America's greatest mobility leaders

Mike Ableson is Arrival Automotive's Chief Executive Officer, joining in October 2019 to support Arrival in its mission to revolutionize the auto industry. Mike leads Arrival Automotive in both North America and Europe, and holds a leadership role within Arrival R&D. During his...

Joe Adams is Chief Engineer of Kenworth Truck Company. He assumed that position in February 2020 at Kenworth headquarters in Kirkland, Washington. Before taking his current post, Adams served as Assistant Chief Engineer for North America Embedded Engineering for four years.  Prior to that...

Steve Adler is Austin’s 52nd Mayor, having won re-election in 2018 by 40 points in a field of 8 candidates. His top priorities include mobility, affordability and equity for all Austinites. Adler is a Trustee of the United States Conference of Mayors, Past Chair of the Capital Area Metropolitan...

Paul C. Ajegba has over 30 years of experience with the Michigan Department of Transportation, and was after 28 years with the department, he 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 ...

Dr. Nadine Alameh is the CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) – a collective problem-solving body convening the global community of geospatial experts and users to make Location information Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) via open consensus-based...

Diana Alarcon brings more than 25 years of private and public sector experience to the position of Director of Transportation.  City of Tucson’s Transportation Department is responsible for parking, planning, engineering, capital improvement roadway projects, transportation policy, transit, traffic ...

Susan is the Global Head of Uber for Business (U4B).Susan has had a fast paced 18 year career spanning Financial Services, Strategy Consulting (Bain) and Tech (Amazon, Uber). At Uber, Susan has held leadership positions across the Eats and Rides businesses in Australia, New Zealand and North...

Sterling Anderson is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Aurora, the company delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. A longtime developer of autonomous vehicle technology, Sterling developed the MIT Intelligent Co-Pilot, a shared autonomy framework...

Tonya Anderson joined the Regional Transportation District in 2013 as its Product Manager of Electronic Fare Operations and brought to RTD a wealth of experience and knowledge in crucial electronic fare collection technology. In Tonya’s current role at RTD, she leads a cross-functional team to...

Darran Anderson is the Director of Strategy and Innovation for TxDOT.  He is responsible for TxDOT's strategic innovation, emerging technology, and research initiatives; and performance analytics and business process improvements; with the objective of providing a forward-thinking efficient...

Rakesh Aneja serves as the head of eMobility at Daimler Trucks North America where he leads all eMobility activities at DTNA, including product strategy, platform management, customer consulting and charging infrastructure services. Aneja began his career with Daimler Trucks North America at...

Chris Anthony is co-CEO of Aptera Motors, an efficiency-driven Solar Electric Vehicle company. He is Founder and former CEO of Flux Power, an advanced lithium-battery technology company that launched its first products in 12 months, and has reduced carbon emissions in industrial spaces by over...

Fraser Atkinson has been the Chairman and Director of the Company since February 2011 and was appointed CEO of the Company in June 2019. Mr. Atkinson has been a director and officer of a number of public companies. He is presently a director of Equus Total Return Inc., listed on the...

Patrick Ayad leads the global sector group Mobility and Transportation at Hogan Lovells and is also head of the firm’s global Strategic Operations, Agreements and Regulation (SOAR) practice area.He is a leading global practitioner in the areas of international commercial contracts, global...

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 42 years of experience in the automotive industry. Under her leadership, CAR continues to be a preeminent resource of objective and unbiased...

Marcus Behrendt serves as Partner and CEO for BMW i Ventures. In this capacity he sits on the boards of DSP Concepts, Alitheon Inc. and GenXComm. He is also an active advisor to Nauto and an observer to further BMW portfolio companies. Prior to joining the corporate venture arm of BMW in August...

Brenna Berman serves as CEO & Executive Director of City Tech Collaborative, an urban solutions accelerator that tackles problems too big for any single sector or organization to solve alone. Prior to joining City Tech, Brenna served in Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration, which she...

Ben coordinates policy development, international advocacy, and market exploration for Wing based in Palo Alto, California. He works with regulators and policymakers to identify opportunities for collaboration with a view to promoting safe and responsible operations in shared skies. Prior to...

