On The Move

AMISHA VADALIA VP of Operations and Program Management, PlusAI As the Vice President of Operations and Program Management at PlusAI, Amisha helped build and now oversees industry-leading operations and program management, safety processes, trainings, and pilot programs that pave the way for the safe commercial rollout of PlusAI’s autonomous driving solutions. The operations team under Amisha’s lea...

Elizabeth Krear is President and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), bringing more than three decades of experience in engineering, product development, and strategic leadership across the global automotive industry. She is widely recognized for guiding organizations through periods of transformational change, particularly in the evolution toward electrified, connected, and autonomous...

Dr. Frankie James is an automotive industry and innovation consultant providing expertise and insights into the state of the mobility industry and helping clients partner to achieve their goals. Her consultancy, FJ Mobility Innovation, is particularly focused on helping large corporations and startups work together by bridging the gap between their unique needs and approaches and improving user ex...

Lauren Harper is the Chief of Staff at Kodiak Robotics, a leader in autonomous trucking technology. She holds a BBA in Finance with a specialization in Alternative Assets from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. Raised in a trucking family, Lauren developed an early appreciation for the challenges of the transportation industry. She began her career in fina...

Berveleen Mashonga , is an R&D Product & Strategy Manager, driving innovation in automotive technologies including in‑cabin systems, V2X communication, and ADAS/AD solutions. Recognized for her industry leadership and advocacy for diversity in STEM, she serves on the AutoSens Advisory Board and is a frequent speaker at global automotive conferences. She is the founder of Women in Automotiv...

Road trip, anyone? As AI takes the wheel, our vehicles are learning and adapting to their surroundings. Cars are evolving into data-gathering machines but at what cost? Are we heading towards secure connectivity and personalized mobility, or socially segregated and congested cities under data surveillance? This panel of influential experts will explore advancements in AI, cybersecurity within the...

Meet Shivani Mouleeswaran and Ritika Shrivastava, the powerhouse duo behind Ember Robotics , the Y Combinator-backed startup making robot diagnostics smarter, faster, and way less painful. Before teaming up, Shivani was building computer vision systems at Simbe Robotics, engineering Autopilot at Tesla, and even interning at NASA. Ritika also spent time at Tesla’s Autopilot team, taught robotics at...

Tara Andringa is the Executive Director of PAVE and has over 25 years of experience in communications, outreach, public policy, and automotive policy. At PAVE, she leads all operations of the organization, including curriculum development, strategic planning, messaging and mission alignment, personnel management, stakeholder relationships, budgeting, external outreach, and collaboration with the B...

Erin Relford is an engineer, creative writer and producer with a career spanning 20 years at the intersection of Tech and Entertainment. She's run several successful programs at The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros., 21st Century Fox, and Mattel, Inc.  Currently a Privacy Engineer at Google, Erin's focuses on emerging products in Robotics, Health, and AI and is passionate about advocatin...

Jennifer Tisdale (@NextJenMobility)  is the CEO at GRIMM , a cyber research firm headquartered in Michigan. Jennifer is a cyber-economics strategist recognized for building cybersecurity strategies and programs for industry, government, and academia. Her expertise has been concentrated on the security of connected, Cyber-Physical Systems, and technologies, and her portfolio includes expertise in I...

CEO of ChargerHelp Kameale Terry was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. The daughter of Belizean immigrants Kameale has always had a focus on environmental sustainability and community engagement. With over a decade of experience in CleanTech, Kameale formed ChargerHelp! with her co-founder Evette Ellis to create a reliable Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. The CleanTech company...

Michelle Avary - VP Product Strategy & Government Affairs, North America, Einride As a leader in automotive technologies, Avary has been at the forefront of revolutionizing the mobility space and has devoted her career in establishing better infrastructures for automotive, autonomous, IoT, and connectivity platforms. She is passionate about improving safety and decarbonizing mobility. A key me...

Sonya Shorey is a World Economic Fellow, Vice President of Strategy, Marketing, and Communications for Invest Ottawa, Bayview Yards, and Area X.O; the Co-Founder, Executive, and Director of the Board of SheBoot, a national non-profit corporation dedicated to helping women tech founders acquire investment to scale and succeed; and a strategy executive and management consultant with more than 24 yea...

