Vehicle Connectivity Workshop - Speakers

John Bozzella, a veteran auto industry executive, is the new president and CEO of Global Automakers, effective April 1, 2014. Since 2009, he served as a Senior Operating Executive for Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC, where he worked with the firm and its portfolio companies on a range of public policy and economic development matters.

John served as Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Public Policy at Chrysler Group in 2009, and Vice President of External Affairs and Public Policy for Chrysler LLC from 2007 to 2009. In this capacity, he mobilized government support to significantly restructure Chrysler.

At Chrysler, John worked closely with the federal government and other automakers on a substantial advanced technology vehicle loan program and on the development of new fuel economy standards. In addition, he worked with state governments to gain funding for restructuring, training and development.

From 2005 to 2007, John spent two years with DaimlerChrysler Corporation as Vice President of External Affairs and Public Policy for the Americas. John was with Ford Motor Company from 1994 to 2005 in positions in public policy, and government and community relations, and labor relations.

Prior to joining the automotive industry, John served as New York City's director of state legislative affairs under Mayor David N. Dinkins. He began his career in public policy as the Director of Legislative and Political Action for the United Federation of Teachers. John is a graduate of Cornell University.

Mary L. Brown is Senior Director for Technology and Spectrum Policy in Cisco’s Washington DC Government Affairs office where she covers a wide range of public policy issues. She leads Cisco’s global public policy agenda for wireless technologies and spectrum policy.

During her career, she has worked as a consultant, as in-house regulatory counsel for a major carrier, and for approximately 10 years as a staff lawyer and manager at the Federal Communications Commission. She has been with Cisco for 10 years. In addition to telecommunications issues, she has substantial experience in Internet law and policy.

Ms. Brown holds a J.D. with honors from the Syracuse College of Law, and a Master of Science in Telecommunications from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Mike Cammisa is the Senior Director of Safety for the Association of Global Automakers. In that role, Mike provides information and analysis to Global Automakers’ members on legislative and regulatory activities affecting vehicle safety.

As automotive technology has evolved, Mike’s portfolio of issues has expanded from traditional crashworthiness and driver behavioral issues to include advanced crash avoidance technology, automated vehicles, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, and cybersecurity. Mike served as an industry liaison member of the Transportation Research Board’s Strategic Highway Research Program Safety Technical Coordinating Committee, which provided guidance to a large-scale Naturalistic Driving Study, and was a steering committee member for the Air Bag and Seat Belt Safety Campaign. Mike has also served on several committees of the Society of Automotive Engineers including the Vehicle Event Data Recorder and Vehicle Sound for Pedestrians technical committees.

Prior to joining Global Automakers in 2000, Mike worked as a research analyst with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, where he authored research papers on topics including the performance of frontal air bags, seat belt use rates, and passive alcohol sensors. Mike earned his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia, an M.B.A. from the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at the University of North Carolina, and a Masters of Public Policy from Georgetown University.

Dan Collins is vice president and general manager of Urban Insights Associates. Urban Insights provides urban systems and transportation-specific consulting, services and technology that merge domain and technical expertise to empower transportation organizations to gather data, comprehend insights and act on them. Dan joined Urban Insights from IBM, which brought together resources in global consulting, software group products and lab services to address Smart City solutions. Dan was focused on bringing business analytics, big data and cognitive computing products and solutions to the public sector. Prior to IBM, he was the Deputy Commissioner of Information Services at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and held various public works positions in New York City government. Collins was also a data analyst at the National Transportation Systems Center – now Volpe – in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He holds a master’s degree in city and regional planning from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in international affairs from Widener University.

Brian Cronin is the Team Leader, ITS Research in the USDOT, ITS Joint Program Office. Brian leads the team that manages projects implementing the Department’s research agenda. Brian is a professional engineer and has worked in the area of transportation and intelligent transportation systems for 20 years. Brian first worked in a consulting company where he planned and designed traffic management control systems for the public sector. Brian worked at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for 7 years prior to joining the ITS Joint Program Office in 2005. Brian currently co-manages the Integrated Corridor Management ITS initiative, and is coordinating the ITS suite of research programs focused on Connected Vehicles. Brian has a BS in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a MS in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M.

Masashi Eto received LL.B degree from Keio University in 1999, received the M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) in 2003, 2005, respectively.

From 1999 to 2003, he was a system engineer at Nihon Unisys, Ltd., Japan. He is currently a senior researcher at National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan. His research interests include network monitoring, intrusion detection, malware analysis and auto-configuration of the Internetworking. He received the best paper award at the 2007 Symposium on Cryptography and Information Security (SCIS 2007), and the commendation for science and technology by the minister of MEXT, Japan, in 2009.