As an innovation strategist and strategic advisor, Grayson builds trusted relationships with organizations, working together with internal teams to prepare clients for what’s next. From developing strategies for autonomous vehicle programs to helping companies become the go-to resource for...

Lance Bultena is our Director of Thought Leadership Mobility and Transportation and is located in our Washington, D.C. office. He has been deeply involved in every major regulatory and legislative issue in the U.S. automotive sector since 1995 and routinely discusses issues in this area with...

Dr. Mei Cai is a Sr. GM Technical Fellow and the manager of the Energy Storage Materials Group. She is responsible for technology innovations in advanced energy storage materials for future electric vehicles. Mei has 25 years of industrial research and development (R&D) experience including...

Harry Campbell is the founder of The Rideshare Guy, a blog, podcast and Youtube channel for Uber and Lyft drivers and the author of The Rideshare Guide. Over the years, Harry has established himself as one of the leading rideshare industry experts with appearances in thousands of top media...

Michelle Chaka has 25 years of experience working on transportation safety with tenures at both VTTI and Ford Motor Company. As the founding director of VTTI’s Division of Data and Analytics, Chaka leads a talented team of researchers tasked with conducting data-driven research that develops and...

Vince is VP of Product and Analytics at Migo since the company’s founding, and is responsible for Migo’s user experience vision and execution.  He leads the design and development of the company’s mobile apps that help customers around the world discover, compare and ride with the broad range of...

Cindi is Managing Director of TotalEnergies Ventures, the venture capital arm of TotalEnergies, the French energy giant.  She now leads the Ventures team in San Francisco, after recently returning from 4 years in Paris.  Cindi is focused on finding, funding and fostering high-potential start-ups...

Kyle Clark, a test pilot and engineer, is the founder & CEO of Beta Technologies, an aerospace company based in Vermont working to make flight greener, safer, and more accessible by helping the world transition to electric-powered aviation. BETA builds eVTOL aircraft and charging systems...

Dr. Jon Coleman is Director, City Solutions, at Ford Motor Company.  He leads Ford’s mobility policy and strategy efforts to engage municipalities in the implementation of solutions that address growing urban mobility needs.  He plays a key role in connecting Ford’s internal capabilities and...

Will Coleman is the CEO and Founder of Alto, a new ridesharing service based in Dallas, TX focused on redefining the ridesharing experience. Will is a former Partner at McKinsey & Company where he led their B2C travel practice to build disruptive strategies into the marketplace. For more than...

Michael Cottle is the Vice President of Global Sales and Customer Success at NextBillion.ai — a leading spatial data and AI platform that helps enterprises build, scale and manage their own mapping ecosystems.He is also the Founder and Advisor to Code Foundation.org — a non-profit organization...

Instrumental in Columbus becoming the sole winner of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart Cities Challenge in 2016, Jordan Davis has played a founding role as Director of Smart Columbus for the Columbus Partnership, leading strategy and partnerships for deploying emerging technologies to...

de Nysschen is a member of the boards of Volkswagen North American Region and Volkswagen of America, Inc. He also served as Chairman of the Board, Volkswagen de Mexico. As COO, he oversees engineering, quality, purchasing, value engineering, production and vehicle logistics for compact, midsize...

Mr. Dennis is the CTO of Urban SDK, a location data intelligence platform for smarter cities. He is responsible for product, technology and operations leading a team of software engineers, data scientists, and mobility planners to integrate complex data management and machine learning for...

Jeffrey Devlin has served as Port Authority's Chief Information Officer since May 2018. His division oversees internal and external technological advancements to improve public transportation in Allegheny County. Prior to joining Port Authority, Jeffrey spent more than 25 years designing...

Rodolfo is Managing Director at Proeza Ventures, a venture capital fund exclusively dedicated to mobility. Rodolfo?s role includes sourcing, evaluating, structuring and closing new investments, managing PV?s current investment portfolio, and participating in the board of directors of some of PV?s...

