Automotive Leaders Summit - North America 2018

Michael Berube

Director, Vehicle Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

U.S. Department of Energy

Michael Berube leads the Vehicle Technologies Office for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). In this post, he leads an array of activities that provide low cost, secure, and clean energy technologies to move people and goods across America.  The Vehicle Technologies Office supports research for energy efficient mobility systems, hybrid drivetrains, advanced batteries, lightweight materials, advanced combustion and fuels, and technology integration.

He brings more than 25 years of experience in the automotive industry to his EERE post, specifically in the areas of environmental compliance, energy and safety policy, product development and marketing.

Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from MIT. He later returned to MIT as both a graduate student and researcher where he received a master’s degree in the Technology and Policy Program and a master’s degree from the Sloan School of Management.

Mark Anderson

President & COO

United Road

Mark joined United Road in January 2014 as its Chief Operating Officer. Mark has over 25 years of professional experience spending his career leading several multi-dimensional businesses with significant logistics components, including solid waste collection, fuel distribution and OEM plant services, among others. After starting his career as a CPA, Mark transitioned to operations becoming COO and CEO for different transportation related entities. Mark’s undergraduate degree is from The University of Notre Dame and he also has a MBA from The University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Shannon N Bouton

Chief Operating Officer

McKinsey Center for Business and Environment

Shannon is the Chief Operating Officer of the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment and a leader of the Sustainability and Resource Productivity Practice at McKinsey & Company. She has served state and city governments, non-profits, and public utility clients on energy efficiency strategy and program design, mobility, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, and sustainability.

Shannon is a co-author on several McKinsey publications focused on energy efficiency and city performance including How to Make a City Great, Mobility at a Tipping Point, An integrated perspective on the future of mobility, and most recently, An integrated perspective on the future of mobility, part 2: Transforming urban delivery.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Shannon was a field biologist. She holds a Ph.D. in Conservation Biology from the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, and a Master of Science in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Paul Brubaker

CEO and President

Alliance for Transportation Innovation

Paul Brubaker is the Chief Executive of the Alliance for Transportation Innovation. Paul has more than three decades of policy and management experience focused on deploying innovative technologies in government and industry. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate to serve as the second Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) at the United States Department of Transportation and was also appointed by Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore to serve as Chairman of the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology.

His other roles also included serving as a Senate Subcommittee Staff Director for then Senator William S. Cohen (R-ME); Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Clinton; served in senior industry positions at Litton Industries, Commerce One, SI International and Cisco Systems in addition to launching two successful technology services firms.

Brubaker holds a BA from Youngstown State University and a MPA from the Graduate School of Management at Kent State University. He is active on several non-profit and corporate advisory boards and resides in Washington, DC.

Jeremy Burne MBE

Business Development Director/Global MRV

Board Member British American Chamber of Commerce (Great Lakes)

Jeremy Burne is an award-winning business development and marketing expert in the automotive and motorsport industries. He currently serves as Business Development Director for Global MRV, a leading supplier of vehicle emissions monitoring technology, and as North American Director for the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA).

Career highlights include nine years with the British Government as the British Vice Consul in the US (Cleveland and Chicago) with national responsibility for trade and investment promotion in the automotive sector.

Burne also advised the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), the leading advocacy group for electric drive technology in the US, on growth strategies for automakers, suppliers, energy companies and other stakeholders in the electric vehicle business.

He is a board member of the British American Chamber of Commerce (Great Lakes), past President of the British American Business Council (BABC) in Michigan and a member of the Society of Automotive Analysts and serves on the motorsport programme committee of the SAE. In 2010, as US Director of TTXGP, Burne launched the first zero carbon electric racing series in North America.

In 2002 Mr. Burne was awarded the MBE (Member of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to the British Motor Industry in the USA.

Brett Cayot

Partner

PwC

Brett leads PwC’s Global Logistics & Distribution offerings. With an intense focus on creating value for clients, he has delivered over $3B in benefits to-date. He has consulted for 4 of the major OEMs, numerous tier 1 suppliers and several carriers including haul-away and RORO providers. He uses his deep logistics experience across strategy, operations and technology to collaboratively work with clients to develop holistic, pragmatic logistics solutions. His experience spans from strategic logistics initiatives to drive revenue growth to operational improvements that significantly reduce operating costs. Having led numerous global teams and worked on the ground in over 10 countries, Brett understands the unique regional challenges and opportunities in global logistics.

