Vehicle Connectivity Event Speakers

Soshun Arair Embedded Segment Manager, Segment Marketing ARM

Soshun Arai is embedded segment manager at ARM and responsible for automotive marketing especially for the strategy for ADAS and autonomous car in ARM. Mr. Arai has been working at ARM more than 7 years and has international working experiences in Japan, UK and US. Earlier in his career, he worked for Infineon as a senior application engineer. He has more than 15 years experiences for automotive space. He works with car OEMs and Tier1 suppliers directly to discuss automotive systems in terms of processor technologies and develops ARM ecosystem for automotive. Mr. Arai holds a master of electrical engineering from Tokyo University of Science.

Scott Belcher CEO TIA

Scott F. Belcher was named Chief Executive Officer of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) in October 2014, following a seven-year tenure as President and CEO of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America).

As the information and communications technology (ICT) industry experiences the most dramatic change seen in decades, Scott’s leadership of TIA fosters adaptation and growth to meet its members’ needs. He is responsible for managing TIA’s overall operations and providing long-term strategic direction for the organization. Scott brings to TIA more than 25 years of public and private sector experience in Washington, DC.

Prior to becoming President and CEO of ITS America, Scott served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at the National Academy of Public Administration in Washington, DC. Before his tenure at ITS America, Scott held senior management positions at a number of prominent trade associations, and worked in private practice at the law firm of Beveridge & Diamond, PC, and at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Scott 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. Scott serves on the Board of the Telecommunications Industry Association, the U.S. Department of State International Communications and Information Policy Committee, and the U.S. Department of Transportation Intelligent Transport Systems Program Advisory Committee. He also serves on the Advisory Boards of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and the University of California Berkeley Transportation Sustainability Research Center.

Scott resides in Alexandria, VA and is married with two children.

Debby Bezzina Senior Program Manager University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

Debby Bezzina holds B.S. in Electrical Engineering, an M.B.A., and Program Management Professional Certification (PMP). Ms. Bezzina has over 29 years of experience in the automotive industry, and has served as a program manager for 15 years. She served as Visteon’s program manager on two USDOT-funded field operational tests of automotive advanced safety systems research (Road Departure Crash Warning FOT and Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems FOT). Prior to Visteon, Debby worked at General Motors on Vehicle Control Modules and Audio in the Truck Group, and Ford Motor Company in the Engine Design Division. Ms. Bezzina was the Senior Program Manager for the Safety Pilot Model Deployment and at present is the Senior Program Manager for the Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Concurrently, she is the Pillar 1 lead for the Mobility Transformation Center.

Christopher Bluemle Corporate Development and Strategy Crown Castle

Chris Bluemle is currently Manager of Corporate Development & Strategy at Crown Castle. Chris is responsible for corporate initiatives, assessing emerging technologies and ensuring Crown Castle’s infrastructure is well positioned for network and technological advancements. Since joining Crown Castle in December 2014, he has also been involved in the evaluation of merger & acquisition opportunities.

Prior to joining Crown Castle, he served as Vice President for TriStar Investors, Inc. TriStar Investors was formed in 2005 and specialized in real estate and telecommunications working with both individual property owners as well as nationwide wireless carriers. Chris’s primary roles centered around corporate development, analyzing mergers & acquisitions, as well as the creation of forecast models to assist in executive level decision making, corporate finance and company valuation. Before TriStar Investors, he was an auditor with Schneider Downs, the largest regional accounting firm in Pittsburgh, PA.

Chris holds a BA in Accounting from Washington & Jefferson College.

Christopher Borroni-Bird Vice President of Strategy Qualcomm

Dr. Chris Borroni-Bird joined Qualcomm Technologies Inc. as a VP of Strategic Development in 2012 and is responsible for developing and implementing a transportation vision around wireless and compute solutions for future automated, connected and electrified vehicles.

Prior to this, Dr. Borroni-Bird was GM’s Director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts and Electric Networked Vehicle (EN-V) Program. The EN-V concepts are small battery powered urban mobility vehicles that can communicate with each other and drive autonomously, and were demonstrated extensively at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Chris was selected as one of Automotive News’ Electrifying 100 in 2011. He also led GM’s Autonomy, Hy-wire and Sequel “skateboard” vehicle concepts and has 50 patents.

Before joining GM in 2000, he led Chrysler’s gasoline fuel cell vehicle development and was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame as a Young Leader in 2000.

