2004 management briefing seminars

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CAR Management Briefing Seminars

Preliminary Roster as of July 27, 2021

Company First Name Last Name Title

!important Safety Technologies Hannah Osborn Director of New Business Development

A.T. Kearney John Hubach Partner

A.T. Kearney Ram Kidambi Partner

A.T. Kearney Doug Mehl Partner

A.T. Kearney Harris Ng Partner

AAA Gregory Brannon* Director, Automotive Engineering

Accenture Clint Crook Client Account Lead

ADVICS Kenneth Morris Vice President Sales & Program Management

Aerospike Danny Bedgood Global VP of Industry Solutions

Aerospike Jay Flood Regional Director

AEye, Inc. Joel Benscoter Head of Strategic Products

AEye, Inc. Stephen Lambright CMO

AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council

Brad Markell* Executive Director

Agiloft Andy Drake Regional Vice President

Agracel Inc., Industrial Developer

Jason Kester Regional Director

Airfoil Group Whitney McGoram Vice President

Aiven.io Jan Rishoi VP of Sales

Albert Kahn Associates Peter Lynde* Principal, Corporate Secretary

Albert Kahn Associates Heidi Pfannes Director of Business Development

AlixPartners Mark Wakefield Managing Director

Alliance for Automotive Innovation

John Bozzella Chief Executive Officer


Wade Newton Vice President, Communications


Julia Rege Vice President, Energy & the Environment

Allison Transmission Molly Doyle Americas Marketing Director

Altair Engineering, Inc. Biba Bedi* Director Corporate Communications & Client Relations

Altair Engineering, Inc. Tony Garofali Country Managing Director – US

Altair Engineering, Inc. Christopher Jorgensen Regional Sales Manager

Altair Engineering, Inc. Ralph Krawczyk Jr Creative Director

Altair Engineering, Inc. Venkat Parameshwaran* Business Development

Altair Engineering, Inc. Venu Ravula* AM

Altair Engineering, Inc. Fiona Richardson* Director Global Events

Altair Engineering, Inc. Jim Scapa* Chairman & CEO

Altair Engineering, Inc. Richard Yen SVP, Global Industry Verticles and Sales Enablement Team

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Altair Japan Yumi Kasajima* Marketing Manager

Aludyne Matt Hett Chief Commercial Officer

AM General Nguyen Trinh Executive Vice President International Defense & Commercial B2B

AM General Lyndon Williams Director, Business Development, Powertrain

Amazon Web Services Jon Allen Director, Automotive Practice, Global Accounts

Amazon Web Services Wendy Bauer Global Director, Automotive Sales

Amazon Web Services Dan Jenkins Automotive Software Partner Lead

Amazon Web Services Nisarg Modi* Global Head Automotive Mobility

Amazon Web Services Dean Phillips Worldwide Tech Leader for Automotive

Amazon Web Services John Slosar Business Development

Ameren Missouri James O'Mara Business Development Executive

American Axle & Manufacturing Craig Renneker Vice President Product Engineering

American Axle & Manufacturing Chris Son Vice President Marketing & Communications

American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.

Mike Simonte President

American Center for Mobility Kevin Kelly Director of Sales

American Center for Mobility Reuben Sarkar President and CEO

American Center for Mobility Dawn Thompson Director of Strategy, Marketing & Programs

American Composite Manufacturers Association

Daniel Coughlin VP of Market Development

American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Jennifer Dahlgren Manager


John Dirrig Chief Engineer


Jay Joseph Vice President


John Turley* Senior Manager

American Iron and Steel Institute

John Catterall* Vice President

American Tower Corporation Edward Knapp Chief Technology Officer

Americas for Bosch Paul Thomas EVP of Sales and Marketing

Amsted Automotive Jeremy Holt President

Amsted Automotive Rich Marr* Chief Forecaster and Data Analyst

Amsted Automotive Tom Stockwell VP Global Commercial Management

Amsted Automotive Chad Workman VP Global Business Development

Android Industries, LLC Kathryn Nichols CEO

Android Industries, LLC Gregory Nichols EVP & CFO

Android Industries, LLC Andrew Schmidt VP - Business Development

Ann Arbor SPARK Alison Beatty* Mobility Specialist

aPriori Technologies Rachel Foote Business Development Representative

aPriori Technologies Michael LaPerre Sales Director

aPriori Technologies Craig McLeod Senior Sales Director

aPriori Technologies Dave Ondrias Customer Success Manager

Aras Corporation Sam Abu-Hamdan Sr. Director, NA Automotive

Aras Corporation Malcolm Panthaki VP of Analysis Solutions

Aras Corporation Val Valentine Field Marketing Manager

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Aras Corporation Michael Vinarcik VP Analysis Solutions

ArcelorMittal North America Shalaj Gupta Director, Marketing and Performance Improvement

ArcelorMittal North America Bala Krishnan Director R&D

Assembly Ventures Jessica Robinson Co-Founder & Partner

Atlis Motor Vehicles Mark Hanchett Chief Executive Officer

Aurora Gerardo Interiano* Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs

AutoForm Engineering USA Mike Coker Sr. Account Manager

AutoForm Engineering USA Mark Hineline Technical Manager

AutoForm Engineering USA Pamela Larson President & General Manager

Autokiniton Giorgio Lanni Vice President, Business Development

AutoLab Radio Mike Porcelli* Host/Producer

Autoline Carmen Erickson Producer

Autoline Katherine Gritzinger Video Editor

Autoline John McElroy President

Autoliv David Jackson Vice President, GM Business Unit

Automation Alley Tom Kelly Executive Director and CEO

Automotive News Lindsay Chappell News Editor

Automotive News Mike Martinez Reporter

Automotive News Jerry Salame Midwest Region Sales Mgr.