Thomas Cole

Head of Market Development

REACH NOW

Thomas is responsible for ReachNow’s business expansion into new North American markets and to expand its service offerings in all markets by building public and private partnerships and developing regulatory and policy initiatives that benefit the market objective and ReachNow’s business interests. He has been with ReachNow since 2012 as its Director of Finance and prior to that, as Business Process Manager for BMW of America LLC where he was responsible for improving business processes and corporate governance for BMW Finance.

Thomas holds a BA in Business Administration and Management from Northwood University.

Scott Corwin

Managing Director and Future of Mobility Practice Leader

Deloitte Consulting

Scott Corwin is a Managing Director in Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy and Business Transformation Practice based in New York City. Scott leads Deloitte’s Future of Mobility practice, working across business and government sectors to analyze and architect solutions for the emerging mobility ecosystem. Scott is the lead author of several publications including “The Future of Mobility – How transportation technology and social trends are creating a new business ecosystem” and ”The Future of Mobility: What’s Next?” (Deloitte University Press).

Over the past three decades, Scott has helped senior leaders to successfully develop and implement strategy based transformations to address disruptive change in their industries and markets. Scott works with clients across a range of industries including automotive, technology, industrials, media, consumer products, retail, healthcare, telecom, public sector, not-for-profits. The focus of these engagements has been to address core issues associated with: corporate strategy, innovation, globalization, market entry, portfolio strategy, advanced R&D/technology, supply chain, manufacturing, sales and marketing and distribution, new business models, information technology & business process outsourcing and off-shoring.

Scott has a BA in Politics (Magna Cum Laude) from Brandeis University and an MBA in Finance and International Business from New York University Stern School of Business. Prior to joining Deloitte, Scott was a Partner at Booz & Company/Booz Allen Hamilton, Vice President with A.T. Kearney, and a Vice President with Caliper Corporation.

Richard DeBoer

Executive VP of Supply Chain Logistics

Carter Express, Inc. & Carter Logistics, LLC

Richard DeBoer is responsible for supply chain logistics activities along with sales, pricing and marketing for the organisation. Richard joined Carter in 2010 after serving 14 years as Chief Financial Officer of a publicly traded transportation company and more recently 12 years as Chief Operating Officer of two mid-sized transportation companies. Since Richard joined the Company in 2010, it has doubled its sales and instituted pricing software which created pricing discipline. He leads the financial analyst team which produced substantial cost saving initiatives for the company’s customer base. Most recently, Richard has expanded Carter’s Intra-Mexico business by utilising cross docking services to provide cost savings for customers.

Mark De La Vergne

Chief of Mobility

City of Detroit

Mark de la Vergne is the Chief of Mobility Innovation for the City of Detroit. The challenge of mobility in Detroit extends far beyond traffic congestion. Recognizing the impact this issue has on the lives of Detroiters, Mayor Mike Duggan established the Office of Mobility Innovation to develop innovative solutions to addressing the issues of transit, street safety, parking and traffic operations.

Mark is charged with leading the development of a new mobility system in Detroit that combines the City’s fixed route bus network with new mobility services and technologies, integrating connected and autonomous vehicles into the City’s street network, developing new policies to better manage curbside use now and in the future, and implementing a vision for the payment of mobility services.

Prior to joining Mayor Duggan’s team, Mark worked in the private sector where he led city building efforts for cities across North America, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto, and Pittsburgh. He has a Bachelor's of Science in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Chris Donus

President & COO

Silvercar

Chris Donus is the President & COO of Silvercar, the app-based, premium car rental service acquired by Audi in 2017. He is a member of the founding executive team that completed research on the Silvercar concept and secured the initial Series A funding to launch the company. Subsequent to the initial launch, he has led the process to successfully raise multiple rounds of equity and debt capital in excess of $100 million to fund expansion at critical stages of growth.

Before joining Silvercar, Chris was a Finance Executive at Freescale Semiconductor. During his time at Freescale, he was intimately involved in helping the company emerge from their private LBO status to a public company through an IPO in 2011. Prior to the IPO, he was involved in over $5 billion of capital markets transactions to restructure and refinance the LBO capital structure.