Dr. Borroni-Bird is co-author of “Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century”, with Larry Burns and the late Bill Mitchell, that was published by MIT Press in 2010.

Chris obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Natural Sciences from King's College, Cambridge, completed his Ph.D in Surface Science from Cambridge University and performed Post-doctoral research in solid state physics from the University of Tokyo.

Paul Brubaker Chairman Alliance for Transportation Innovation

Paul Brubaker is the Chairman of the Alliance for Transportation Innovation. Paul has more than three decades of policy and management experience focused on deploying innovative technologies in government and industry. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate to serve as the second Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) at the United States Department of Transportation and was also appointed by Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore to serve as Chairman of the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology. His other roles also included serving as a Senate Subcommittee Staff Director for then Senator William S. Cohen (R-ME); Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Clinton; and served in senior industry positions at Litton Industries, Commerce One, SI International and Cisco Systems. Brubaker holds a BA from Youngstown State University and a MPA from the Graduate School of Management at Kent State University. He is active on the board of the Churchill Centre and resides in Washington, DC.

Will Farrell Lead, Cyber Futures Group Booz Allen Hamilton

Mr. Will Farrell has over 11 years of experience in leading information assurance and vulnerability assessments for the government and commercial clients. His expertise include reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, cyber tool assessment, and custom hardware design. He specializes in the detection of zero-day vulnerabilities and security assessments of embedded devices. As a Technical Lead, Mr. Farrell will work closely with the Mobile Apps, Web Apps, and Network Infrastructure Leads to bring a multi-disciplinary approach the TSP assessment and MMC’s connected vehicle security assessment.

Robert Grant Director of Government Relations Lyft

Rob Grant is the Director of Government Relations at Lyft, where he spearheads Lyft's legislative and policy priorities throughout the U.S, including on autonomous vehicles. He previously worked at the United States Senate and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. In his ten years in the Senate, Rob played an integral role in addressing some of the most complex issues faced by the Senate Banking and Judiciary Committees, including the Dodd-Frank Act. Rob earned his B.A. from the University of Virginia and his J.D. from Tulane University School of Law. Rob lives in Reston, VA with his wife Colleen, four sons, and their irish setter, Rosie.

Tim Johnson Director Vehicle Research and Test Center National Highway Traffic Safety Administration U.S. Department of Transportation

Since 2012, Mr. Johnson has been a member of the senior executive service at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and in July 2015 was named as the Director of NHTSA’s Vehicle Research and Test Center (VRTC) which is located near Columbus, Ohio.

As the VRTC Director, he has responsibility for carrying out applied research and testing to support agency programs in several key areas including advanced driver assistance technologies (radar and camera-based crash avoidance systems and vehicle-to-vehicle communications); human factors, including driver distraction; heavy vehicle research; electronic control systems safety and cybersecurity; emerging technologies such as automated vehicles; crashworthiness; biomechanics; and defect investigations.

Prior to moving to Ohio, Mr. Johnson lived in the Washington DC area for 22 years and has held several technical lead and management positions within the federal government.

A Minnesota native, he is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, graduating with an Electrical Engineering degree in 1992.

Sylvia Karmanoff Founder and President KEMSI

Sylvia Karmanoff is founder and president of KEMSI, a professional services firm providing strategy, product and program management services. Since 2005, KEMSI has helped clients incorporate new technologies into their product portfolios, understand monetization opportunities, and then build and manage teams to develop and deliver the products and services. KEMSI serves a global client base in medical device, connected vehicle, machine-to-machine communications (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) industries.

In her consulting practice, Karmanoff leverages and applies research concepts and technologies, such as analytics, Internet of Things, virtual reality, miniaturization, and wearables, to help her clients enter new markets; then continues to support her clients with product and program management expertise. She created and uses a unique product development methodology, Accelerated Development Methods™, to move products (consisting of electronics, communication, cloud, and analytics) from concept to production in less time and higher quality than traditional methods.

Karmanoff holds one U.S. patent and is an invited speaker at conferences and industry events on innovation, intelligent vehicles, and the Internet of Things. Prior to KEMSI, Karmanoff held executive positions at Aeris Communications, General Motors Corporation, and Rockwell International. Her higher education degrees include an MS in Computer Science and an MBA. Karmanoff serves on several professional, not-for-profit boards.

