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Panel of Judges 2009
Dominique Bonte Based in Brussels, Bonte is responsible for ABI Research's global telematics and navigation coverage which includes LBS, consumer and commercial telematics, navigation and GPS-technology. Dominique’s background includes a wealth of telecommunication and mobile device applications experience. He worked for Orange and BT in Belgium, as well as holding a variety of positions at consumer/industrial technology companies assuming roles in product management and market research and intelligence. He later started his own company in software consulting for mobile devices, where he acquired extensive experience in mobile satellite navigation software. He holds an MS in electronics engineering at the University of Leuven, and has earned several marketing and business degrees. |
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Phil Magney Phil Magney, founder and principal analyst for TRG, has nearly 20 years experience in the computer, communications, and telematics industries. He has been an industry analyst since 1987 with core specialties in computer technologies and telematics. Phil is also a specialist in automotive safety and control and is an active ITS member. He has regularly written columns and papers for industry trade publications and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences in the US, Europe and Japan. Phil Magney earned a Bachelors Degree from the University of Minnesota in 1982. |
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Thilo
Koslowski With responsibility for the U.S. automotive market, Mr. Koslowski assists strategists in the automotive industry in guiding and growing their business. His research centers around critical automotive topics related to the automotive demand and supply chains, in-vehicle information and communication technologies and business-to-employee related initiatives. Before joining Gartner, Mr. Koslowski was a consultant in GartnerConsulting's Executive Market Analysis Program, where he participated in customized domestic and international consulting assignments for vendors in the services and e-business markets. Prior to that, he worked in various marketing positions for a German automaker. Mr. Koslowski graduated with honors from the Technical University (RWTH) Aachen, Germany and holds a master's degree in Business Studies with majors in Marketing, European Economy and Production Engineering. As Gartner's lead analyst for the automotive vertical, Mr. Koslowski is regularly quoted in global publications, TV and radio broadcasts including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, CNET, BBC, Automotive News, Red Herring, Computerworld, ABC News and others. |
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Roger D. Dewey An internationally recognized industry leader in the emerging growth areas of wireless Internet and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, Roger Dewey is the CEO & Managing Member of M2MV, LLC. M2MV is a consulting firm positioned to help clients benefit from the opportunity provided by the rapidly growing M2M industry. M2MV offers consulting services to clients in the various links of the M2M value chain facilitating an accelerated time-to-market for M2M products and services. Previous to founding M2MV, from May 2006 to September 2008, Dewey held the position of President and CEO of Telit Americas. He led Telit Wireless Solutions’ entry into the Americas M2M marketplace, focusing the company’s efforts on the telematics, fleet management, and automatic meter reading industry sectors. He established legal and operational entities in the United States and Brazil, along with extensive channel development throughout the region. For his efforts, Dewey was recognized for the second time as an Industry Pioneer by M2M Magazine in the spring of 2008. From January 2004 until April 2006, Dewey held the position of Vice President of Product and Business Strategy in the M2M Com Business Unit (BU) at Sony Ericsson, where he was charged with strategically guiding development of marketing and sales of wireless connectivity products and solutions to commercial and industrial businesses, as well as to consumers. He was the key strategist in Sony Ericsson’s divestiture of the business unit resulting in a successful acquisition by Wavecom, S.A. in April of 2006. In May of 2005, Roger Dewey was honored with the prestigious Telematics Leadership Award presented by Telematics Update Magazine for his outstanding performance and achievements in the field. Dewey started his career at Sony Ericsson in October of 2001 as Vice President, The Americas, M2M Com. He built and led the M2M Com BU's Americas Regional Operations, ultimately leading it to regional market leadership with particular strength in the OEM automotive and fleet / commercial trucking vertical segments. Dewey was recognized for his achievements by being named an industry pioneer by M2M Magazine for the first time in the spring of 2004. Previous to his roles at Sony Ericsson, Dewey was located in Stockholm Sweden, holding the position of Vice President & General Manager, Marketing & Sales for Ericsson's Mobile Internet Applications Business Unit. While at Ericsson, he had global marketing and sales responsibility for all Ericsson Mobile Internet applications and infrastructure platforms. Additionally, he was responsible for the operative launch of market activities towards Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO). |