Brian Dillard is currently the Chief Innovation Officer for the City of San Antonio. He began his career in public service in 2018 as the Smart City Administrator for the City of San Antonio. Prior to joining the local government sector, Brian was a Cybersecurity consultant in the private sector...

Col Nathan P. Diller is the Director of AFWERX. Col Diller received his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2000. After simultaneous master’s degrees at Harvard and MIT, he attended Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training and flew F-16s for two Combat Air Force assignments, becoming an...

Anne Emig is the Head of Micromobility at Revel. Prior to joining Revel, Anne Emig was a senior leader on the Government Innovation team at Bloomberg Philanthropies for 5 years where she oversaw the Mayors Challenge, an ideas competition for cities. She provided implementation support to 30 winning ...

Dr. Ryan Eustice is the Senior Vice President of Automated Driving at the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and head of the TRI Ann Arbor office.  Dr. Eustice received a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Ocean Engineering in...

Andrew Gaeta has seventeen years of experience managing fleets in the mobility industry for Stellantis-Free2Move, GM-Maven, Enterprise Rent-a-Car and Hertz.  Andrew is the Director of Fleet Operations overseeing Washington, DC, Portland, OR and more Cities to come soon.  Andrew is a Station...

Chris George, Executive Director & President of EVolve Houston, leads efforts across fundraising, stakeholder and member engagement, and organizational development. With experience developing and closing complex strategic partnerships in the mobility space, Chris brings deep industry knowledge...

Ezra cofounded a dockless bikeshare in 1999 and helped design a shared folding electric scooter at the MIT Media Lab with Piaggio in 2006 while doing his Master's in City Planning. He's consulted on innovation for HP and was managing director of a tech startup in Copenhagen, where he also...

David Graham, Chief Innovation Officer – Carlsbad, CA David Graham is a veteran local government leader having worked for the County of San Diego and City of San Diego as well as a stint in private sector public affairs. He is the Chief Innovation Officer for the City of Carlsbad the first position ...

Alex Gruzen joined WiTricity as Chief Executive Officer in 2014 and has a proven track record helping companies accelerate growth and deliver value for customers.  Before WiTricity, Gruzen co-founded Texas-based Corsa Ventures, where he focused on building leading technology companies via...

Erika Lauren Guerrero is an influential and dynamic leader with a natural ability to pilot change effectively. She is the CEO and founder of the successful energy storage design and research & development consulting firm, Electric Goddess, and the battery recycling startup, Redivivus. Her...

Jamie is the co-founder and CEO of Talyn Air founded with Evan Mucasey in 2019. Jamie graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering. After Stanford, he joined Scaled Composites as a design engineer where he worked on the largest aircraft in the...

Vicki Hackett is the Deputy Commissioner of Energy at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).  She was appointed to this position in August, 2019. As Deputy Commissioner, Vicki is leading DEEP's Energy Branch as Connecticut transitions to a zero carbon...

Tim Haile was appointed as Executive Director of Contra Costa Transportation Authority in December 2020 and is responsible for the overall management of the Authority, including implementation of projects and programs identified in CCTA?s voter-approved sales tax Measure C and Measure J, the Growth ...

Sean Harrington is the CEO of Optimus Ride. He brings deep expertise developing, commercializing and scaling technology solutions, with experience at both startups and large, global corporations. Most recently, Harrington was Vice President of City Solutions at Verizon where he was responsible for...

Danielle works directly with Elemental Excelerator’s mobility portfolio companies, partners, and cities to catalyze collaboration within the mobility industry. She provides technical expertise, industry insights and an invaluable network of passionate transportation professionals. Through these...

Rory Harvey is Vice President, Global, Cadillac, running the brand’s day-to-day operations. Heleadsthe global Sales, Service, Marketing and Dealer Network teams. Key focus areas for Harvey include leading the brand’s transition to EVs and obtaining Cadillac’s aggressive growth targets with one of...

Syeda Ramla Hassan is the CEO of Safr Pakistan, the subsidiary of an international ridesharing service focused on empowering women and families. Ramla has helped Safr launch and expand in the burgeoning Pakistani market.In addition to her role at Safr, Ramla is the Founder of Liaison, a platform...