Estephania, a first-generation American, possesses a natural talent for fostering startups. Her portfolio includes successfully building global startup teams in prominent cities such as Seoul, Tokyo, Munich, Stockholm, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Tel Aviv, and across the United States.  She has a track record scaling startup teams, from the early stages of pre-seed funding to the more advanced stages li...

Regina received her BA in International Affairs from George Washington University. She then went on to receive both her MBA and Masters in Public Policy from Georgetown University.   After completing graduate school in 2004, Regina spent four years working on Media Mergers & Acquisitions at Goldman Sachs in Los Angeles.  She joined Morgan Stanley in 2009 and now sits in the Chicago office as a...

Sandra Roksić is a systems engineer on the high voltage battery team at Lucid Motors with experience in designing and validating automotive systems. Her career has been focused on emerging automotive technologies such as infotainment systems, autonomous vehicles, and most recently electrification.  Her current role is centered around: optimizing the charging experience, electric vehicle serviceabi...

Annie started her career in UX and Machine Learning at Robert Bosch's Silicon Valley research center. During this time at Bosch Annie also moonlighted on the weekends as Team Leader of Team AnnieWay for DARPA Urban Challenge 2007, where AnnieWay was an “underdog” team with very little money, manpower, resources and time, and against all odds, successfully qualified as a Finalist for the DARPA...

Tilly Chang is the Executive Director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority which plans, funds, and delivers improvements for San Francisco’s multi-operator transportation system. She developed San Francisco’s 30-year transportation investment blueprint known as the San Francisco Transportation Plan.  She is Chair of the Self-Help Counties Coalition, Vice-Chair of the Transbay Joint...

Selika Josiah Talbott is a leading industry voice for the adoption of New Mobility: Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric vehicles. The Founder of Autonomous Vehicle Consulting, LLC and Solutions 4 New Mobility Education, LLC., she provides strategic advice to companies and organizations in the mobility space and educational materials for youth and adults on new mobility.  She is an Adjunct P...

Amy Jones Satrom is Head of Operations at Nuro, where she oversees on-road operations, software quality and mapping operations, and operations product. She leads teams across the US, most notably in Houston, TX, Scottsdale, AZ, Los Angeles, and Mountain View, CA. Prior to joining Nuro, Amy led operations at 23andMe where she was responsible for overseeing supply chain, lab operations, logistics, a...

Tune in to get to know Imogen Pierce.   She was Head of City Engagement and Integration at Arrival where she worked with cities to develop their mobility solutions. Before Arrival, Imogen worked as an aerodynamicist at Jaguar Land Rover. Since we spoke to Imogen she has become an ambassador for sustainable transportation at Fully Charged the largest Clean Energy & Electric Vehicle consumer cha...

Tune in to our discussion with Sohaila Ouffata, Director of Platform, BMW iVentures.  She is the ultimate Tech-Evangelista and a passionate tech Venture Capital investor. She believes in the long-term opportunities through backing purpose-driven tech startups tackling the biggest problems in the transportation industry. Sohaila is also the founder of The African Tech Vision. 

Hannah Kain is President, Founder, and CEO of Alom, a global supply chain company supporting its Fortune 500 customers in the technology, automotive, medical, financial, and energy sectors. Hannah was born in Denmark. In addition to a business and political career, she taught at Copenhagen Business School and Hannah holds three university degrees. Hannah is a board member of the National Associati...

Our guest today is Beth Hill, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Head of Privacy at FordDirect. Beth’s experience in technology, privacy, and cybersecurity, law and policy focuses on how data continues to transform the automotive industry and consumer experience. Prior to joining FordDirect Beth was Senior Counsel and Enterprise Privacy Counsel for Chrysler Group/FCA. 

 Listen to  Laura Merling from Google talk about innovation, transformation and convergence of trends and industries within the broadly understood transportation space.  Laura is currently responsible for all things automotive at Google Cloud. In the past, Laura has held roles in sales, marketing, business development, and product management at Fortune 500 companies and start-ups including Ford, A...