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Bernie Wagenblast Bernie Wagenblast is the editor of the Transportation Communications Newsletter, a daily e-mail publication with over 7,000 subscribers. In addition he serves as the editor of electronic newsletters for AASHTO, ITS California and others. Bernie is an on-air traffic reporter in New York City for Shadow Traffic/Metro Networks, a Westwood One company . Bernie also provides the voice for several transportation-related services, including the AirTrain at John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport. Bernie had his start in the transportation field as one of the original on-air Shadow Traffic reporters in New York City. After five years of radio traffic reporting he joined the New York City Department of Transportation, helping to establish the city's first transportation communications center. He then moved to the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and was operations manager at TRANSCOM, a coalition of transportation agencies in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. He also was involved in the start of the I-95 Corridor Coalition, serving as the co-chair of the Highway Operations Group. Following over a decade of work in government, Bernie rejoined the private sector serving as the NYC Director of Operations for SmartRoute Systems, a Senior Associate for TransCore and working with SmartRoute Systems to help grow their public sector ITS business. |
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Scott Andrews LLC where he provides consulting services for the major automotive manufacturers and suppliers in the conceptualization and development of multimedia and new technology products and services for future generations of vehicles. He was previously with Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan where he led a variety of advanced computing and vehicle technology projects. Cogenia Partners, LLC is a consulting firm providing strategic and technical consulting to auto makers, suppliers and emerging technology companies. Formed by two leading experts in vehicle computing and connected systems, Cogenia Partners supports companies in defining their product roadmaps and business development strategies, and provides a knowledgeable, experienced hand in reducing those plans to action. |
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Dave McNamara
David McNamara is President of McNamara Technology Solutions - consulting for active safety & wireless technology, new business development & mentoring of automotive suppliers. Key clients are the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Consortium as the applications project leader and Telcordia for new business development. Prior to 2006, Dave was Manager, Advanced Infotainment Systems, Ford Motor Company's Research. At Ford Research, he developed new Infotainment features to enhance brand differentiation. He developed music/phone connectivity solutions with Jaguar, Land Rover & Volvo brands as the forerunner of the Ford/Microsoft Sync project. Prior to Ford Research, Dave was Manager, Multimedia, responsible for production design of Lincoln, Mercury, and Ford Brands: audiophile, multimedia, and navigation systems. Before coming to Ford in 1995 from Visteon, Ford's electronics manufacturing division at that time, he had varied engineering assignments that have provided product design and manufacturing experience with Powertrain sensors, electronic instrumentation/displays, multiplex systems (J1850/CAN based), voice control and instrument panel/body subsystem electronic architecture. He is active in the Society of Automotive Engineers, IEEE, and is an invited speaker to several conferences which include the Telematics Update events. He follows the annual Consumer Electronics Show closely, for which he issues a detailed report covering the automotive related developments. He has co-authored an invited paper for the Proceedings of the IEEE with his former Ford Research colleagues titled, “Control, Computing and Communications: Technologies for the Twenty-First Century Model T.” He received his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering form the University of Michigan in 1973 and his Masters Degree in solid-state physics from the University of Florida in 1975. He holds six patents in the areas of prognostics, navigation and security systems. |
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David McClure,
David McClure has been involved in the development of in-car audio, communication, navigation and telematics systems since the mid-1990’s, including 7 years as the program manager for telematics research at SBD. Prior to joining SBD David worked for Ford in a number of product development and manufacturing positions and was responsible for the design and development of multi-media systems, specifically audio and hands-free phones, at Nissan’s European Technology Centre. He is currently responsible for SBD’s comprehensive range of market intelligence reports and related projects covering all aspects of the European telematics value chain. |
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Lisa Peterson,
Ms. Peterson has over 13 years of experience in the telecom industry, having held management and senior staff positions in Product Management, Marketing, Network Engineering, and Finance. She is experienced in both wireless and wireline technologies and has worked with US and international telecommunications providers. Ms. Peterson was formerly a Sr. Product Manager in Location and Mobility Solutions for Sprint-Nextel, where she was responsible for managing business relationships with 3 rd party application software providers. Her accomplishments include the commercialization of a wide array of Enterprise and Consumer Location Based services, including the first, mobile phone-based, audible and visual turn-by-turn GPS Navigation solutions. Since 2003, Ms. Peterson has played an integral role in driving LBS product strategy and marketing programs for both the consumer and enterprise segments. Ms. Peterson is a subject matter expert in wireless GPS device and network technologies and has evaluated and launched a variety of LBS applications on wireless A-GPS phones. Lisa has a B.S. in Finance and an M.B.A with a concentration in MIS, from the University of Maryland. |
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Mike Brennan Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology/business writer at newspapers in New York City (Electronic Buyers' News), San Jose , CA. (Business Journal), Seattle, WA., (Herald), Memphis , TN. (Commercial Appeal), and Detroit , MI. (Free Press). He also co founded Pacific Rim News Service in Seattle. |
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Susan Kevorkian Biography coming soon... |
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