waycare Technologies, which provides AI-driven, cloud-based solutions to optimize municipal traffic management systems. Prior to founding WayCare, Noam led global strategy projects in technology implementation, process innovation, and financial due...

*This presenter is participating in an independent capacity. The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are exclusively those of the presenter and do not reflect the views or opinions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or any United States government or state agency.

Michael is the CEO of WAVE, where his team developed a Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) solution scalable to a MegaWatt that delivers hands-free, vehicle and grid-integrated wireless power to Electric Vehicles that is compatible with Autonomous Vehicles.He is a serial entrepreneur and new product...

As the Chief Executive Officer of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC), M.J. Maynard leads the only agency nationwide that is responsible for a region’s public transit system, traffic management, roadway design and construction funding, and transportation and overall...

Before starting HopSkipDrive, Joanna spent 15 years in product management, building and scaling businesses for top technology, including WeddingChannel, Green Dot, and YP.com. In addition, Joanna spent the first part of her career in investment banking and private equity. Joanna has an MBA from...

Senator Mallory McMorrow is serving her first term in the Michigan Senate. McMorrow gained more than a decade of experience in product design, media and advertising through her work with Mazda, Mattel, Gawker Media, Hearst and other global brands. She brings a fresh, creative and collaborative...

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...

Philipp is the CEO of Splyt, the world's first and largest mobility marketplace reaching 1.5 billion travellers. The company is founded on his vision of interconnected global mobility roaming and is currently powering mobility for some of the largest tech companies in the world.

 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.

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...

Alex Nesic is the Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of CLEVR Mobility, a shared electric scooter platform specifically conceived for fleet deployment, built on the premise that intelligent proactive vehicle control is much more effective than attempts at user behavior management. CLEVR offers a ...

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...

Mr. Amit Nisenbaum is a seasoned business leader with over 20 years’ experience in the automotive, energy, software and telecommunication industries, where he fulfilled a variety of strategy, marketing, business development and operations management roles.Prior to joining the Tactile Mobility...

Kevin Noertker is Co-Founder and CEO of Ampaire, an aerospace startup based in Los Angeles. Ampaire is on a mission to be the world’s most trusted developer of practical, compelling electric aircraft. The company is building commercial electric planes that are cleaner, quieter, and significantly...

Hannan Parvizian is the CEO and Co-Founder of Volans, Inc.. The inspiration to start Volans-i was sparked for him in 2015 while working as an analyst and seeing the crippling logistics nightmare of shipping crucial auto parts back and forth between a major electric carmaker's service...

Michael Peters is the CEO and co-founder of Sway Mobility Inc., a technology platform enabling carshare in communities of any size.  Sway Mobility partners with cities, non-profits, and corporate partners to design and implement public (and companion private) car share networks.  Sway is optimized...

As Vice President of Sales for North America, Tony is responsible for leading the go-to-market strategy and execution for all sales activities in the United States and Canada, working closely with new and existing customers to deliver innovative, valued-added mobility solutions that meet business...

John F. Possumato, is a noted consultant to the automotive industry, and is the CEO of Driveitaway Inc, the first “dealer focused shared mobility” company, which provides a turn-key cloud platform and driver app, to facilitate profitable Mobility as a Service business options for car dealers and...

Sophie Punte is Executive Director of Smart Freight Centre (SFC), a mission-driven organization in the global logistics sector, that strives for increased efficiency and zero-emissions. She established the industry-backed Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) to develop standardized guidelines...

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 ...

As CEO of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, Tina Quigley knows what it means to think big. In a city of 2.1 million residents and 42 million annual visitors, Quigley is at the forefront of visionary thinking and planning for the future. She recognizes that an enhanced...

Andreas Raptopoulos is the founder and CEO of Matternet. Since its founding in 2011, Matternet has become a pioneer in the drone delivery industry with a unique technology platform that is poised to bring tremendous benefit to healthcare organizations worldwide. Andreas holds a Dipl.-Ing. in...

Alla V. Reddy is Deputy Chief of Data, Research & Development at MTA New York City Transit (TA) Operations Support Department.   With 35+ years' experience in transit management, technology, and planning, he oversees the TA's efforts in quantitative research to solve...

Jörg Reimann has been the CEO of PARK NOW and the CEO of CHARGE NOW since the beginning of 2019. His expectations of himself and his team are to fundamentally change and develop urban mobility not just in the future but already today.PARK NOW enables cashless, ticketless and stress-free parking at...

Oliver Reppert serves as the CEO of SHARE NOW, the largest provider of free-floating carshare and electric carshare in the world. In February 2019, Daimler AG and The BMW Group joined forces to create a new mobility joint venture called YOUR NOW, which comprised of both companies’ mobility...

John Rich is the Chief Operating Officer of AV LLC, a wholly owned Ford entity created in 2017 to bring autonomous vehicles and services to market. Prior to his current role, Rich was Director of Global Strategy for Ford based in Dearborn, Michigan.  He also held a long series of domestic and...

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...

John B. Rogers, Jr. is the CEO and co-founder of LM Industries, a technology company that designs, builds and sells vehicles and other high-technology products in partnership with other global manufacturers. This disruptive company is redefining the rapid development of connected hardware by...

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...

Jeff Russakow is CEO of Boosted, a leading provider of lightweight, portable, high-performance electric vehicles, and an innovator in fast, fun, simple “last-mile” transportation. The company is well-known for its first commercial product, the Boosted Board, a premier electric longboard used by...

