The Road to Autonomy

Prashanthi Raman , Senior Director, Global Government Affairs,  Cruise  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss deploying sustainable autonomous vehicles. The conversation begins with Prashanthi discussing why she wants to make the world a better place and what she learned from her mother. To [my mother] honor, reputation, people being able to trust y...

Abhijit Ganguly , Managing Director,  Goodyear Ventures  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss Goodyear’s continuous commitment to innovation. The conversation begins with Abhijit discussing Goodyear’s continuous commitment to innovation since 1898. We have a rich history and proven track record of innovating in the mobility space. – Abhijit Ganguly...

Cameron Gieda , Director of Business Development,  Spartan Radar  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why 4D radar is a brave new world. The conversation begins with Grayson and Cameron talking about surfing, sharks, and the impact Jaws had on society. The movie and the music make you think twice before getting in the water now. Learning to kinda...

Mike Stankard , Managing Director, Automotive Practice,  Aon  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss insuring autonomous vehicles. The conversation begins with Mike sharing his thoughts on the current state of the insurance market for autonomous vehicles. Overall, it’s pretty healthy. – Mike Stankard The right insurance policy for autonomous veh...

Ian Kinne , Director, Logistics Innovation,  Hillwood  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss AllianceTexas and the Mobility Innovation Zone. The conversation begins with Ian describing the vision behind Hillwood’s  AllianceTexas  development, a 27,000-acre development that has generated $92 billion in economic impact and created over 63,00...

Bert Kaufman , Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs,  Zoox  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss big dreams, big ideas, and the role that policy plays in the future of autonomous vehicles. The conversation begins with Bert discussing his experience serving as a Senior Advisor in Secretary Penny Pritzker’s Office of Business Liaison inside...

Danny Shapiro , Vice President, Automotive,  NVIDIA  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why NVIDIA is the platform for enabling autonomy. The conversation begins with Grayson and Danny discussing how NVIDIA developed the platform for autonomous vehicles and why NVIDIA first entered the automotive market. We’ve created an open platform....

Lee Redden , Chief Scientist & Co-Founder  Blue River Technology  and Chief Scientist of the Intelligent Solutions Group at  John Deere  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss how See & Spray can help farmers optimize farms. The conversation begins with talking about growing up in Nebraska and how having a shop at the back of his ho...

Alan Ohnsman , Senior Editor,  Forbes  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the public mobility markets. From SPACs to Tesla to traditional IPOs, Grayson and Alan discuss the current state of the public mobility markets, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and autonomous trucking. The conversation begins with Alan and Grayson discussing the cur...

Alex Roy , Director of Special Operations  Argo AI , Host of The No Parking and Autonocast Podcasts, Editor-at-Large, The Drive, Founder of the Human Driving Association, author of The Driver, and Producer of APEX: The Secret Race Across America joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why he has always been obsessed with the impossible. The conversation be...

Andy Smart , Safety & Technical Standards Specialist joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why the data will always set you free when an organization embraces and implements a culture of safety. The conversation begins with Andy talking about the first time he experienced mobility freedom when he got his first bike at age ten in Scotland. Today, Andy ride...

Thomas Bamonte , Senior Program Manager, Automated Vehicles,  North Central Texas Council of Governments  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the growing autonomous trucking and autonomous vehicle industries in Texas. The conversation begins with Tom discussing how he first became interested in autonomous vehicles. In 2006, Tom wrote an article ab...

Robert Day , Director, Autonomous Vehicles,  Arm  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why the world runs on Arm. The conversation begins with Robert discussing Arm’s partnership approach and how over 190 billion devices around the world contain Arm-based chips. It’s really all about the partnership approach. It’s all about working with our silicon...

Qasar Younis , CEO & Co-Founder, and  Peter Ludwig , CTO & Co-Founder,  Applied Intuition  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss simulation and why a simulation first approach to autonomy is key to building and scaling autonomous vehicles. The conversation begins with Qasar talking about what the marketplace looked like when he co-found...

Robert Brown , Senior Director of External Affairs,  TuSimple ,  Jordan Coleman , General Counsel & Vice President of Policy,  Kodiak Robotics , and  Jonny Morris , Head of Public Policy & Communications,  Embark Trucks  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the current state of the autonomous trucking industry. The conve...

Jordan Sun , Chief Innovation Officer,  City of San José  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss building better basics in the City of San José through innovation and technology. The conversation begins with Jordan discussing his time serving two tours of duty (2012 and 2020) in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army. Comparing and contrasting his experience...

Cheng Lu , President & CEO,  TuSimple  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss taking TuSimple public and the company’s plans for growth. The conversation begins with Cheng discussing why TuSimple chose to go public as a traditional IPO rather than a SPAC and what the journey was like to become the world’s first publicly traded auto...

Mark P. Mills , Senior Fellow  Manhattan Institute , Faculty Fellow Northwestern University School of Engineering, and Partner in Montrose Lane, an Energy-Tech Venture Fund joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the geopolitics of the global mineral supply chain. The conversation begins with Mark discussing his  review  of the book  Un...

Robert Bielby , Senior Director of Automotive System Architecture & Segment Marketing, Micron  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the crucial role that memory plays in automotive. With the automotive industry focused on electrification and statements made by Jim Farley, CEO of Ford, and Bryan Salesky, Co-Founder & CEO of Argo AI abou...

John Absmeier , Chief Technology Officer,  Lear Corporation  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss Seating as a Service and how Xevo will enable in-vehicle experiences and commerce. The conversation begins with John discussing his time in the United States Marine Corps and what he learned as a Sergeant E5 motor transport mechanic. John learned leade...

Dean Foreman , Chief Economist,  American Petroleum Institute (API) , and  Prentiss Searles , Petroleum Marketing Policy Manager, American Petroleum Institute (API) joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the economic impact of the U.S. oil industry. The conversation begins with Dean sharing an overview of the current state of the U.S. oil markets. We...

Patrick Goddard , President of  Brightline Trains  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss how Brightline is building a mobility experience company. The conversation begins with Patrick discussing how his background in hospitality partly inspired the way Brightline was developed and how it is managed today. Customer service and the emotional...

Neil Golson , Executive Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships,  FLASH  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss how software and partnerships are enabling the future of parking —integrated payments and mobility hubs. The conversation begins with Neil sharing his insight into the current state of the parking business. While parking dema...

Bryan Hurd , Vice President, Chief of Office,  Aon Cyber Solutions  (Stroz Friedberg) joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss the current state of cybersecurity and why cyber intelligence is critically important for Governments and Publicly Traded Companies. The conversation begins with Bryan discussing the founding of the U.S. Navy’s First...

Jeremy Bezdek , Managing Director, Strategic Platforms, Koch Industries (KSP), and  Kristof Vereenooghe , CEO of  EVBox Group  join  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss scaling electric vehicle charging globally through strategic partnerships. The conversation begins with Jeremy sharing a high-level overview of Koch Strategic Platforms and the compan...