Building Better with Brandon Bartneck

Bob Chiaravalli has served as VP of Human Resources and Chief Labor Counsel with large automotive organizations, and has spent the past two decades as President of his consulting company, Strategy Labor and Human Resources. This discussion certainly comes from a different angle than the other ones I've had so far, and it's one that I particularly enjoyed. We covered a lot of ground, including topi...

Chris Borroni-Bird has experience as Chief Engineer of Future Programs at Waymo, VP of Strategy at Qualcomm, Director of Advanced Technology Concepts at GM, and lead for Chrysler's fuel cell development. He now spends much of his time focused on a mobility solution for underserved areas, called Afreecar. Chris and I talk at length about his Afreecar project, the skateboard platform for electric ve...

Brian Van Batavia is the Technical Director at Bollinger Motors, an exciting start-up developing all-electric trucks and utility vehicles. Before joining Bollinger Motors, Brian had various engineering positions with companies such as MTS Systems, Eaton, and Polaris. Brian and I talk about the importance of his electronics and systems engineering background, the unique he brings to systems enginee...

Chris Cowland has had several exciting roles throughout his career, and is best known for his time with Chrysler, which then became FCA, where he most recently served as Director of Advanced and SRT Powertrain, overseeing the development of dynamic projects such as the Apache, Viper, Hellcat, and Demon engines. Chris now provides valuable powertrain engineering consulting through C Squared Enginee...

The Dutch are the best in the world at using cycling for everyday transportation. In this episode, Chris Bruntlett discusses the benefits of the way the Dutch move around, the ways in which other cities can learn from the Dutch, and the various roadblocks we need to overcome before cycling, and other forms of micro-mobility, can take hold in cities around the world. Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin M...