Bob Kelly Partner Squire Patton Boggs

Robert B. Kelly chairs the global Communications practice group of the international law firm of Squire Patton Boggs. He has thirty-five years of experience in telecommunications, media and technology law. Mr. Kelly has focused on the legal issues associated with the development of connected and autonomous vehicle technology since the early 1990s. He has represented ITS America with respect to spectrum, data protection, privacy, cybersecurity and other issues. Mr. Kelly successfully represented ITS America in obtaining the landmark allocation of spectrum for dedicated short range communications (DSRC) in the 5.9 GHz band for vehicle to vehicle (V2V) and vehicle to infrastructure communications (V2I) and in securing a national assignment of the “511” dialing code for traveler information systems. He has represented traffic information providers, vehicular radar manufacturers, digital map makers, trade associations and others on a wide array of issues related to intelligent transportation, including standards development, risk management and competition. Mr. Kelly is a co-author of the law review article: “Defining a Stable, Protected and Secure Spectrum Environment for Autonomous Vehicles” published by the Santa Clara Law Review in 2012 (Vol. 52, Issue 4).

Mr. Kelly also represents wireless service providers and equipment manufacturers in matters relating to their spectrum holdings and utilization. He has served on the boards of publicly-traded and privately-held companies engaged in the provision of wireless communications services, products and operational support systems. Mr. Kelly is a columnist on ITS legal issues for Thinking Highways and a co-author of the Spectrum Regulation Handbook (Thompson Publishing Group 1994).

Roger Lanctot Associate Director in the Global Automotive Practice Strategy Analytics

Roger Lanctot is Associate Director in the Global Automotive Practice at Strategy Analytics, and is an advisor to the L.A. Auto Show Automobility forum, the International Telecommunications Union, and the World Wide Web Consortium. Roger draws on 25+ years' experience in the technology industry as an analyst, journalist and consultant. Roger is a graduate of Dartmouth College.

Ken Leonard Director U.S. Department of Transportation Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITSJPO)

Kenneth M. Leonard is the Director of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO). He is a member of Federal government's Senior Executive Service.

Mr. Leonard has over 30 years of federal government and private sector leadership experience providing solutions, innovation, and thought leadership in the areas of transportation, energy, investment, defense, environment, regulatory affairs, and information systems. Mr. Leonard is a recognized leader in the field of intelligent transportation systems. He brings a unique perspective and understanding of what must be accomplished to conduct research, develop capabilities and implement successful intelligent transportation strategies.

Prior to joining the ITS JPO, Mr. Leonard served as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Senior Policy Advisor and Director of the Office of Analysis, Research and Technology. In this capacity, he provided key executive leadership, policy direction, communication strategies, vision and direction in improving FMCSA's project effectiveness and efficiency.

Previously Mr. Leonard served as Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Director of Aviation Weather Office, led the FAA's Technology Development Office, and was manager of Investment Analysis. While at the FAA, he provided strategic direction, advancing cornerstone aviation enterprise systems, and emerging technologies in support of the USDOT's Next Generation Air Transportation Systems initiatives.

While serving in the private sector, Mr. Leonard provided management oversight of complex and innovative research, development, and deployment of various programs involving multibillion-dollar projects. Additionally, he developed strategies to improve standard business practices while reducing program cost risks.

Mr. Leonard is a graduate of the George Washington University School of Public and International Affairs, where he earned a bachelor's degree in international economics. Additionally, he has completed graduate-level studies in economics and finance. He is a member of the Project Management Institute.

John Maddox President and CEO American Center for Mobility

John Maddox is leading a start-up non-profit to create a national-scale Automated and Connected Transportation proving ground at Willow Run in Michigan, the heart of the US auto industry. He is responsible for all aspects of this activity, with a focus on accelerating the readiness and deployment of CAVs through education, advanced product development, testing, accelerated standards setting, and ultimately self-certification.

Mr. Maddox is also Assistant Director for the University of Michigan Mobility Transformation Center (MTC).

Mr. Maddox has had a wide variety of experience in the automotive research and safety, including having served as the Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety Research at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Before working at NHTSA, Mr. Maddox spent over five years with Volkswagen Group as their Compliance Officer. Prior to that, he spent fourteen years with Ford Motor Company as a senior research engineer.

