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John Ellis
Chief Technologist, Connected Services and Solutions
FordPresentation Title: Define Business Models through Services: Smartphones, Subsidies and TrafficView Bio |
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John Ellis is Global Technologist, Connected Services Solutions with Ford Motor Company and is tasked with expanding Ford’s “brought-in” strategy of integrating mobile technology into the vehicle. He oversees a team of developers and engineers responsible for creating the “connected car” and striking the right balance between embedded and off-board technology so that drivers can seamlessly extend their mobile lives into their vehicles.
John has over twenty years of experience in telecommunications, network design, architecture, product development and information technology. During most of his career, John worked for Motorola where he held key leadership positions in Product Management, Software & Services, Marketing and Strategy and Engineering. While at Motorola, John delivered a number of crucial programs including the marketing and selling of Motorola’s mobile software and services, Motorola’s world-class software developer ecosystem, and Motorola’s industry-leading Open Source Software program. He was also the Principal of a management consulting practice, a University of Notre Dame adjunct professor to MBA students and an in-house translator for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain |
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Donald Grimm
Senior Researcher
GM Presentation Title: Pre-Competitive Collaboration Panel: The Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership & V2X Smartphone Integration and Aftermarket Technology SolutionsView Bio |
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| Donald K. Grimm (General Motors Research & Development Center): Mr. Grimm is a Senior Researcher in the Perception and Vehicle Control Systems group at the Electrical and Controls Integration Lab at General Motors. He has over 20 years of research and development experience at GM where he has worked on the development of in-vehicle networking protocols and simulation tools, and on the development of autonomous and wireless-based active safety systems. He was a member of the GM team that developed and publicly demonstrated GM’s vehicle-to-vehicle wireless-based collision avoidance system in 2005. He currently leads the development of wireless-based portable devices and smartphone-integration solutions that enable safety between vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists. |
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Scott Belcher
President & CEO
ITS AmericaPresentation Title TBC: Industry Outlook: The Future of the US V2V and V2I MarketView Bio |
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| Scott F. Belcher was appointed president and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America in September 2007 after a successful legal and nonprofit management career. Belcher brings to ITS America more than 20 years of private and public sector experience in Washington, DC. Prior to joining ITS America, Belcher most recently served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) in Washington, DC. Prior to that, Belcher held senior management positions at a number of prominent trade associations, worked in private practice at the law firm of Beveridge & Diamond, PC, and at the Environmental Protection Agency. Belcher's vision for moving Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to the next level includes raising awareness of the value of ITS among consumers, legislators, and the media and seeking increased federal funding of ITS initiatives. This vision will help guide our nation's transportation network to a level of enhanced safety, reduced traffic congestion, decreased fuel consumption and emissions, and a lowered economic burden on our society. Belcher holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia, a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Redlands. |
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John Suh
Managing Director
Hyundai VenturesPresentation Title TBC: Investment Interest in V2X TechnologyView Bio |
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| John Suh is the Director of Hyundai Ventures, which is responsible for making strategic investments and developing business partnerships with companies in the United States on behalf of the Hyundai Motor Group. John’s investment and partnership areas of focus include information and communication technology, automotive cleantech, intelligent systems for safety and energy efficiency, and new business models for personal mobility. John has been chair the Consumer Electronics Association standards committee (R6.3) on wireless power since 2010. In that role, John also leads collaborative efforts with other industry consortia and standards develop organizations, including the IEC. Prior to joining Hyundai, he worked at General Motors and Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. John has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Kettering University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. His Ph.D. research was in design development of CMOS integrated MEMS actuator technology. John has numerous technical publications and has 4 patents in the fields of robotics and artificial nose systems. |
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Vladimeros Vladimerou
Senior Engineer Integrated Vehicle Systems
Toyota
Presentation Title TBC: Pre-Competitive Collaboration Panel: The Crash Avoidance Metrics PartnershipView Bio |
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| Dr. Vladimerou is with the Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor. His current responsibilities include research and development of Advanced Driver Support Systems for the
North American market using autonomous sensors and connected vehicle technology.
