June 2-4, 2026

Vibe Credit Union ShowplaceNovi, MI

2026 Speakers

Amy Sgrignoli

VP Connected Vehicle Business

Subaru of America

Amit Mehta

Senior Director, Apps & Developer Platforms

Stellantis

Charlie Cross

Vice President – Chief Module Engineer

Stellantis

Christian Moran

Executive Director, Ford of Europe Digital Services

Ford Motor Company

David Cook

Senior Vice President, Technology

Bosch Mobility, Americas

David Kirsch

Head of CX Technology Strategy

American Honda Motor Company

Gemma Parker

Vice President, Program Management

Lucid Motors

Gulnaaz Afzal

Senior Autonomy Systems Integration Engineer

Rivian

Harini Ganesan

Chief of Staff to co-CEO & COO/ Strategic Operations

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies

Hassan Ridha

Cybersecurity Global Verification and Validation Lead

Stellantis

Jim Nichols

Head of Product, Technology & Consumer Offer

Volvo Car Americas

John Schnoes

Vice President of Connected Services Engineering

Nissan Motor Corporation

Luke Blaszczynski

Director of Infotainment & Connected Engineering

Nissan Motor Corporation

Matt Jones

Executive Director, Global Technology Platforms

Ford Motor Company

Mel Roberts

Director of North America Infotainment and Features Planning

Stellantis

Pete Brown

Vice President, Software Defined Systems Architecture

Karma Automotive

Norm Marks

Global Vice President – Automotive Industry

NVIDIA

Pramod Kumar

Senior EE Hardware Specialist

Lucid Motors

Ramiro Gutierrez

President

ZF North America

Santhosh Jogi

Executive Director, Software System Architecture

Ford Motor Company

Sebastian Bauer

Executive Director, Head of Human Interface Design and Customer Experience

General Motors

Vijay Rao

Director, Connected Operations and Owner Apps/ Websites

Hyundai Motor North America

Alex Leonov

Head of Productivity Services

Volvo Group North America

Benjamin Maillard

SVP & Managing Director North America

Free2move

Bhoomika Narasimhan

Safety Software Architect

General Motors

Lakshmi Thanayankizil

Product Leader - Connectivity

General Motors

Mahadevan Vanchiswaran

Principal Software Engineer

Stellantis

Vivek Venkatachalam

Senior Director, Vehicle and Connected Cybersecurity

Ford Motor Company

Michael Ford

Director of Tech Platform Hardware

Ford Motor Company

Abdul Salam Abdul Karim

Lead ADAS Platform Hardware Systems Engineer

Ford Motor Company

Ajit Asirvatham

Business Development & Partnerships

Stellantis

Akash Polakampalli

Sr. Product Manager

Volkswagen Group

Alex Oyler

Consulting Director

SBD Automotive

Andres Castrillon

Senior Director of Government Affairs

Qualcomm

Andrew Jackson

Founder & CEO

PAVE Insight

Angela Henderson

Founder & Principal Advisor

Henderson Executive Advisors

Anthony Cliquot

CEO

AirConsole by N-Dream

Ashlyn Kress

Senior Director Business Development - IoT - Connected Car

AT&T Connected Car

Ashton Pierre

Director - Business Development, IoT Vehicle Solutions

AT&T Connected Car

Bradley Konkol

Head of Slacker Radio | SVP, Product & Engineering

Live One

Brian Berg

Vehicle Communications Architect

Polaris

Charly Lippoth

Director Partnerships

Cinemo

Chip Goetzinger

Solutions Director

AutoMobility Advisors

Chuck Brokish

Director of Automotive Business Development

Green Hills Software

Dan Noal

Director, Product Management

Red Hat Automotive

Dan Teeter

Advisory Director

AutoMobility Advisors

Darrin Bruce

Vice President and General Manager

Pektron North America

Darryl Parisien

SVP, Solutions Engineering

OmniTrust

Denise Barfuss

Director, Client Engagement

AutoMobility Advisors

Ed Neubecker

Principal Automation Technical Specialist

IBM

Edward Wilford

Senior Research Director, Automotive

Omdia Automotive

Edwin Lopez

Managing Editor

WardsAuto

Eric Cesa

Regional President

ETAS Americas

Fabian Beste

Co-Founder & CEO

4screen

Faye Francy

Executive Director

Auto-ISAC

Ganesh Thonse

Chief Solutions Officer

Vayavya Labs

George Ayres

Managing Director

AutoMobility Advisors

Gurvir Kaur

Senior Director – V&V, Virtualization and Automation, Connected Vehicle Software

Ford Motor Company

Hans-Hendrik Puvogel

COO

Parkopedia by Arrive

Hussein Zaarour

Head of Detroit, VP of Automotive

HAAS Alert

Jan Griffiths

President & Founder

Gravitas Detroit

Jason Barger

Adv. Mfg. IT Vision Systems and Cyber Security Product Manager

Ford Motor Company

Jason Dawson

Senior Sales Director

LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Jason Johnson

Head of Product and UI/UX

Ottawa Infotainment

Jaymi Wilson

Member

AWAF

Jayson Pankin

President & CEO

AutoHarvest Foundation

Jeffrey Hannah

Chief Commercial Officer

SBD Automotive

Jim Cady

CEO

IM Media Labs

John Canali

Principal Analyst, IoT

Omdia

John Possumato

Founder & CEO

DriveItAway Holdings Inc. (OTC: DWAY)

Justin Brennan

Vertical Market Director, Vehicle Intelligence

LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Kailash Kothari

Director of Product Management

Cisco

Kat Thompson

Head of Human Resources/ Head of DEI

Audi/ Volkswagen Group of America

Liz Kerton

Executive Director

Autotech Council

Mahendra Muli

Worldwide Head of Connected Vehicle Experience, Center of Excellence

AWS

Maite Bezerra

Senior Principal Analyst, Digital Mobility

Omdia Automotive

Marc Fecker

Co-Founder & CEO

Robo

Mo Al-Bodour

Senior Consulting Manager

SBD Automotive

Moe Yassine

CEO/Co-Founder

Predictive Horizons

Nimrod Brickman

VP Business Development

Mobileye

Partha Goswami

Prinicpal

PG Mobility Analysis, LLC

Paul S. Lee

Sr. Director, Automotive MCU Zonal Segment Leader

NXP Semiconductors

Prabin Pradhan

VP and Head of Product Management, Automotive

Aeris

Rakesh Babu Gollapalli

Senior Vice President, Industry Head – Automotive, Aerospace & Defense

Infosys

Rob Minton

Principal Consultant

AutoMobility Advisors

Robin Warner

Program Manager

WardsAuto

Scott Davies

Principal Automotive Business Development Manager

PTC

Scott Nash

Senior Director of Automotive & Vehicle Connectivity

Verizon Business

Stephanie May

Community Director

Women Automotive Network

Steve Bell

Chief Analyst, Digital Mobility

Omdia Automotive

Steve Crumb

Regional Spokesperson for North America

AUTOSAR

Sujay Sahay

Senior Director – Customer Program & Product Development

Visteon Corporation

Thiago Fagionato

Senior Client Partner, Industrial Division

Unity Technologies

TJ Urglavitch

Director of Cloud Services

Toptal