Mike Mollenhauer Director Center for Technology Implementation, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Dr. Michael Mollenhauer is the Director of the Center for Technology Implementation and a 10 year veteran of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. He is a human factors engineer by training and has extensive experience conducting research and on automobile safety, driving simulation, connected and automated vehicle topics. His current responsibilities include helping transportation system operators evaluate and deploy early implementations of emerging connected and automated vehicle technologies. More recently, Mike has been instrumental in leading efforts to develop the Virginia Connected Corridor and the Virginia Automated Corridor in partnership with Virginia DOT. This work has included the deployment of V2I infrastructure, a cloud computing environment for connected vehicles, and a variety of mobile applications. He has also conducted numerous live demonstrations of both prototype and production automated vehicle systems to educate transportation officials about the current state of their capabilities. Mike will continue to support the Virginia DOT and other transportation system operators in their efforts to conduct early connected and automated vehicle implementations. Prior to his work with VTTI, Mike played leadership roles in several startup companies engaged in developing driver monitoring and driving simulation products.

Koji Nakao Research Executive Director Cybersecurity Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan

Koji Nakao received the B.E. degree of Mathematics from Waseda University, in Japan, in 1979. Since joining KDDI in 1979, Koji has been engaged in the research on communication protocol, and information security technology for telecommunications in KDDI laboratory. After 2003, Koji has moved to KDDI head office to construct and manage its security systems. In 2004, he has started to additionally work for NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology). In NICT, he has heavily involved in development of NICTER system from the beginning. His present positions are "adviser" for all the security issues required in KDDI and "Distinguished Researcher" to manage research activities for network security technologies in NICT.

Koji received the IPSJ Research Award in 1992, METI Ministry Award and KPMG Security Award in 2006, and Contribution Award (Japan ITU), NICT Research Award, Best Paper Award (JWIS) and MIC Bureau Award in 2007, the Commendation for Science and Technology award by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Prizes for Science and Technology: Research Category) in 2009, Lifetime Achievement Awards in ASIA-JCIS in 2012, Ministry Award (contributions for cyber security) from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2015. He is a member of IPJS and IEICE. Koji has also been a part-time instructor in Nagoya University and a guest professor of Yokohama National University.

Dr. Michael Pack Director Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory, University of Maryland

Michael L. Pack has formal training in information visualization, as a Systems Engineer, a Computer Scientist, an Instrumentation & Measurement Engineer, an artist, a human computer interface designer, Machine Vision (a.k.a. image processing,) database management systems, GIS, and significant experience in transportation operations, incident & emergency management, and other fields related to operations and serious gaming.

Mr. Pack currently serves as the Chair of the Visualization Committee of the National Academies of Sciences Transportation Research Board. He has written editorial articles for the IEEE Journal of Computer Graphics & Applications and Transportation Research Part C where he also serves as a guest editor.

Mr. Pack was honored at the White House in 2013 as a “Champion of Change” for his exemplary leadership in developing or implementing transportation technology solutions to enhance performance, reduce congestion, improve safety, and facilitate communications across the emergency management and transportation industries at the local, state, and national level. Mr. Pack is the 2007 winner of the Charley V. Wootan Award for outstanding paper in the field of policy and organization presented at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board. He is also the winner of the 2009 and 2013 Greg Herrington Award for Excellence in Visualization Research. Mr. Pack has been featured on the History Channel’s “Modern Marvels” television program, CNN, NPR, the Washington Post, CBS, and other national and international television, radio, web, and print media.

Mr. Pack is sought after internationally for his guidance on systems integration, transportation operations, and information visualization, and has provided research and consulting services to companies and agencies in Japan, Dubai, the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, Argentina, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and South Korea. He works closely with ITS America and other agencies on educating Congress and the Senate on pressing transportation issues and advancements. He routinely gives educational and inspirational talks to Colleges, Universities, and at private companies throughout the country. He teaches transportation Performance Measurement at the I-95 Corridor Coalition's Operations Academy, and serves on the Board and in Advisory Committees for various DOTs, MPOs, and private sector corporations.

Mr. Pack has previously worked at the Center for Transportation Analysis at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory under Patricia Hu, the University of Virginia's Smart Travel Laboratory under Brian L. Smith, and most recently as the Director of the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory (CATT Lab), and is a member of the multi-disciplinary Human Computer Interaction Laboratory—a partnership of the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies in the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences and the College of Information Studies. He also advises the Leadership of the I-95 Corridor Coalition, a 15-state alliance of transportation agencies, toll authorities, and public safety agencies from Maine to Florida including affiliate members in Canada.