Prior to Freescale, Chris was the Assistant Treasurer at Hertz Global Holdings, the parent company of the Hertz Corporation. During his tenure at Hertz, Chris was responsible for negotiation, structuring, and ongoing management of the entire capital structure, which included $6B of vehicle financing structures as well as another $6B of non-vehicle related debt.

He holds an MBA in Finance from the New York University Stern School of Business and a BS Finance from Bentley University in Waltham, MA.

Reid Eastman

Board member and CMO

Blacksands Inc.

Reid Eastman is currently launching Blacksands Inc., an industrial Internet of Things connectivity company. The company’s mission is to bridge the gap between IT and OT, making secure connections for industrial IoT, and enabling true Industry 4.0, developing the connectivity of the supply chain across domains, protecting critical infrastructure, data and all things connected.

Eastman started his career in automotive management at Eaton’s suspension division and moved into heavy truck assembly with Navistar Truck and Engine Corporation.

In 2002, he began working with the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), an accredited and recognised certification body and UK designated European type approval authority. Eastman achieved his qualifications as a third party automotive auditor for various international standards including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/TS 16949 and OHSAS 18001 and has conducted business system evaluations, reviews and conformity of production audits at over 300 different manufacturing and assembly sites across many countries, throughout the supply chain.

He has held many different management positions including in customer-facing client management, as Director of Business Development, VP Operations, and the last four years as Global Vice President, System Certification Services.

Shannon Everett

Chief Operations Officer

Rich Logistics

Shannon joined Rich Logistics in 1999, over the last 18 years he has served in multiple roles within the organization including Director of Sales and Chief Financial Officer. Shannon has led the tremendous growth of the organization through the expansion of Scheduled Cross Border Truckload Services and Unscheduled Cross Border Expedites, most recently he led the creation of the new Rich Logistics Direct Door to Door service. Shannon has a proven track record of providing industry leading solutions for Cross Border Supply Chains in North America.

Joseph Gemma

CEO

KUKA Robotics Corporation

Joe has 30 years of experience working in the automation industry and was appointed CEO of KUKA Robotics Corporation US in 2014. He was previously CEO of the Stäubli Group, where he held the North and South American business portfolio of the Swiss technology company. For over 15 years he promoted the business development at Stäubli sites in France and the USA. Until 1997, he worked for the US enterprises, Advanced Technology Systems, Crellin Technologies and Corner & Lada. Joe was formerly a member of various committees of the Robotic Industries Association (North American region) and is currently President of the International Federation of Robotics.

Stephen Harley

Managing Director

Laing O’Rourke

Stephen Harley is Managing Director for Asset Businesses (manufacturing, plant, logistics and procurement) and a member of the Group Executive Committee. He is also a member of the Advanced Manufacturing Steering Group and is accountable for the planning, operational readiness and product readiness levels for the new factory.

Stephen possesses the world-class manufacturing expertise
so crucial to the success of our investments in Design for Manufacture and Assembly and Offsite Manufacturing. He joined the Group from the Ford Motor Company where his scope of responsibilities included the group-wide budget and operational accountability for Ford’s material planning, parts service and logistics processes worldwide.

Stephen started his career on the tools as an engine plant assembly line worker, rising through the ranks to executive
director level. Today he is recognised as a global leader in complex engineering logistics and supply chain management.

Stephen’s role within the Construction industry clearly demonstrates the progress we are making with our strategic plans as an engineering enterprise delivering manufactured products to transform the industry.

Additionally Stephen is a non-executive director of Eddie Stobart Logistics and President of the European Logistics Users, Providers Enabling Group.

Anu C Goel

Executive Vice-President, Group After Sales & Services (GAS&S)

Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA)

Joddie Gray

President

UrbanTrans North America

Joddie Gray is the President of UrbanTrans North America, an urban and transportation planning and social marketing firm with offices in Atlanta, Denver, Toronto, and Los Angeles. UrbanTrans specializes in innovative transportation solutions, with a focus on demand management programs, shared use mobility, multi-modal transportation planning, market-based policies, stakeholder outreach and strategic planning.