Dr. Cem Hatipoglu has been serving as the Chief of the Electronic Systems Safety Research Division at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since 2014. In this role, he provides leadership in Agency’s electronic system reliability, automotive cybersecurity and vehicle automation research programs.

Dr. Hatipoglu joined NHTSA following a 3-year tenure at the Office of Analysis, Research and Technology at Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, where he led research, technology deployment and rulemaking activities related to various top agency priorities.

In addition 5-year Federal service, Dr. Hatipoglu has 5-years of business and technical consulting and 8-years of vehicular electronics R&D experience. Dr. Hatipoglu holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH with specialization in Control Systems and an MBA degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH with specializations in Operations Management and Finance.

Robert B. Kelly leads the global Communications practice group of the international law firm of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP. He has over thirty years of experience in telecommunications, media and technology law. Since 2004, Mr. Kelly has served as the General Counsel of the 800 MHz Transition Administrator which has been appointed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to administer the reconfiguration of the 800 MHz band. Mr. Kelly represented ITS America in successfully seeking a landmark allocation of spectrum for the introduction of dedicated short range communications (DSRC) for vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to roadside communications in the U.S. Mr. Kelly also represents wireless service providers and equipment manufacturers in matters relating to spectrum policy, allocation and assignment and advises publicly traded and privately held clients with respect to their spectrum holdings. He is a columnist on legal issues for Thinking Highways and a co-author of the Spectrum Regulation Handbook (Thompson Publishing Group 1994).

Harry Lightsey was appointed Executive Director – Global Connected Customer Experience in the Global Public Policy organization in April 2013. Harry joined GM in March of 2012 as Director, Federal Affairs - OnStar, Infotainment and Strategy Development. Subsequently, Harry also led the Federal Affairs team. He retired from AT&T in 2009 after serving as President of Southeast Region and as its Senior Vice President of Legislative and External Affairs. Harry also served as State President South Carolina of BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.

Harry’s career in the telecom industry spanned over 26 years, including holding a variety of positions in the external affairs and legal organizations at BellSouth. He began his telecommunications career in 1982 when he joined Southwestern Bell.

He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He was named co-chair of the Economic Development Transition Task Force by South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges. He was a founding member of the board of City Year-Columbia, a youth service organization, and has participated in numerous other charitable organizations.

In 2002, he received the Order of the Palmetto, the South Carolina’s highest recognition for his achievements in leading the ground breaking effort to establish leading research and development programs in higher education. He has also served on the Princeton National Alumni Executive Board and on the Board of Trustees of the College of Charleston.

He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1978, majoring in Japanese Studies. He graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1981.

Yushi Naito is a Senior Technical Adviser at Information Technology R & D Center, of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation since April 2006. He joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in 1975 starting his carrier in the research and development of Satellite Communication Systems, and extended his area to Speech Coding and Network Signal Processing Technologies.

His ITU-T experience started in 1990 in SG15, taking Rapporteurships for Network Signal Processing and Speech Coding Questions in SG15 and SG16 from 1992 to 2008. After serving as the Working Party 2 chairman of SG15 and the Vice-chairman / Working Party 1 chairman of SG16, he has been appointed as the SG16 Chairman since 2009.

He participated in Focus Group activities in ITU-T on IPTV and on From/In/To/Car Communication as SG16 liaison officer. He has been appointed as the co-chairman of Collaboration on ITS Communication Standards (CTS) since its establishment in 2011.

Mr. Najarian has been involved with ITU-R activities dating back to 1985.

Mr. Najarian began his professional career in 1985 as a systems analyst for the Air Force and the Department of Defense on satellite communications networks. His first interaction with the ITU was to analyze the impact of WARC-85 on the U.S. geostationary satellites; and has remained regularly active in domestic preparations for the ITU-R, the WARCs and the WRCs. By 1992, his career gradually transferred to Land Mobile communications, including VLF/LF propagation.

From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Najarian was a technical and operational analyst as part of the UN Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) inspection teams. This activity provided a broader exposure to UN activities, including the IAEA and UNDP.

Since 1995, Mr. Najarian has been a regular participant in ITU-R activities and the WRCs, but mainly in Study Group 5 (formerly SG 8 as well as the activities of the JRG 8A-9B), as well as a number of activities in the ITU-T related to the collaboration among standards organizations including the Fully Networked Car.