Prior to joining Toyota, he was a research associate at the Department of Automatic Control in Lund, Sweden, where he worked on distributed control of autonomous networked agents. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Illinois, and was involved in AFOSR MURI, and NSF ITR projects. His technical interests include formal methods, hybrid systems, and distributed control over networks |
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Ed Griffor
Technical Fellow
Chrysler GroupPresentation Title TBC: Intelligent Transport Systems: A Holistic View for the V2X SpaceView Bio |
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| Ed Griffor is one of the two existing Walter P. Chrysler Technical Fellows, one of the highest technical specialist positions in the sector covering automotive and other industries. He is also Chairman of The MIT Alliance, a professional association of scientists, engineers, and business experts trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ed completed his doctoral studies in EE and Mathematics at MIT in 1980 and was NSF/NATO Postdoctoral Fellow in Science from 1980-83 in Norway. He also taught in the U.S. and abroad, and is regarded as a world expert in the use of mathematical methods to manage the design of electronic controls and algorithm/embedded SW design. In addition to his work at Chrysler LLC, Dr. Griffor is an expert in systems biology and Adjunct Professor at the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics of Wayne State University in Detroit. |
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Tigran Khatchatrian
Vehicle Safety and Electronics Engineer
VolkswagenPresentation Title TBC: Pre-Competitive Collaboration Panel: The Crash Avoidance Metrics PartnershipView Bio |
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Roy Goudy
Senior Principal Engineer
NissanPresentation Title TBC: Pre-Competitive Collaboration Panel: The Crash Avoidance Metrics PartnershipView Bio |
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Roy is a senior principal engineer at Nissan Technical Center North America (NTCNA) in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He is responsible for research and development activities related to cooperative driver assistance systems based on 5.9 GHz DSRC. He is currently involved in the US Department of Transportation’s connected vehicle technology research program through the Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership (CAMP) Vehicle Safety Communications 3 Consortium. Roy joined Nissan in 2007 after working in Japan for over 17 years. Roy holds a bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Washington as well as a master’s degree in physics from the University of Utah and master’s degrees in automotive systems engineering and mechanical engineering from LawrenceTechnologicalUniversity.
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Chris Monk
Chief of Human Factors
NHTSAPresentation Title TBC: The End User Experience: Discuss HMI and Expectations with V2X TechnologyView Bio |
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Jim Wright
Connected Vehicle Manager
AASHTOPresentation Title TBC: Kick Start Deployment with Municipalities, Road Operators and Infrastructure BuildersView Bio |
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Jim Wright is an independent contractor leading the 511 Deployment Coalition, the Connected Vehicle Programs and the ITS World Congress Scan tours for the American Association of State Highways and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). Prior to 2008 he was an on loan executive from the Minnesota Department of transportation serving seven years as Program Director for 511 and the Connected Vehicle.
Before joining AASHTO he managed the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program called Minnesota Guidestar. From 1991 - 2001 he directed $100 million in ITS work, including a regionally integrated ITS system.
His education includes a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Minnesota and a master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of California Berkeley. He also completed one year of PhD course work in molecular biology. |
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Roger Berg
Vice President, Wireless Technologies
DensoPresentation Title TBC: Define Business Models through Services: Smartphones, Subsidies and TrafficView Bio |
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| Roger Berg is vice president of Wireless Technologies at DENSO’s North American Research Laboratories, overseeing vehicle communication technology. He is responsible for DENSO’s research and development of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) technology, for the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) IntelliDrive (SM) program. Berg joined DENSO in 2000, as vice president of Wireless Communications, where he was responsible for the design and development of cellular handset and telematics technology. In 2003, his group began to shift toward wireless technology research and development with an extensive focus on V2X technology. Berg is currently working on the IntelliDrive (SM) program with several North American carmakers and an automotive research and development consortium called the Crash Alliance Metrics Partnership (CAMP). He also works with the USDOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), and DENSO V2X groups in Japan and Germany. Berg is the inventor or co-inventor on eight U.S. and international patents. Before joining DENSO, he worked for consumer electronic companies such as Sony and Motorola, where he managed the design and development of cellular handsets for markets in the United States, European Union and Asia Berg earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in Urbana, Ill., and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Ill. Berg is currently an active member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and is on the Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) Technical Committee, DSRC Vehicle Safety Committee, Digital Map and Vehicle Interface Methodology Sub-committees and the ITS America IntelliDrive (SM) Task Force. |
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Chris Mailey
VP Knowledge Resources
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems InternationalPresentation Title TBC: The Case for Automated and Autonomous VehiclesView Bio |
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| Chris Mailey is the Vice President for Knowledge Resources at AUVSI, wherein he leads a small research team developing new products to support the robotics community. Previous to this position, he spent eight years as a civilian working for the US Navy, developing new maritime robotics capabilities and supporting the Office of the Secretary of Defense and OPNAV N2/N6. He has a BSEE from Duke University and a MSEE from Virginia Tech. |
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Juan Aparicio
Software Engineer
Siemens CorperationPresentation Title TBC: V2X as a Launchpad for the Internet of Everything: The Potential of V2X in Horizontal IndustriesView Bio |
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Juan Aparicio is currently working at Siemens Corporation, Corporate Research and Technology (Princeton-NJ), as a R&D engineer in the area of Intelligent Transportation Systems.
