Expert Speaker Panel

2024 Advanced Suspension Systems Speakers


Philip C Lundberg
Philip C Lundberg
Assistant Chief Engineer - Active Downforce, Suspension, Steer-By-Wire
General Motors
Sigmund Li
Sigmund Li
Chassis Suspension Technical Specialist
Lucid Motors
Arun Shankar Shanmugasundaram
Arun Shankar Shanmugasundaram
Senior Engineer, Steering & Suspension Simulation
Volvo Group
Angad Vasant Patil
Angad Vasant Patil
Senior Manager- Suspension Systems
Nikola Motor Company
Mert Büyükköprü
Mert Büyükköprü
System Functions Leader Semi/Active-Suspension System, Global Chassis Control
Renault Group
Joseph Belter
Joseph Belter
Director of Full Active Actuators
ClearMotion
Daniel Vilela
Daniel Vilela
CAE Engineering Group Manager
General Motors
Claudio Fernandes
Claudio Fernandes
Engineering Director, Advanced Chassis, Virtual Development
Hitachi Astemo
Chester Rowe II
Chester Rowe II
Technical Specialist- Suspension Electronics & Software
General Motors
Paul DiZio
Paul DiZio
Associate Professor
Brandeis University
Alaa Makke
Alaa Makke
Product Group Manager- Chassis Systems
Schaeffler
Dr. Lei Zuo
Dr. Lei Zuo
Herbert C. Sadler Collegiate Professor of Engineering- Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan
Dr. Thomas Schmitz
Dr. Thomas Schmitz
Professor
Technische Hochschule Ulm (Formerly Global Chassis Suspension Manager at Ford Motor Company)
Dr. Tobias Bender
Dr. Tobias Bender
Sr. Scientist – Automotive Fluids and E-Mobility
FUCHS Lubricants
Patricio Barbale
Patricio Barbale
Senior Research Analyst - Mobility
S&P Global
Dr. Martin Hildebrandt
Dr. Martin Hildebrandt
Professor
AKAD University Stuttgart (Formerly NVH Lead Engineer at Ford Motor Company)
Kevin Woodward
Kevin Woodward
Vice President of Sales
ClearMotion

2024 Steering Systems Speakers


William Bouse
William Bouse
Technical Specialist Steering and Chassis Domain
Navistar Inc
Ramakrishna Kamath Vijayakumar
Ramakrishna Kamath Vijayakumar
Product Owner- Steering at General Motors
General Motors
Nikhil Bapat
Nikhil Bapat
Global R&D Product Line Director SW for CV Steering
Knorr-Bremse
Simon Hendy
Simon Hendy
Senior Manager Core Engineering
JTEKT Automotive North America
Fabian Lischke
Fabian Lischke
Regional Chief Customer Engineer
Robert Bosch LLC
Jeff Helner
Jeff Helner
Head of Steering
Hyundai Mobis North America
Keyur Patel
Keyur Patel
Engineering Software Supervisor Steer-by-Wire
Nexteer Automotive
Zachary Sabato
Zachary Sabato
Technical Specialist- Steering and Chassis Controls
Hyundai Mobis North America
Praful Bari
Praful Bari
Head of Application Engineering Steering
ZF Group
Mahmoud Abdelfatah
Mahmoud Abdelfatah
Systems Manager - Steering
Hitachi Astemo
Jon Markoski
Jon Markoski
Manager- Engineering
Bosch

2024 Braking Systems Speakers


Alejandro Correa Field
Alejandro Correa Field
Senior Engineer - Electronic Brake Systems
Volvo Trucks North America
Chidambaram Subramanian
Chidambaram Subramanian
Senior Braking System Engineer
Volvo Trucks North America
Rohan Divekar
Rohan Divekar
ADAS Lateral Controls Engineer
Ford Motor Company
Amanda Lind
Amanda Lind
Braking Feature Owner
General Motors
Jeff Underwood
Jeff Underwood
Sync, Infotainment, Connected Vehicle SME
Ford Motor Company
Jason Rhee
Jason Rhee
Senior Manager - Brake Controls
General Motors
Sean Zuzga
Sean Zuzga
Subsystem Lead Engineer Autonomous Brake System
General Motors
Parveen Singh
Parveen Singh
Research Scientist
Toyota North America
Barna Szimandl
Barna Szimandl
Senior Manager Brakes
Thyssenkrupp Presta AG
Peter Olejnik
Peter Olejnik
Head of Engineering
Continental AG
Richard Nesbitt
Richard Nesbitt
Vice President, Product Management
Robert Bosch LLC
Dr Vish Vadari
Dr Vish Vadari
Senior Technical Specialist
ZF Group
Sudarshan Murthy
Sudarshan Murthy
Brake Controls Engineer
ZF Group
Saikiran Divakaruni
Saikiran Divakaruni
Head of Engineering - Data Science & AI
ZF Group
Ishmaeel Ghouri
Ishmaeel Ghouri
Researcher
University of Leeds
Dan Racek
Dan Racek
Marketing and Communications Manager
Impact Innovations