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...

Manuel Saez is an entrepreneur and award-winning industrial designer.  He is the Co-founder of Brooklyness a New York City scooter subscription business.  As a designer Manuel has won more than seventy design awards and is a recognized speaker at conferences and design schools around the world. He...

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.

Engineer, innovator and internationally recognized expert in advanced technologies, Mr. Saintellemy has over 21 years of experience in the electronics and automotive sector, with specialized knowledge in automotive, autonomous driving, AI, IoT and automation applications, in addition to business...

Olaf is a founding partner at Maniv Mobility, a global fund investing in the leading mobility startups.

Sabine Scheunert has been heading up the new digital unit at Mercedes-Benz as Vice President Digital & IT Marketing/Sales Mercedes-Benz since July 2016. This newly created function brings with it responsibility for the whole range of associated IT-based marketing, sales and after-sales...

Susy Schöneberg is an experienced logistics professional and oversees Flexport’s sustainability initiatives. She began her career as a social worker in Germany, then got her start in the tech world after earning her MBA at UC Berkeley. It was during this period that she co-founded and led...

Peter J. SerVaas, co-founder and president of DoubleMap. Peter has expanded DoubleMap’s client base to over 700 clients including public transit systems, Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, top universities, and international clients across four continents. He had expanded his team to nearly 100...

Yona is the CEO of Arrive and an entrepreneur with an expertise in building and managing successful global brands in e-commerce, telecommunications and fashion retail. Prior to Arrive, he was co-founder and CEO of Beyond the Rack, recognized as consumer Brand of the Year in Canada by Strategy for...

Adam Simkin is a member of the founding team at Autofleet, helping fleets to innovate new business models and maximize utilization. Autofleet has created the first ever Vehicle as a Service platforms for fleets, creating an elastic supply of vehicles to serve any source of demand, such as...

Erik Simpson is the founder of SeatsX, LLC in Houston, Texas. SeatsX LLC, is a multi-modal transportation technology company who has invented the “Stock Market of Rides” and “market based navigation”. The technology focuses on not only allowing commuters to buy or sell rides, but also to trade...

Originally from North Wales, Tim moved to London in 2005 to begin his career as a graphic and user experience designer. Before turning his attention to the challenges of the automotive and mobility world, Tim specialised in designing for “human–to–whatever” interaction, as he calls it. Starting his ...

Derek is a high energy executive that possesses over fifteen years of business experience in the Cleantech/Energy sector. He has held various senior leadership roles encompassing business development, capital raise strategies, mergers and acquisitions, technology development and overall executive...

Robert holds a Bachelor and Master’s of Civil Engineering from the Universities of Texas and Washington respectively.  As the lead mobility professional for the City of Austin, he is responsible for the City’s multi-modal transportation portfolio and SMART City mobility programs.  Under Robert’s...

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...

Aaron Steiner is the Director of Mobility Innovation at the City of South Bend, Indiana. In this role, he leads efforts to develop a new transportation-as-a-benefit program, integrating mobility solutions such as ridesharing with public transit to overcome transportation as a barrier to...

Louis Stewart currently serves as the City of Sacramento's first Chief Innovation Officer. Mr. Stewart is responsible for the development of a broad citywide portfolio of programs and initiatives that support, drive, influence and build upon the City of Sacramento's economic inclusion...

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...

Ms. Swalnick has more than a decade of experience and knowledge in public policy issues related to energy, transportation and the environment. She manages the planning and execution of projects that accelerate the adoption of plug in electric vehicles (EVs) for the Electrification Coalition. As a...

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...

Michael Thacker was named Executive Vice President for Technology and Innovation in February 2017 and is a member of Bell’s Executive Leadership Team.In his current role, Michael is responsible for leading Bell’s core engineering team and providing strategic direction for designing, developing and...

With more than 25 year’s technology experience, Bill is leading Access Services’ technology effort in the Los Angeles County.  He is serving on the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Board and was the former Chair of APTA Information Technology Committee as well as a graduate of the...

Dillon Twombly is the Chief Revenue Officer for Via, the world’s leading provider and developer of on-demand public mobility solutions.Before joining Via, Dillon held senior leadership positions at Dataminr, MetLife and a political risk consulting boutique. Prior to joining the private...

Jochem has been a technology entrepreneur for the past 15 years. He holds a MSc degree in Economic Sociology from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. During his study he started a small e-commerce company. After he graduated in 2009, Jochem founded Itsavirus, a software and interaction design company ...

Tram Vo is an interdisciplinary entrepreneur.  She is founder and COO of MOBI, Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative; as well as founder of DREAM, the Distributed Registry for Entertainment, Art, and Media. Prior to working in the technology sector, Tram consulted for many global...

Martin Weber is the Chief Financial Officer & Global SVP of Business Development & Strategy of the innovative company INFARM. INFARM developed highly efficient urban indoor greenhouses, that allow citizens to access fresh, nutritious, healthy and affordable food. Their modular farming units ...

Basil Yap serves as program manager for the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Division of Aviation’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Program. In this role, he envisions and directs efforts that position North Carolina as a global leader in UAS (drone) safety, government...

Janine Yoong is the Chief Operating Officer at Mapillary, the street-level imagery platform that scales and automates mapping using collaboration, cameras, and computer vision. At Mapillary, Janine works with mapping and navigation platforms, government agencies, geospatial service...

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 ...