Myles H. Kitchen has spent over 30 years involved with Automotive Electronics including product design, marketing, and manufacturing.  

Since 1986, he has been owner and principal of   M.H. KITCHEN & ASSOCIATES (MHKA), a technology consultancy specializing in transportation electronics.  

Based in Aptos , California , MHKA provides market research, contract engineering, business development, and other specialized services to high-tech firms doing business with the global auto industry.  

Previously, he was part-owner of and Vice President of Marketing for Quantic Industries, a pyrotechnics and electronics manufacturer doing business with the Aerospace, Defense, and Automotive occupant restraint industries.   Prior to founding MHKA, Mr. Kitchen was Vice-President of Product Development and Marketing for Zemco Group, Inc., an aftermarket and OEM supplier of automotive electronics systems in San Ramon , California and Kaohsiung , Taiwan ..   Mr. Kitchen also served as Strategic Automotive Business Manager for Intel Corp., and National Semiconductor Corp., both in Santa Clara , California .   Earlier in his career, Mr. Kitchen was a Product Development Engineer and Marketing Manager for Motorola's Automotive Products Division in Schaumburg , Illinois .   Throughout this career, Mr. Kitchen has been involved with virtually every on-board application of electronics in the vehicle, including Navigation systems and their components.  

Mr. Kitchen holds several degrees from and is an alumni of the University of Cincinnati , the University of Kentucky , and Northern Illinois University .

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.

Dave McNamara was recently Manager of Advanced Infotainment at Ford Motor Company’s Research and Innovation Center prior to his retirement in February 2006. 

His charter was the development of new electronic features for Jaguar, LandRover and Volvo to allow customers to bring digital media to the vehicle. In the past, his product development responsibilities for Ford Multimedia have included Audiophile Systems, Family Entertainment and Navigation. Dave’s extensive 31 year career in automotive electronics included assignments in Powertrain sensors, instrumentation, vehicle networks, and voice control and body electronics. Key accomplishments include the launch of Ford's first navigation for Europe. Other product achievements include the first US OEM reversing aid system and with Jaguar the first Adaptive Control System in Europe for which his engineering team received the Henry Ford Technology Award.  Dave is now starting his consultant business to work with the automotive community in the areas of new business planning, mentoring of new suppliers and program management.

David McClure, Technical Director, SBD

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.

Lisa Peterson, Managing Partner LBS Consulting, LLC

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 .