Raven Hernandez is the founder and CEO of Earth Rides, the only all-electric ride-hailing app. Raven is a first-generation Latina American and is a graduate of the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law. Raven was inspired to start Earth Rides after a personal quest to improve her own health drove her to...

Dan brings his experience as a successful startup founder, advisor, and investor to Autotech Ventures. Prior to joining the team, Dan was a Partner at Tandem Capital and Senior Director in Concur’s corporate venture capital team. Before entering venture capital, Dan was the Co-founder and CEO of...

Gary Horvat is Vice President, eMobility at Navistar. In this role, he is responsible for augmenting and aligning Navistar’s eMobility team for all commercial, technical and implementation activities. Horvat established Navistar’s NEXT eMobility team in Rochester Hills, Michigan, where all...

Dr. Xiaodi Hou is an internationally renowned co-founder and CTO of TuSimple, a global autonomous driving technology company, headquartered in San Diego, California.  TuSimple is developing a commercial-ready Level 4 fully autonomous driving solution for long-haul heavy-duty trucks.  Xiaodi earned...

Mr. Hughes is a senior-level executive with more than 20 years of experience including direct business relationships in the automotive, advertising, and technology segments. Prior to joining Workhorse/AMP Electric Vehicles, Mr. Hughes served as Chief Operating Officer for Cumulus Interactive...

Kenny is a Sr. DevOps Engineer at ReJoule with a background in electrical and software engineering.  He’s enabled the other ReJouligans, a team of talented engineers at ReJoule, to further their work on advanced battery diagnostics by taking the initiative to do the difficult upfront work required...

Derek Jenkins is the Senior Vice President of Design and Brand at Lucid. In this role, Derek oversees all design developments, including exterior and interior design, user experience, color and material, accessories, and the overall design strategy. Derek also spearheads Lucid’s brand creative and ...

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 1,379 local government management...

Automotus is a curbside management company that uses computer vision technology to help cities better understand and manage their curb space while also helping fleets operate more efficiently and avoid costly parking citations—all to create more sustainable and equitable streets. Through real-time...

Dr. Enes Karaaslan is the co-founder and CEO of Connected Wise, a Florida based start-up working on a unique technology to help autonomous vehicles navigate safely in challenging roadway environments using smart traffic signs. His entrepreneurship journey started after a successful technology...

Alex is the Director of Public Policy and Partnerships at Veo. He lives in Brooklyn, NY and has a degree in Politics from the University of Edinburgh (UK) and a Masters in City Planning from MIT. Prior to joining Veo, he was the Director of Special Projects at the NYC Department of Transportation...

Shawn Kerrigan, Ph.D., is COO and Co-founder at Plus. Under his direction, the company is developing self-driving trucks to enable large-scale commercialization of autonomous transport. Prior to Plus, Shawn was CTO and Co-founder of a hardware and software company in the solar industry. His earlier ...

Dr. Ghassan "Gus" Khankarli, Ph.D. PE, PMP, CLTD currently serves as the Interim Director of the City of Dallas' Department of Transportation. In his current position, Dr. Khankarli leads the department's multimodal strategic vision including the integration of transportation...

Kamron Khodjaev is the Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer at Koop Technologies.Kamron works with partners in the autonomous mobility & robotics space across various use cases, helping them with risk management and insurance needs. Additionally, at Koop, he builds partnerships with...

Michelle Kinman is the Senior Director of Transportation for the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), managing the Transportation Electrification Partnership, an unprecedented public-private partnership focused on accelerating transportation electrification in the Los Angeles region ahead of the ...

Apeksha is the co-founder and chief engineer at Gatik, a Palo Alto based start-up developing autonomous vehicles for B2B short-haul logistics. Its operations help customers meet consumer demand for real-time goods, increase road safety and meet an unprecedented expectation for contactless...