Joddie’s focus is on developing and implementing audience-focused strategies specifically designed to alter travel behavior. Joddie and UrbanTrans are committed to increasing the availability and viability of convenient travel choices for all travelers. A key focus of Joddie’s is creating collaboration among the providers and stakeholders so that new technologies, modes and strategies are relevant and accessible to the users. With over 20 years of experience, Joddie leads transportation demand management (TDM) policy development, planning, marketing and program implementation, including creating partnerships to create innovative pilot programs.

Joddie earned her undergraduate degree at Cal Poly Pomona and her Masters of Urban Planning at Portland State University. She is a proud returned Peace Corps Volunteer.

Justin Holmes

Director, Corporate Communications & Public Policy

ZIPCAR

Justin is Zipcar’s director of corporate communications and public policy where he leads efforts to promote Zipcar’s brand of “wheels when you want them” to Zipcar members, city leaders, media and other stakeholders. Leveraging his experience in technology as well as public and government relations, Justin works with cities and policy makers to help accelerate the adoption of car sharing as a vital, sustainable part of the urban transportation ecosystem. Before joining Zipcar, Justin served as chief information officer to Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, where he led a number of initiatives to use technology to make the city work smarter and serve its citizens better.  He is a native Bostonian and graduate of the College of the Holy Cross.

Mark Joseph

Global Chief Development Officer

Transdev Group

Mark Joseph is an accomplished business and civic leader. He has over 30 years of leadership experience in public and private transportation across the U.S., Canada, UK and Ireland, and South America. Mark was CEO of the Americas until July of 2017.

On July 1, 2017, Mark became the new global Chief Development Officer for the Transdev Group. He is a member of the Global Executive Committee. His focus is growing the business worldwide, as well as extending growth locally in the 19 countries where Transdev currently operates.

As CEO of North America, Mark built Transdev into the largest multi-modal transportation company in the U.S. and Canada, operating bus, rail, paratransit, shuttle, and taxi companies under contract to 200 cities, counties, airports and universities. The company operates public transportation contracts in many leading cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, New Orleans, Atlanta, Long Island, New York and more. Transdev also has recently expanded services in the Detroit area including operating contracts for the M-1 light rail project and DDOT paratransit services.

An entrepreneur and innovator, Mark is passionate about improving quality of life and economic growth in cities and communities through well-designed, multi-modal public transportation. As an executive, Mark leads his teams with a focus on safety, sustainability and superior operational performance. He is dedicated to building genuine partnerships with clients, employees, labor unions and the disabled community.

Mark joined Yellow Cab of Baltimore in the late 1970s as President and grew the company into the city’s leading taxi company with 600 taxicabs. By the late 1980’s, he had transformed Yellow Cab into Yellow Transportation – and in 2001 Yellow Transportation was acquired by Connex (Vivendi), the predecessor company to Transdev. Mark was named President and Chief Operating Officer in 2004, and became Vice-Chairman and CEO in 2006.

Roger Lanctot

Director, Automotive Connected Mobility

Strategy Analytics

Roger Lanctot has 25+ years of experience as a journalist, analyst and consultant advising electronics companies, car companies, wireless carriers, Tier 1s and developers on product and market development and strategy. He is currently Director, Automotive Connected Mobility, in the Global Automotive Practice at Strategy Analytics. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and a frequent blogger and keynote speaker. Roger is a member of the TU-Automotive Hall of Fame and was selected as 2017 Tech Cars Best Analyst or Connected Car Celebrity.

Matt Patton

Public Policy Manager

LYFT

Born and raised in suburban Detroit, Matt Patton is the Midwest Public Policy Manager at Lyft, the ridesharing company. He has a passion for service and policy solutions that intersect with technology in a way that improves people’s lives.

Previously, he served as a Legislative Director in the Michigan State Senate where he managed several policy and budget areas. Among those were managing the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs budget and negotiating components of the current ridesharing and autonomous vehicle testing law in Michigan. This work led him to his present position at Lyft, where he manages a wide range of public policy issues in various markets across the midwest, negotiating with elected officials, forging relationships with third party stakeholders and speaking on behalf of the company.  

