Dane Parker currently serves as Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) and Vice President, Sustainable Workplaces, at General Motors. As CSO he leads the company’s sustainability strategy, including the ...

Dr. Mitch Rohde co-founded Quantum Signal (QS) following his graduation from the University of Michigan in 2000. Since that time, he has led Quantum Signal’s business operations and grown the company ...

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The conversion brought forth by digital transformation and advanced technologies has made a tremendous impact on the way manufacturers process and manage their organizations. While the strategies of ...

Dr. Jörg Trampler is the Head of Engineering Center North America, Car Powertrain Technology for ZF Friedrichshafen, based in Northville, Michigan. In this role Dr. Trampler is responsible for all ...

Valerie Sathe Brugeman joined the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in 2007, and her work primarily revolved around the interactions between the automotive industry, communities, and advanced ...

Jay Sackett is the general manager for the Body Design Engineering II division at Toyota Technical Center (TTC), located in Ann Arbor, Mich. TTC is Toyota’s North American R&D center and is a division ...

J. Robert Wirthlin, PhD, is the Senior Technical Leader for Systems Engineering in Vehicle Components and Systems Engineering at Ford Motor Company with responsibility for overall Systems Engineering ...

Fred Diaz is President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA), as well as Chairman of the Board. In this role, Diaz is responsible for overseeing all aspects of ...

Stéphane Guidoin is Director of the Montreal urban innovation lab (MUIL); Since June 2017, he has been working on the transformation of the smart and digital city office into the urban innovation lab.

Simon Hougard is currently the Innovation and Operations Director of the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance Innovation Lab in Silicon Valley. He’s working on bridging the Californian outpost with the ...

Harris Ng is a Partner and shareholder of Kearney, a global management consulting firm. Harris provides strategic advice to automotive and industrial OEMs and suppliers. In his 15 years at Kearney, he ...