John Peracchio Managing Member Peracchio & Company

John Peracchio provides strategic consulting services in the intelligent transportation systems (“ITS”) sector and automotive industry. Mr. Peracchio is active with the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (www.itsa.org), an association of public and private entities operating in the ITS and vehicle infrastructure integration space around the world. He is the current chair of the Investment and Technology Committee of ITS America and a former member of the Board of Directors of the World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems. He chaired the International Program Committee for the 2011 ITS World Congress with responsibility for organizing all technical, special, executive, and plenary sessions at this event. In January, 2007, Mr. Peracchio resigned his position as Senior Vice President, Business Administration and Legal Affairs of Harman/Becker Automotive Systems, a global business unit of Harman International Industries. Employed by Harman/Becker from 1997 to 2007, Mr. Peracchio held a number of senior operating, executive positions and finally had worldwide responsibility for business administration, legal affairs, human resources, facilities, health, and safety. Mr. Peracchio also acted as designated business leader in the negotiation of technology licenses, strategic alliances, joint ventures, and acquisitions.

Mr. Peracchio received his Juris Doctor degree in 1985 from Columbia University School of Law in New York City. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in 1982 from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he concentrated in economics and history and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Peracchio is a member of the New York and Michigan bars and an associate member of the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Scott Perley Vice President Performance Analytics, Iteris, Inc.

Scott Perley is the Vice President of Performance Analytics at Iteris, Inc. Iteris is the global leader in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture. We turn big data into big breakthrough solutions by equipping our customers with contextually relevant, science-backed insights to make transportation safer and more efficient, and agriculture sustainable and more productive. The Iteris’ iPeMS Suite that Scott and his team manage consolidates agency and privately owned data for many modes, and provides visualizations and data analysis tools to help planners and engineers track and measure transportation and roadway performance so that they can efficiently work to improve safety and mobility.

Scott has over 25 years of policy, urban planning and software management experience for the public and private sectors. He started his career in the United States Senate and worked for 12 years at NAVTEQ/Nokia/HERE. He received a Master’s in Urban Planning from UCLA and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Scott is a native of Ohio and now calls Philadelphia, PA home.

Jack Pokrzywa Director Ground Vehicle Standards, SAE International; USTAG Chair, ISO TC22

He is responsible for the overall performance of the SAE Ground Vehicle Standards global program, including new business development, international standards harmonization, and liaison with other standards development organizations. In his responsibility for managing SAE Ground Vehicle Standards, he interacts regularly with trade associations, government agencies, national, regional and international standards developing organizations, and inspection authorities.

As ISO TC22 “Road Vehicles” USTAG Chairperson he is responsible for ensuring that US position is effectively represented at the ISO process. Prior to joining SAE, Pokrzywa worked at the Automotive Industry Action Group, where he managed computer design, simulation and engineering data projects for automotive OEMs and major suppliers.

Before joining AIAG, Jack held several marketing, sales and management positions in Germany and the UK with Octal GmbH, a computer software developer based in Silicon Valley, where he was responsible for initial start-up, daily operation and business development in the European market.

Prior to that, he held various engineering positions with Lamb Technicon Corp. on advanced automation projects. An M.A. graduate of Warsaw’s Catholic University, and Warsaw’s Technical Institute with engineering certificate, Pokrzywa is member of ANSI/ISO Council.

Tom Schaffnit Operations Research Analyst Technology and Innovation Policy

Tom Schaffnit is an Operations Research Analyst (Expert) in the Technology Innovation and Policy Division at the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, United States Department of Transportation. He previously worked with automobile OEMs on cooperative vehicle-to-vehicle safety applications and technologies for over 12 years. He served as president of the VII Consortium - a consortium of ten major automobile manufacturers. Tom also worked with the Vehicle Safety Communications 5 consortium on developing a prototype security system for connected vehicles. In addition, he provided policy and technical support to the Association of Global Automakers. Tom has an engineering education and background, complemented by an MBA degree and senior management experience. He is an internationally-recognized expert in communications technologies, and has over thirty years of widely-ranging related experience - from project management of major research projects and development of technical standards, to bringing new wireless telematics services to market.

Dick Schnacke Vice President TransCore; Chair, ISO TC204

Dick Schnacke has had an interesting and varied career in transportation. With a degree in Aerospace Engineering, he spent almost 20 years with the military aircraft division of General Dynamics, largely as Chief of Advanced Technologies. Following that, he became Overall Program Manager for the design and construction of a new class of warships for the US Navy. He then joined TransCore (23 years ago) and has been its Vice President for many years. Dick has been involved in ITS standards for almost two decades, largely through ISO TC204. For many years he served as Head of the USA delegation to TC204 but was confirmed several years ago as the international Chairman of this standards body. In this role, he oversees the broad work program of TC204 and manages the relationships between TC204 and a large number of associated organizations.