His goal is to revolutionize our way of driving through Intelligent Communication Systems and Distributed Sensing and Control Schemes. He is contributing to build the intelligent roadside infrastructures of the future and the upcoming Siemens’ solutions in the Connected Vehicle area.
Mr. Aparicio has a Master-level Double Degree in Information and Communication Engineering Technologies (Sweden) and Telecommunications Engineering (Spain), from the prestigious academic program T.I.M.E. (Top Industrial Managers for Europe).
Specialties: System architecture, network simulation, computational intelligence, statistical signal processing and communication tools and algorithms. |
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Mohammed Poorsartep
Project Manager
Connected Vehicle Proving CenterPresentation Title TBCView Bio |
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| Mohammad Poorsartep is Project Manager at the Connected Vehicle Proving Center (CVPC), University of Michigan-Dearborn where he leads and oversees transportation oriented projects with emphasis on autonomous and connected vehicle technology. At CVPC, he has wored on variety of projects: forecasting future technologies for autonomous vehicles, autonomous driving solutions for vehicle testing/evaluation/verification, assessing the use of light vehicle safety communication applications for transit vehicle, performing market research analysis and formulating market entry strategies for the Taiwan Telematics Promotion Office, just to name a few. Mohammad received his BSc in Civil Eng. in 2004 with emphasis on transportation, and later in 2008 received his MBA from Multimedia University in Malaysia, where he worked for three years on technology transfer projects. In 2010, he received a second master’s degree in Industrial and Operations research from the Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn. |
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Robert Gee
Product Line Manager
Continental AutomotivePresentation Title TBCView Bio |
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Roger Lanctot
Associate Director
Strategy AnalyticsPresentation Title TBC: V2X as a Launchpad for the Internet of Everything: The Potential of V2X in Horizontal Industries & Define Business Models through Services: Smartphones, Subsidies and TrafficView Bio |
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Steve Bayless
Director, Telecommunications and Telematics
ITS AmericaPresentation Title TBC: V2X as a Launchpad for the Internet of Everything: The Potential of V2X in Horizontal IndustriesView Bio |
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| Steven H. Bayless is the Director of Telecommunications and Telematics at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America). He is responsible for providing guidance to ITS America’s Board of Directors and senior staff on matters involving new technologies, wireless services and evolving automotive platforms, intelligent transportation infrastructure, operations and customer services.
Steven previously served as staff advisor and Presidential Management Fellow in the Secretary of Transportation’s policy office at US DOT headquarters. Steven had cabinet-level lead in policy related to research and development, spectrum management and telecommunications policy.
As a detailee to the White House, he assisted in formulation of several presidential directives on aerospace policy, focusing in particular on satellite navigation. He also advised the State Department and the Federal Aviation Administration in negotiations on space and aviation cooperation with the European Union, the Russian Federation and Japan. In the surface transportation domain, Bayless supported secretarial policy initiatives regarding the reorientation of federal research and development, highway safety, and transportation infrastructure finance reform.
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Sue Chrysler
Director of Research
National Advanced Driving SimulatorPresentation Title TBC: The Case for Automated and Autonomous VehiclesView Bio |
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Scott McCormick
President
Connected Vehicle Trade Association Presentation Title TBC: Pre-Competitive Collaboration Panel: The Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership & Security as the Crux for Public and Industry Acceptance View Bio |
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Scott has degrees in Mathematics, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, minors in Theoretical Physics, Business Law and Psychology, a Masters in Business Administration and Doctoral Research in Artificial Intelligence. Prior to being the President of the Connected Vehicle Trade Association, Scott was the Executive Director of the Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration, a nonprofit research organization of the world’s largest automakers. Scott was formerly General Electric’s Factory with a Future Program Manager, for both Aircraft Engine and Transportation Systems Divisions, implementing over $1 billion in advanced automation and systems. He has authored numerous publications and books, and holds several patents in machine automation, computer systems, and forensic analysis.