Automotive News Jason Stein Publisher

Autovisory Fred Fischer President

Avery Dennison Michael VanHaerents Business Development Manager

AVL Test Systems Inc Alison Lee Business Development Specialist - ADAS/AD

Axios Joann Muller Transportation Correspondent

Bank of America John Murphy* Managing Director

BASF Corporation Jeffrey DeAlmeida* Vice President Performance Materials NA

BASF Corporation Dan Dickson OEM Business Manager

BASF Corporation Alisha Klekamp Business Director

BASF Corporation Scott Schlicker Marketing Manager

BASF Corporation Anne Shim* Head of Advanced Materials and Systems Research

BASF Corporation Mark Szendro* Head of Marketing & OEM Management

BASF Performance Matthew Parkinson, Ph.D. Senior Manager, Application Development Engineering and Composite Technologies

Bedrock Detroit Kate Gasparro Urban Innovation and Strategy Director

Bedrock Detroit Tom Goulding Team Leader, Communications

Bedrock Detroit Heather Wilberger Senior Vice President and CIO

Bianchi Public Relations, Inc. Jim Bianchi President

Birmingham Business Alliance Jefferson Traywick VP, Economic Development

Bocar Group Diego Aleman Strategic Planning Director

Bocar Group Enrique Merelles Group Commercial Director

Bocar Group Ignacio Moreno CEO

Bocar Group Rodrigo Najera Managing Director

BorgWarner Harry Husted Chief Technology Officer

Bosch Tim Wieland Manager, Corporate Communications

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BP Barton Sidles* EV Fleet Business Development Manager

BraunAbility Kevin Frayne* Director, Advanced Mobility Solutions

BraunAbility Staci Kroon Chief Executive Officer

BravoEcho Inc Renee Galicki Shirley Account Director

Bridgestone Americas Shannon Quinn President - Consumer OE sales

BrightDrop, GM Steve Hornyak* Chief Revenue Officer

Brose North America Wilm Uhlenbecker President

Brose North America Tom VanderLaan Senior Vice President, Drives Division

Butzel Long Daniel Rustmann Automotive Practice Co-Chair

Capgemini NA Martin Bilderbeck Director Automotive Business Development

Car-Smart News Gerry Conover* Editor-in-Chief

Cavnue Dino Nardicchio Head of Automotive and AV Partnerships

CBC Radio Dale Johnson Automotive Specialist

Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion & Advancement (CADIA)

Margaret Baxter Executive Director

Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion & Advancement (CADIA)

Cheryl Thompson Founder and CEO

Center for Automotive Research

Neil DeKoker* Chairman Emeritus

Center for Automotive Research

Jim Jacobs Chairman of the Board

Cision Insights Kristin Rhodes Director

Cision Insights Gary Warrick Insights Director - Automotive

CityFi Gabe Klein* Partner

Clarios Trish Haudricourt Global Brand Manager

Cloudera Michael Ger Managing Director, Automotive & Manufacturing

Comerica Bank Mike Malaga Vice President

Comerica Bank Steve Wells Vice President Commercial Lending

Communica, Inc. David Kanarowski Senior Vice President

Connected Strategy Advisors Percy Gendreau CEO

Consulate General of Canada in Detroit

Anne Cascadden Trade Commissioner

Continental AG Zachery Bolton Head of Research & Development, North America, Holistic Engineering and Technologies

Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.

Kathryn Blackwell VP Marketing & Communications NA


Carolyn Cerny Director Marketing


Hiren Desai Head of Strategy & Future Solutions, AMS, NA


George Jurch Sr. Vice President and General Counsel


Ned Reckamp Vice President, HBS NA

Continental Corporation Mary Arraf Sr. Communications Manager

Continental Corporation Arnaud Lagandré Vice President, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, North America

Continental Corporation Robert H. Lee President, North America

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Conway MacKenzie Sig Huber Senior Managing Director

COSTEP Matt Ruszczak* VP of Economic Development

Cox Automotive/Autotrader Michelle Krebs Executive Analyst/Editor CoxAutoInc Newsroom

CQ/Roll Call Jessica Wehrman* Transportation and Infrastructure Reporter

Crain Communications/Rubber & Plastics News

Erin Pustay Beaven* Managing Editor

Crain's Detroit Kurt Nagl Reporter

Dana Incorporated Jeff Cole Senior Director, Corporate Communications

Danlaw, Inc Scott Morell Vice President Global Engineering

Danlaw, Inc Tom Rzeznik President & CEO

Dassault Systemes Dan Beattie Public Sector Lead

Dassault Systemes Laurence Montanari Vice President, Transportation & Mobility Industry