From 1996 to 2006, his career has progressed as Director, Telecommunications and Standards for the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS) as a federal advisory body to the U.S. Department of Transportation. This was followed by the National Telecommunication and Information Administration, from 2006 to 2009; and at the U.S. State Department since 2009.

Mr. Najarian has authored many technical and regulatory papers on ITS radiocommunications, public safety, and land mobile communications. In 1998 and 1999, he served as President of the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC), which groups more than 22 organizations representing the frequency managers, manufacturers, systems integrators, and end-users of land mobile and public safety communications, before the FCC.

Mr. Najarian holds a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia, as well as a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the George Washington University (in Washington, DC) with a specialization in Finance and the Management of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Mr. Ray Resendes serves as the executive director of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) National Capital Region operation. This operation includes the Northern Virginia testing area of the Virginia Connected Corridors and other research areas related to connected vehicles and roads, such as intersection management and communications between emergency vehicles.

Prior to joining VTTI, Mr. Resendes planned, organized, and directed U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) research related to advanced vehicle safety technologies designed to prevent crashes. He created the program for connected-vehicle safety, which focuses on vehicle-to-vehicle safety communications, and the human factors for connected-vehicle program, which addresses the human-vehicle performance issues for all connected-vehicle applications.

Mr. Resendes previously served as the intelligent vehicle initiative program manager with the Federal Highway Administration. He also managed the test and evaluation programs for unmanned ground vehicle systems at the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command. He has been active in both the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB). He has served as a member of the SAE Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program Committee and as Secretary of the TRB Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation.

Mr. Resendes has received numerous honors and awards, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator's Award for Leadership and the NHTSA Administrator's Award for Superior Accomplishment. He also received the Secretary's Team Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions in developing the ONE DOT IVI Program and the NHTSA Administrator's Award for outstanding leadership in management of the NHTSA ITS Initiatives.

Mr. Resendes received a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Buffalo in 1987 and an M.S. in administration from Central Michigan University in 1990.

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.

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 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 $48 billion US market for deployment of technology solutions to improve the nation’s surface transportation network.

Jeff Stewart develops public policy positions and coordinates policy support for a wide range of issues affecting the wireless business at federal, state, and local levels, including network management and net neutrality, policies affecting AT&T’s connected car business and the Internet of Things, and new mobile applications and services. He regularly advises his business unit counterparts and leadership on legislative and regulatory issues that impact product and strategy development. Prior to this role, Jeff held positions in product marketing and operations.

Jeff earned an MBA with a concentration in Innovation and Strategy from Georgia Tech’s College of Management, and obtained his BA at the University of Chicago.

Dr. Sweatman served as UMTRI's director from 2005 to 2015. He retains an appointment within UMTRI as a research scientist and currently serves as the director of the Michigan Mobility Transformation Center.

Dr. Sweatman is working to create new research and policy capabilities to address the broader challenges of safety, mobility, energy and greenhouse emissions; he is also helping to develop new research fields assisting the transition from todays automotive industry to the transportation industries of the future. Dr. Sweatmans current research interests include intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and vehicle electrification. In January 2010 Dr. Sweatman was appointed by Transportation Secretary LaHood to the U.S. Department of Transportations ITS Advisory Committee. Dr. Sweatman currently serves on the ITS America Board of Directors and chairs the ITS America Safety Forum. He is a past president of ITS Michigan. He serves on the SAE Truck and Bus Council, and as editor of the International Journal of Commercial Vehicles. In 2006, he served on the National Academies Review of USDOT Strategic Plan for Transportation Research and Technology. He is a past member of the Ford Global Citizenship Review Committee.

Dr. Sweatman is an international leader in the scientific field of heavy-vehicle-infrastructure interaction. He is a strong advocate for performance-based standards (PBS) as an improved method for regulating heavy vehicles. His work has been influential in developing truck size and weight evaluation tools for the Federal Highway Administration and the world's first comprehensive PBS regulatory regime for Australia. He chaired the landmark DIVINE study of vehicle-infrastructure interaction for the Organization for Economic cooperation and Development (OECD) and is a past president of the International Forum for Road Transport Technology.

Alice Tornquist is vice president of government affairs for Qualcomm, Inc. in Washington DC. In this capacity, Ms. Tornquist manages Qualcomm's domestic public policy agenda and its relationships with government entities and related organizations at the federal level. Key areas include telecommunications, transportation, taxation, workforce and education issues.

Prior to joining Qualcomm, Tornquist was a professional staff member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Ms. Tornquist also served at the U.S. Office of Management Budget, and as an account manager at Time Warner, Inc., in New York City.

Tornquist holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, and a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University in New York City.