Bryan Schromsky Director Federal Government and Public Safety, Verizon Wireless

Mr. Bryan W. Schromsky, Director of Federal Government & Public Safety for Verizon Wireless, Leads a team of Connected Solutions Managers to support the mission of the federal civilian public safety agency community. His team leads development, architecture and support of machine to machine and IOT solutions from the source device, network connectivity and secure cloud storage as well as continuous security monitoring for all data created.

Bryan has been with Verizon Wireless for more than 16 years and has held various engineering, marketing, and project management positions. During his tenure, he has worked closely with Federal, State, and local government agencies in designing and implementing public safety voice and data networks using Cellular Digital Package Data, Code Division Multiple Access and Long Term Evolution wireless data technologies. Mr. Schromsky is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and the FBI Citizens Academy.

Mr. Schromsky has served on various government mobility panels to provide assistance and guidance to their mission and these panels include the FBI Information Technology Study Group, NOBLE, HAPCOA, National Sheriffs Association, and IACP mobility committees. Bryan currently serves on the US Department of Transportation ITS Program Advisory Committee.

Steve Schwinke Director Advanced Development and Concepts, General Motors

Steve Schwinke is currently the director of advanced development and concepts for GM’s Global Connected Consumer Experience business unit. In this role, Schwinke leads a team of vehicle engineers, developers and data scientists tasked with harnessing the power of the connected vehicle. His team utilizes data from the vehicle in numerous ways including quality improvements, predictive analytics and customer facing services. Additionally, his team is responsible for the platform enabling over the air delivery of software to millions of GM vehicles. Recently he has been active in providing solutions for the connected Autonomous Vehicle.

Previously Schwinke was the director of the developer ecosystem and application development responsible for creating an environment within GM vehicles that allowed developers to work with GM in a secure and controlled manner to design, test and deliver the most relevant, customizable and seamlessly integrated automotive apps. He was also in charge of defining a full certification process and business model for applications and for GM’s internal application delivery, such as OnStar’s RemoteLink mobile app.

Schwinke has been with OnStar for more than 19 years, where he has led various teams of engineers and developers that invented, designed and piloted many of the industry’s first telematics services.

Prior to joining OnStar, Schwinke worked at Ford Motor Company and GTE Government Systems in Mountain View, Calif. During that time, he designed a variety of wireless communication subsystems and components. Schwinke received a bachelor’s degree in wireless communication from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and his master’s degree in electrical engineering with an emphasis in radio frequency and microwave communication systems from Santa Clara University. He holds 23 patents in the area of Telematics and serves on TIA’s CTO Council.

T. Russell Shields Chair Ygomi LLC

Russ Shields is Chair of Ygomi LLC, which builds and operates companies that deliver innovative software and technology based services. Businesses that Mr Shields has founded and/or led include Shields Enterprises International, Cellular Business Systems, Inc. (later Convergys), Navigation Technologies (later Navteq, now Nokia Here), and the current Ygomi companies – SEI, Connexis, and ArrayComm.

Mr. Shields is a Board Member of the ITS World Congress, founding Board Member of ITS America, former Chair of the TRB Communications Committee, former Convener of ISO/TC204/WG16, and Co Chair of the ITU Collaboration on ITS Communications Standards. He is also a member of the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory Board, a Presidential advisory committee.

Mr. Shields received the 1998 SAE Delco Electronics ITS Award, was named an SAE Fellow in 2007, was inducted into the inaugural class of ITS America’s Hall of Fame in 2008, and was named the inaugural U.S. member of the ITS World Congress Hall of Fame in 2010.

In 2008, to recognize his 45 year track record of creating and developing businesses that define new industries, the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business awarded him the Distinguished Alumni Award in Entrepreneurship. In 2013, the Hotchkiss School awarded Mr. Shields its Alumni Award.

Gary Smyth Executive Director of Global Research and Development General Motors

Dr. J. Gary Smyth is Executive Director of Global Research and Development at General Motors Company.