Debra Lam is the Founding Executive Director for Partnership for Inclusive Innovation. This is a statewide public-private partnership committed to investing in innovative pilot projects. She heads She founded the Georgia Smart Community Challenge, the first state-wide effort in the nation that...

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

Lundestad is a results-oriented and visionary program manager with a technical background and experience from managing projects, programs and innovation in multiple industry sectors. This includes industry sectors such as Armed Forces, Telecom, Banking and Manufacturing. For the last period he has...

Alisyn Malek is the Executive Director for the Commission on the Future of Mobility (CFM). A change maker in the mobility and automotive sectors, Malek has experience leading organizations, driving investments and developing products, and has played an active role in tackling complex challenges...

Shiv Mani develops, leads, and implements electricity policy with respect to developing electricity markets and the integration of new energy technologies including renewable energy, distributed resources, microgrids and electric vehicles. His background spans the whole spectrum of electricity...

Ben Marcus is co-founder and Managing Partner of UP.Partners, the early-stage investor partnering with entrepreneurs building businesses enabling the future of multi-dimensional mobility. Ben is also the co-founder and Chairman of AirMap, the world’s leading airspace management platform. AirMap...

James is a Board Member of Samson Sky, a flying car company based in Prineville, Oregon, that is currently flight testing its flying car prototype called the Switchblade. As a serial entrepreneur, he has founded and co-founded several successful technology companies, starting in 1989. James'...

Scott has degrees in Mathematics, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, a Master’s in Business Administration, and Doctoral Research in Artificial Intelligence. Prior to being the President of the Connected Vehicle Trade Association (CVTA), Scott was the Executive Director of the Automotive...

Catherine has spent thirty years helping shape the laws that now define the modern automotive, telecommunications, technology, and consumer product sectors.  Catherine earned a deep understanding of transportation, technology, and consumer issues as a Counsel for the Senate Commerce Committee;...

A Columbus Native,   Zach McGuire managed electric vehicle and smart mobility adoption for the Smart Columbus program. In this prior role, he was responsible for reaching bold electrification goals by engaging OEMs, local dealers, policymakers and corporate partners across the EV consumer journey. ...

Çetin Meriçli, Ph.D. is a co-founder and the CEO of Locomation. Formerly a Special Faculty – Commercialization Specialist at the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, Dr. Meriçli has over 15 years of experience in developing and deploying complex...

Matthew Metz is the founder and co-executive director of Coltura. He was the lead advocate behind the passage of a 2030 ICE vehicle phaseout target law in Washington State in 2021, and led the effort to pass Zero Emissions Vehicle legislation in Washington State in 2020.  He writes about...

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 ...

As the first Chief Innovation Officer for the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), Sophia brought a keen understanding of the rapid transformation of the global transportation industry. Since joining COTA in September 2019, Sophia has focused on expanding the use of technology to reimagine and...

With a professional career spanning a wide variety of transportation and mobility projects and initiatives across the US, Sam works at the intersection of transportation planning, policy, implementation, and operations. Sam is an innovative, resourceful, passionate, and service-oriented executive...

Jim Mullen is the Chief Administrative and Legal Officer for TuSimple. Prior to joining TuSimple, Jim served as the Acting Administrator and Chief Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation?s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). While leading the FMCSA in Washington, he was...

Mina Nada is the CEO and co-founder of Zoomo e-bikes (formerly Bolt bikes). Mina is responsible for overall strategy (growth into new markets, and investor relations), operations (procurement, sales and servicing) and management of Zoomoglobally across all its locations (Australia, United...

Carey Anne is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Loop (loopinsure.co), a more inclusive car insurance company. At Loop, we use AI and telematics data to make our customer?s mobility and safety the top priority.   Carey Anne Nadeau is a thought leader in geospatial statistics and ethical AI. She has a...

​​​​​​​Nicolaus Nagel is the co-founder of Pave Motors, a mobility company reimagining transportation for commuters in and around large cities. Nico founded Pave alongside his brother Caspar in 2019 with the goal to revolutionize the mobility industry while also pursuing his passions for...