He received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University, has been a traveling advisor to two presidential candidates, and served in a United States Navy F-14 Tomcat squadron during Operation Enduring Freedom. In his free time, Matt is an avid fly-fisherman and has been a volunteer guide for non-profits who introduce fly fishing to wounded veterans and has trained veterans on making the transition from military to civilian life. Currently, Matt resides in Chicago with his girlfriend and returns often to the state we all call home, here in Michigan. 

Stephan Reiff

Vice President, Aftersales

BMW North America LLC

Stephan is responsible for the continued development of the Aftersales Business within the U.S market. He assumed this role in 2015, from his time as Vice President for Aftersales Parts Logistics at the Central Distribution Center in Dingolfing, Germany.

In his current role, he leads a team of more than 1.000 associates and heads BMW’s vehicle and parts distribution service as well as Customer Service, Warranty and Technical support across the North American region for the BMW and MINI brands.

Stephan has over 14 years of experience in Strategy, Product Management, Aftersales and Logistics at the BMW Group. In his last assignment, Stephan was responsible for the BMW Group’s global parts logistic networks, directly leading the operations at the Central Parts Distribution Center in Dingolfing with a team of more than 2,000 people, and the leading role for the worldwide parts distribution centers.

Before his career at BMW Group, Stephan held positions at A.T Kearney GmbH and also with Honeywell Centra GmbH.

Stephan holds a Diploma in Business Admin & Engineering from the Technical University of Kaiserlautern, Germany. Married with two children, Stephan is also a two-time Marathon runner, soccer and skiing fan.

John Rossant

Founder and Chairman

New Cities Foundation

In 2010, John Rossant founded the NewCities Foundation. He believes it is imperative that different stakeholders work together to improve the quality of life and work in 21st century global cities.

From the outset, NewCities mission has been to shape a better urban future for all by generating and scaling ideas and solutions through events, research and urban innovation projects.

John had previously been responsible for the production of some of the world’s most prestigious events, in particular the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos and other WEF events around the world.

In 2010, the President of France asked him to organize the e-G8 Forum on the future of the Internet.

A former journalist, John held several senior editorial positions at Business Week, including European Correspondent, as well as Paris, Rome and Middle East correspondent. He has received a number of prestigious awards, including the Overseas Press Club Award and the German Marshall Fund’s Peter Weitz Award for Distinguished Reporting.

John holds advanced degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and the American University in Cairo.

Bernard Swiecki

Director, Automotive Communities Program and Senior Automotive Analyst

Centre for Automotive Research (CAR)

Bernard Swiecki serves as Director of the Automotive Communities Partnership (ACP) at the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), as well as a Senior Automotive Analyst in CAR’s Industry, Labor, and Economics (ILE) group. He joined CAR in 1994.

Mr. Swiecki has written and managed research in a diverse array of automotive fields pertaining to automakers, suppliers, electric and alternative powertrain vehicles, as well a variety of other subjects. He manages CAR’s analysis of vehicle sales, production, and segmentation data. He has also led trade missions to China, Italy, India, and Russia.

Mr. Swiecki has authored numerous articles for print publications, as well as a monthly column, on the automotive industry. He regularly presents at conferences and industry events in North America, Asia, and Europe as well as providing interviews to local, national, and global media.

Mr. Swiecki is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and Society of Automotive Analysts (SAA). He has served on the U.S. Department of Commerce Eastern Michigan District Export Council. He received his BA from the University of Michigan in 1998 and his MS from Eastern Michigan University in 2003.

Gina Trombley

Vice President – Sales Americas Region

Bombardier Transportation

Gina Trombley is Vice President - Sales, Americas Region for Bombardier Transportation. In this new position, Gina is leading Bombardier’s strategic mobility initiatives in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil as well as heading the sales functions in those countries. She is based in New York City.
Gina is a highly-accomplished leader with 20 years of experience in the fields of infrastructure, strategy, business development and communications. In her role with Bombardier, she is developing strategic partnerships with transit agencies and infrastructure providers to develop and deliver urban, airport and mainline rail solutions for public and private transport operations.

Gina joined Bombardier in 2017 from Parsons where she was Group Executive Vice President, Federal providing services and integrated solutions for U.S. federal contractors. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President and Division Manager, Aviation and Senior Vice President, Mining and Infrastructure. Before Parsons, Gina was with GE Transportation for 14 years in various positions leading to Commercial Leader, Global Services.

Gina is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.