Scott is a former Advisor to the United States National Science Foundation and the Industrial Sector Representative to the US Federal Laboratories Technology Transfer Consortium. He is the founder and Chairman of the International Automotive Standards Organizations Summit, and a member of the United Nation’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T) Advisory Panel on Communication Standards to Vehicles (APSC). Scott presently serves as the Industry Representative to the Transportation Operations Partners Forum for Freight Congestion and Logistics Management, as a Member of the Steering Committee to the Joint Commercial/Military Intelligent Transportation Systems Summit, and as Industry Representative for CVTA to the US ITS Congressional Caucus Industry Advisory Board. |
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Heri Rakouth
Director of Technology Exploration
DelphiPresentation Title TBC: The Infrastructure Conundrum: Who Will Pay, For What, and When?View Bio |
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| Dr. Heri Rakouth is currently Director of Technology Exploration at the Innovation and Technology Office (ITO) of DelphiTroy, Michigan. In this capacity, he coordinates technology innovation activities across Delphi.
Dr. Rakouth has about 30 years of experience in aerospace, defense telecommunication and automotive electronics industries. He has held various responsibilities at Thomson CSF/Thales and Renault in France as an EMC expert and a technical manager before joining Delphi in 1996.
In his most recent assignments, Dr. Rakouth spearheaded Delphi cross-divisional efforts that have led to the build of the telematics business development team for the aftermarket and the launch of the V2X proof of concept project recently implemented for the Land Transport Authority of Singapore. |
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Matt Smith
ITS Programme Manager
Michigan DOT Presentation Title TBC: Kick Start Deployment with Municipalities, Road Operators and Infrastructure Builders & Takeaways from the Ann Arbor Safety PilotView Bio |
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Deborah Bezzina
Senior Program Manager
University of Michigan Transportation Research Insititute Presentation Title TBC: Kick Start Deployment with Municipalities, Road Operators and Infrastructure BuildersView Bio |
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Jeremy Carlson
Senior Analyst Automotive
IHSPresentation Title: The Case for Automated and Autonomous VehiclesView Bio |
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Phil Bourekas
EVP of Marketing
SymmetricomPresentation Title TBCView Bio |
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| Mr. Bourekas joined Symmetricom in 2009, bringing more than 20 years of technology experience including marketing, applications engineering, and product definition. Prior to Symmetricom, Mr. Bourekas held a variety of executive positions at Integrated Device Technology, Inc. including leading IDT’s worldwide marketing group and management roles in the PC Audio, Internetworking Products and Advanced Microprocessor divisions. Mr. Bourekas earned Bachelor of Science degrees in both electrical engineering and computer science, from the University of California at Irvine and holds 11 patents in the field of microprocessor architecture. |
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Onn Haran
CTO
AutoTalks Presentation Title: V2V Architecture Requirements for Car Design Flexibility and Optimized PerformanceView Bio |
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Dominique Bonte
Group Director Telematics
ABI ResearchPresentation Title: The End User Experience: Discuss HMI and Expectations with V2X TechnologyView Bio |
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Martijn Tideman
Manager Product Planning
TASS InternationalPresentation Title: Update from Europe: Design and Evaluate Key V2V and V2I Systems for Future Mass ImplementationView Bio |
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Martijn Tideman is Manager Product Planning at TASS International in The Netherlands. He is responsible for product planning, strategic marketing and new business development for all the company’s software packages and associated services.
In an earlier role at TASS International - as Manager Business Development ADAS - Martijn was responsible for developing and implementing the company’s ADAS business line and global strategy. Based in Shanghai, he had a strong focus on China, Korea and Japan.
Martijn has also worked for TNO in The Netherlands as Product Manager PreScan & VeHIL. PreScan and VeHIL are innovative tools for developing driver assistance, active safety and connected vehicle systems.
Martijn holds a PhD degree in mechanical engineering. His PhD thesis entitled ‘Scenario Based Product Design’ presented a new approach to design which was evaluated by applying it to the design of a Lane Change Assistant (LCA). |
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Praveen Singh
CEO
Arada SystemsPresentation Title: TBCView Bio |
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William Whyte
Security InnovationPresentation Title: TBCView Bio |
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Ravi Ouvvala
Savari NetworksPresentation Title: TBCView Bio |
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Greg Wallace
TrimblePresentation Title: TBCView Bio |
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Xinzhou Wu
Principle Engineer/Manager
QualcommPresentation Title: TBCView Bio |
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