Alex is co-founder and Chief Business Officer of Drover AI, a leader in AI-powered IoT technology for micromobility that addresses some of the most significant safety, regulatory and operational challenges facing the industry. Drover AI is Alex’s 3rd micromobility company (CLEVR Mobility and...

Kevin Noertker is Founder and President of the Amp Division of Surf Air Mobility, and Co-founder and CEO of Ampaire. Over the past half decade, Kevin and his team have pioneered practical, compelling electrified flight. Prior to Ampaire he contributed engineering expertise to stealth aircraft and...

Edwin Olson is co-founder and CEO of May Mobility, Inc., a technology startup focused on delivering safe, self-driving transportation solutions to help reduce congestion, decrease pollution and create greater economic benefit for urban communities around the world. Olson has focused on the...

Neha Palmer is the CEO and co-founder of Terawatt Infrastructure, a company that’s focused on scaling commercial EV charging infrastructure across the U.S. As Google’s former head of energy strategy, she led the development of electric infrastructure and electricity procurement for the global data...

Manuela has devoted her career to advancing automotive technology. She is an ambassador for the entire industry as it evolves toward highly automated features and, ultimately, self-driving cars. In addition to her role as CEO of Designated Driver, she sits on the advisory board for Udacity. She...

Hannan Parvizian is the CEO and Co-founder of Volansi, Inc. While working as an analyst at Tesla in 2015, Hannan got a first-hand look at the crippling logistical nightmare of shipping crucial parts between the electric carmaker's service centers, warehouses, and factories. He quickly realized...

Karl co-founded and leads the Electric Vehicles & Emerging Technologies Team at Austin Energy, the 3rd largest city-owned electric utility in the U.S. and recognized as Plugin America’s “Drive Electric Utility of the Year”. He has been the Principal Investigator on over ten grant-funded...

Ryan Powell is the Head of UX Research & Design at Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around.At Waymo, Ryan oversees a talented group of researchers and designers taking a human-centered approach to designing the ...

Annie Pratt is a creative problem solver with a track record of growing hardware tech businesses. Her background in product management, design, and business strategy brings a user-centric passion to ATLIS. Since 2019, Pratt has facilitated the growth of the Operations, Marketing, and Finance...

Elizabeth Presutti is the Chief Executive Officer of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART)—the largest public transportation system in the state of Iowa. Presutti has more than 20 years of experience in the transit industry and has served in her current capacity since 2011. Since...

Sravan Puttagunta is the CEO of Hyperspec.ai. He is responsible for leading technology, strategy and operations. Previously, he was responsible for founding and growing several startups such as Civil Maps and Samba.tv. Prior to Hyperspec, he worked as the Founding CEO of Civil Maps and Lead...

As Executive Director for the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), Dan Raudebaugh has dedicated the last 27 years to fostering environmental and energy sustainability and creating jobs within US emerging technology sectors. He has developed, secured funding for, and managed a varied ...

Somnath Ray is the founder and CEO of CLIP, the world’s first plug-and-play device that lets you instantly transform your regular bike into an e-bike. Ray’s background is in Design+Computation and Architectural Design and he is a mobility designer from MIT. As part of the Smart Cities Group at the...

Mike Reid is the Chief Business Officer at Embark, a self-driving truck company founded in 2016. In his role, Mike has grown Embark’s team and scaled operations as the company commercializes self-driving truck technology. During his time at Embark, the company has achieved a number of...

Sonia Rief is vice president, Vehicle Connected Services & Program Management Officefor Nissan U.S. and Canada. She was appointed to this position in March 2019. In thisrole, Rief is responsible for managing vehicle line profitability and leading Nissan’sConnected Services...

Paul Rivera joined Electra Meccanica as Chief Executive Officer in August 2019. Before joining Electra Meccanica, Rivera most recently served as President of Ricardo, USA, a division of Ricardo, PLC (LON: RCDO), a 100-year-old global engineering, strategic, and environmental consultancy business...

Laura Rogers is the Deputy Director at The Ray, responsible for the development and execution of operational policies for the organization, and transferring and scaling the sustainable technologies demonstrated on The Ray Highway to transportation agencies nationally and internationally. Prior to...