Smyth began his career with GM in 1989 as a senior project engineer with GM Advanced Product Engineering in Warren, Michigan. He has held numerous positions in the Advanced Powertrain organization and was named Engineering Director, Advanced Propulsion System Controls in 1999, with responsibilities including advanced diesel and advanced emission development. In September 2004, he transferred to GM R&D as Director, Powertrain Systems Research Lab, where his responsibilities included directing all research and development globally for conventional and hybridized propulsion systems. In June 2010, Gary was promoted to Executive Director, North American Science Labs, GM Global Research and Development.

A native of Northern Ireland, Smyth attended The Queen’s University of Belfast (QUB). He studied Mechanical Engineering and received a B.Sc. in 1985 and a PhD in 1991. He is an active member of SAE International, and was a founding member of the Executive Leadership Team for the SAE North American International Powertrain Conference (NAIPC).

David Sparks Senior Research Scientist Transportation Operations Group, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

David Sparks, is a senior research scientist with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, helping lead activities involving connected and automated vehicles and related transportation infrastructure technology. He currently participates on the TIA’s TR-48 Vehicular Telematics standards committee, is a member of Infragard, and has extensive leadership experience in the transportation industry, most notably as Executive Vice President, Managing Director and as a co-founder of TransCore where he was responsible for the company’s worldwide intelligent transportation systems business. Dave previously served as a Board Member, Executive Committee Member and Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), the leading advocate for the multi-billion dollar market for deployment of technology solutions to improve the nation’s surface transportation network.

Dave is also the Vice-Chairman of the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority (WIA), an instrumentality of the State of Wyoming. The WIA is charged with diversifying and expanding the state’s economy by adding value to Wyoming’s energy resources and infrastructure for the benefit of Wyoming and the region. The Authority has $1 billion in bonding authority to finance transmission and generation infrastructure, and is the lead agency for the Wyoming Integrated Test Center, one of the host test locations for the Carbon XPrize.

Kirk T. Steudle, P.E. Director Michigan Department of Transportation

Kirk T. Steudle, Director of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) since 2006, oversees MDOT’s over four billion dollar budget, and is responsible for the construction, maintenance, and operation of nearly 10,000 miles of state highways and more than 4,000 state highway bridges at a department with 2,500 employees. He also oversees administration of a variety of multi-modal transportation programs and projects that range from Aviation to the Zilwaukee Bridge.

Steudle is a national leader in the development of Connected Vehicle Technologies, and was the 2014-2015 Chair for the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) Board of Directors. He also is a member of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program Advisory Committee to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Steudle is a Past President of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and a 2014 member of the National Research Council Government Board for the National Academy of Science. He was also the 2014 Chair of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Committee, and chaired the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Oversight Committee for TRB. He is the Chair of the SHRP 2 Implementation Committee and is also a member of numerous NCHRP panels and the Asset Management Committee.

Mr. Steudle is a graduate of Lawrence Technological University, where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Construction Engineering, serves on the College of Engineering Advisory Board and he was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2012.

Timothy Tobin Partner Hogan Lovells

Tim Tobin has focused his attention on privacy, data security and cybersecurity law since the beginning of his legal career 15 years ago. Whether in the areas of marketing and advertising, contracting, the development of new products and technologies, cross-border data transfers, or within the workplace, he helps companies understand their obligations to protect data and how they can lawfully collect, use and share personal and other information consistent with business objectives.

Tim has focused significantly on new technologies and developments, including counseling companies in the online advertising ecosystem, on the Internet of Things and on responsible uses of “Big Data.” Tim played a significant role in advising the auto industry in the development of its groundbreaking “Privacy Principles for Vehicle Technologies and Services.” Tim also regularly counsels a number of automotive OEMs on privacy and cybersecurity issues.

Tim has also helped numerous companies with incident response preparedness plans and exercises, and has counseled companies companies on hundreds of data breaches, large and small, over the last 10 years. In addition to being heavily involved in the automotive space, Tim provides all of these services across a broad array of industry sectors that includes financial services, defense, education, retail, technology, media and entertainment.

Geoffrey Waters Senior Principal Engineer NXP Semiconductors

Since his 1997 initiation to semiconductors with Motorola Semiconductor, Geoff Waters has held a variety of business and technical roles in Freescale and now NXP Semiconductor. Geoff currently serves as a systems engineer in NXP’s Digital Networking Group, based in Austin, TX. Initially focused on security acceleration technologies, Geoff now covers high-end multi-core products and trusted computing topics. Prior to switching to semiconductors, Geoff was a contractor to the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency. He is a graduate of the University of Houston Honors Program.