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.

Andrew Cole
SVP, Wireless Practice Leader, Adventis

Mr. Cole heads the ADVENTIS Global Wireless Communications Practice. Mr. Cole has a Masters degree in Business from Oxford University and works extensively in the European, Asian and North American continents.

With over ten years of communications market consulting experience and a recognized expertise in the wireless space, Mr. Cole is increasingly relied upon to provide industry insight and direction. His clients include leaders in the telematics space such as GM Onstar, Toyota, and Sprint PCS. He is also an active member of Board of Advisors for important wireless start-ups such as SkyGo, Survol and Visage Mobile.

Axel Fuchs
Managing Partner, Cogenia Partners

Axel Fuchs has worked actively in intelligent vehicles and telematics for the past 12 years. He established first US intelligent vehicle research for Daimler Chrysler and co-founded the Daimler-Chrysler Research and Technology office in Palo Alto, California. Prior to establishing Cogenia Partners, he managed Systems Engineering at Motorola’s Telematics Communications Group. Axel Fuchs graduated from Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany with a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering.

Frank Forkin
Partner and Executive Director of the Emerging Industries Business Sector, J.D. Power and Associates

Frank Forkin is a Partner and Executive Director of the Emerging Industries Business Sector
at J.D. Power and Associates.He is responsible for overseeing the business relationships with
several specific industries such as finance, insurance, marine, motorcycle, automotive
components and travel. In addition, Mr. Forkin is responsible for extending the J.D. Power
and Associates’ product and service portfolio to new industries currently not being serviced.

With more than 20 years of experience in the market information field for a wide variety of
products and service industries,Mr. Forkin has become a leader among his peers in
quantitative research. Prior to joining J.D. Power and Associates, he held the position of
senior vice president of the RDA Group, where he was heavily involved in new business
development, strategic planning and consulting.

Mr. Forkin is a member of the American Statistical Association, the American Marketing
Association and the SAS Users Group International. Mr. Forkin earned a master’s degree in
applied statistics from Louisiana State University and a bachelor’s degree in geophysics from
Central Michigan University.

Karsten Fels
Senior Project Manager Automotive, Dornier Consulting GmbH

Karsten Fels joined the Automotive business unit of Dornier Consulting as a Senior Project Manager in 2002 and is responsible for identifying new business opportunities. Prior to this position he worked in research, development and marketing organizations of DaimlerChrysler focusing on telematics. Karsten defined and managed several telematics projects and has a strong international background

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.

Tomas Gabinus was employed by Telematics Valley as Executive Director April -02. Prior to that he was heading the Business Development team within WirelessCar, a joint venture between Volvo, Ericsson and Telia. Previously Tomas Gabinus has been heading a unit within Ericsson focussing on telematics and location dependent services. He has also worked as an expert within ITS and Telematics both at the Swedish ministry of transport and at ERTICO in Brussels.

Joanne Downie has over 15 years experience of market analysis, research and planning of emerging technology markets. She has been a market analyst, service director and business development manager for a wide range of syndicated, subscription based market analysis services within Strategy Analytics, and its predecessor, BIS Mackintosh. Her experience of emerging technology markets includes the cellular/wireless, fixed wire telecoms, B2B Internet and automotive sectors.

In 1999, Ms. Downie launched Strategy Analytics’ “In-Vehicle Telematics & Multimedia Service” (ITMS), a market advisory service focusing on the in-vehicle telematics, infotainment and communications markets. ITMS currently has a client base of over 35 leading automotive, consumer electronics and wireless companies, worldwide.

Prior to joining BIS Mackintosh in 1989, Ms. Downie spent 4 years in the aerospace industry developing business planning models.

She is an honours graduate in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, and speaks both English and French.

Bernie Wagenblast is the editor of the Transportation Communications Newsletter, a daily e-mail publication with over 4,900 subscribers. In addition, Bernie is a Senior Associate with TransCore, a transportation consulting company. Bernie also provides the voice for several transportation-related services, including the AirTrains 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 joined the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and was operations manager at TRANSCOM, a unique 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 the public sector, Bernie rejoined the private sector serving as the NYC Director of Operations for SmartRoute Systems and then joining TransCore.