Joanne Rotondi is a partner in our Hogan Lovells Washington, D.C. office and heads the firm’s global Transport and Logistics industry sector. She focuses her practice on regulatory compliance, litigation, and environmental permitting, particularly in the automotive and transport and logistics...

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

Payam has over 20 years of experience building technology products and services. He was the CEO and founder of Chanelink in Singapore, a platform automating online distribution (channel management) for hotels. Prior, he was a Co-Founder and Commercial Director of Batiqa Hotels where he was...

Su Sanni is a social entrepreneur and tech executive hailing from Brooklyn, NY. He’s the founder of Dollaride, a new mobility company for communities that are underserved by public transit. In past ventures, he's helped more than 2000 nonprofit organizations raise over $50M using WeDidIt, an...

Steve Schwinke is Vice President of Customer Engagement at Sibros, working closely with OEMs and Tier One suppliers to accelerate their connected vehicle solutions. Prior to joining Sibros, Steve spent 2 years at Tech Mahindra as Global Head of Connected Vehicles and 22 years as an Executive at...

Bret uses more than three decades of knowledge in the automotive industry to bring partnerships between Wejo and OEM’s to life. With technical and commercial experience from GM, VW and FCA, he is equally comfortable discussing trends in the mobility sector as he is in uncovering the mutual benefits ...

Ashley N. Scott is an experienced regulatory, legislative and public policy senior leader and professional, and who has built her career on leveraging new technologies to advance the public interest. She currently serves as Lime's Senior Director of Strategy and Policy Development for global...

As President and Chief Revenue Officer of EVPassport, Hooman leads EVPassport’s global growth and corporate development operations, from global field sales, customer success, implementation, strategic and channel partnerships, investor relations, revenue operations, and go to market strategy. He is ...

Dmitry Shevelenko is the Co-Founder & President of Tortoise. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Payfare. He previously was Director of Business Development at Uber where he led Driver Partnerships and the company's expansion into new mobility. He was also an adviser to many...

Keith Simon is the vice president and general manager for Polaris Commercial, a business that not only manufactures all-electric urban mobility solutions as part of its portfolio, but also collaborates with customers and partners to advance the market. Simon's leadership led to Polaris'...

Ms. Lauren Skiver has served the transit industry for almost 20 years. Starting as a Maintenance Clerk at HART in Tampa, Florida, she has progressed her career by serving as Director of Paratransit Services at HART, Deputy Chief Operating Officer at MTA Maryland, and CEO at Delaware Transit...

Angie Slaughter is a VP of Sustainability, Logistics, SVC and Capabilities Procurement at Anheuser-Busch. During Angie’s time with the company – spanning over 20 years – she has held several roles within operations and procurement dedicated to driving transformational change to ensure...

Dave rides his bike for most trips in his home city in Oakland, including to and from the Amtrak commuter train to Sacramento, where he goes often in his capacity as the Executive Director of the California Bicycle Coalition. He is a long-time organizer and advocate for socially just transportation ...

Dima Steesy is the founder of Humble Motors, a technology company building solar electric vehicles. He was previously the Chief of Staff at FinDox, a $30 million venture-backed tech company in Los Angeles, where he oversaw business strategy and strategic initiatives. Prior to that, he established a ...

Jordan Sun is the Chief Innovation Officer for the city of San Jose.  Jordan brings deep, cross-sector global experience in startups/venture, technology, government, and healthcare.  Prior to San Jose, Jordan was deployed to Afghanistan as the Chief Operating Officer for the Special Operations...

Director Kristina Swallow was appointed by Governor Steve Sisolak in January of 2019 as Director of the Nevada Department of Transportation. With more than 25 years of experience in engineering, public policy, and community advocacy, as a practicing civil engineer, Kristina has worked in several...

Steve Tengler is a Senior Contributor for Forbes and has worked in the auto industry for nearly thirty years for both OEMs and Tier 1s. Steve focuses primarily on product development issues facing the industry, especially software development, project management, functional safety and...

Kameale is the Co-Founder and CEO of ChargerHelp, Inc. an app that enables on-demand repair of electric vehicle charging stations. As the former Director of Programs at EV Connect, an electric vehicle charge station network provider, Kameale structured and led teams to execute electric vehicle...

Mark Thomas is the VP of Marketing and Alliances at Ridecell, the leading automation and mobility platform provider for digital transformation. Prior to joining Ridecell, Thomas headed the connected car marketing team at Cisco Jasper, where he developed the product and go-to-market strategies for...

Daniel Tyoschitz is CEO & Co-Founder at AWAKE Mobility, a Munich-based AI-startups, focused on condition monitoring and predictive maintenance for buses. In the past he has worked as an innovation consultant in various hotspots such as Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv or Berlin. His passion is to...

Douglas Ver Mulm is a co-founder of Stable Insurance. A former technology attorney and fleet owner, Douglas leads the product and company vision at Stable. He envisions a future where each minute, mile, and type of vehicle use can be quantified and insured at a fair price. Stable provides...

Ellen Voie is an internationally recognized speaker and authority on gender diversity and inclusion for women working in non-traditional careers in transportation. She has been invited to speak to audiences in Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Viet Nam, France, Mexico, and Canada in addition to being ...

Ben Volkow is the Co-Founder and CEO of Otonomo, a Vehicle Data Platform. Prior to founding Otonomo, Ben served in a variety of entrepreneurial roles in the telecommunications industry, including Traffix Systems, which he co-founded and served as the CEO of, prior to its acquisition by F5...

Thea (Walsh) Ewing leads the transportation planning efforts for the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission in Columbus, Ohio. She is a seasoned public servant focused on transportation, economic development, and community planning. She has worked at county, regional, and state levels of...

Mark previously held positions as a Major Customer Executive at Blue Yonder (a Panasonic company), Director of Supply Chain Innovation at Incorta, and Vice President of Business Development at an advanced analytics cloud startup, as well as various roles across other firms, including...

As TransLoc CEO, Brett Wheatley prioritizes greater collaboration across Ford’s mobility and self-driving vehicle business, as part of Ford’s commitment to the next generation of urban mobility. He taps existing synergies between TransLoc and Ford to further develop transit operations and the data...

Joe White is the global automotive industry editor for Reuters, based in Detroit. Joe joined Reuters in January 2015 as the transportation editor leading coverage of planes, trains and automobiles. Previously, he served as the global automotive editor of the Wall Street Journal, where he oversaw...

Julie White is the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation. In this role Julie oversees the Rail, Aviation, Ferry and Integrated Mobility Division (formerly Public Transportation and Bicycle and Pedestrian Divisions) including over 800 employees and $570...

Tracie Winbigler joined Amtrak in June 2019 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Tracie oversees the Finance department, which includes Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting, Controls and Treasury. These groups are responsible for corporate...

Dr. Xing is the founder and CEO of ROMAN ROADS, which is a startup company based at Bay Area, California. ROMAN ROADS is focusing on building disruptive Behavioral Learning technology to make self-driving cars understand and fit into human driving logic.Dr. Xing received his Ph.D degree in Physics...

Will Yavinsky is a partner and Co-Head of the Global Automotive industry sector at Hogan Lovells, based in its Washington, D.C. office. He focuses his corporate legal practice on U.S. and international business transactions, advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships ...

Edison Yu is a Vice President within Deutsche Bank's Equity Research group leading coverage of the China EV & Mobility sector. He focuses mainly on analyzing the disruptive nature of smart electric vehicles on the auto industry and also the emergence of autonomous driving.  Before Deutsche...

An engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, Sam Zaid is driving change with Getaround, a carsharing platform powered by Getaround Connect® technology, which provides drivers access to book and unlock great cars shared by people nearby. With 5 million users in over 300 cities in the U.S. and...

M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, United States Air Force Retired) is a licensed attorney, an U.S. Air Force veteran and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of P3 Tech Consulting, connecting people who have a passion for advanced tech platforms with the plans, programs, policies and information they need to ...