Dassault Systemes Paul Silver Global Senior Industry Program Leader

Deloitte Bruce Brown Partner

Deloitte Jeff Hood Principal

DENSO John Kerr Senior Program Manager- Government Affairs

Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP

Gerald W. Roberts Attorney, Intellectual Property

Detroit Manufacturing Systems David Dixon Director, Business Development

Detroit Manufacturing Systems Matthew Langton Executive VP, Sales, Purchasing & Strategy

Detroit Region Aerotropolis Development Corp

Christopher Girdwood Executive Director

Dow, Inc. Erica Everett Mobility Marketing Manager

Dow, Inc. Christopher Jones Global Strategic Marketing Director, Mobility

Draper Lucas Benney Program Manager, Transport and Energy

DTE - MIGreenPower Dan Newman MIGreenPower Consultant

DTE Energy Nick Rudofski Renewable Energy Consultant

DTE Energy John Voorhorst Executive Program Manager

DuPont Rachel Delaurier* Marketing Communications Consultant

Eaton Scott Adams President - eMobility

Eaton Thomas Nellenbach Global Marketing Director

Economic Development Partnership of Alabama

Steve Sewell* Executive VP

Enterprise Tool and Die, LLC Douglas Groom* CEO/Owner

Envisics Patricia Scarpaci Vice President Business Development

Ernst & Young, LLP Steven Patton Principal

EVHybridNoire Richard Ezike Policy Advisor

EWI Jon Jennings Director of Marketing

EWI Doug Myers Global Business Development Director

Faurecia Kyle Gillis Communications Manager

Faurecia Katie Roco Customer Engineering Director

Faurecia Clean Mobility Daniel Prestel* Director of Market Intelligence NAO

Fives Joseph Buzo Director of Sales and Marketing

Fives Cinetic Corp. Jason Glinz Director of Proposal and Estimating

FMA Andrew Flando Vice President of Publishing & Events

FMA Communications Inc. (The FABRICATOR)

Eric Lundin* Editor

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Focus: HOPE Jewel Chapman Director, Workforce Development & Education

Focus: HOPE Kevin Green Program Manager

Focus: HOPE Richard Zabczynski Instructor / Administrator

Foley & Lardner LLP Steven Hilfinger Partner

Forbes.com/Freelance Ed Garsten* Senior Contributor

Forbes/Wheel Bearings Sam Abuelsamid Senior Contributor / Co-host

Ford - City Solutions Justine Johnson Mobility Strategist

Ford Motor Company Fazel Adabi Communications Manager

Ford Motor Company Lori Costew Chief Diversity Officer and People Strategy

Ford Motor Company Tim Geiger Manager, Vehicle and Connected Cybersecurity

Ford Motor Company Doug Mertz Manager, Technical Training Center

Ford Motor Company A.J. Pettyplace Team Manager (Production)

Ford Motor Company Craig Stephens Director, Controls and Automated Systems

Ford Motor Company Dan Tigner Engineering Manager

Form Technologies Tom Kerscher Chief Sales Officer

Form Technologies John Thomas VP of Sales - Global Automotive

Freelance Sebastian Blanco* Writer

Freelance/NACTOY Gary Witzenburg Contributing Editor

Ftech R&D North America Xiao Yu* General Manager

FTI Consulting Todd Eddy Managing Director

FTI Consulting Niladri Ganguli Senior Managing Director / Auto & Manufacturing / BT, PI Corporate Finance

Fulkerson Group Tavi Fulkerson Founder

Fullerton Tool Co/ Endurance Carbide

Patrick Curry President

g7 Research William Vukson* Publisher & Editor

General Motors Tim Grewe Director of Electrification Strategy

General Motors Kevin McLaughlin* Business Planner

General Motors Matthew Rudnick Director - Climate, Environment & Energy Policy

Gerdau Special Steel Giuliano Costantino* Product Line Manager

Gestamp Paul Belanger Director, North American R&D Center

Grand Rapids Community College

Mary Hofstra Corporate Customized Training Manager

Gravitas Detroit Jan Griffiths Chief Executive Officer

Gravitas Detroit Arbegiel Patanao* Virtual Assistant

Great Wall Motor Company, Ltd.

Werner Happenhofer* Chief Technology Planning Officer

Harbour Results, Inc. Laurie Harbour President and CEO

Harris Poll Lisa Whalen Managing Director

HATCI Amy McFarren* Corporate Strategy

HCL America Inc. Sonal Bareja Associate Vice President – Automotive (North America & APAC)

HCL Technology Ltd. Christine Barman Vice President Automotive Strategic Initiatives and Solutions

HCL Technology Ltd. Baiju Nellamakada Head of Sales - Automotive Suppliers

HCL Technology Ltd. Sushaiv Wadekar Associate Vice President- Automotive Sales (North America)

HCL Technology Ltd. Srinivas Yerramilli Technology Director

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Henkel Joji Akimoto* Technical Advisor

Henkel Ryan Forman Director, Technical Customer Service

Henkel Bashar Kirma E-Mobility Sales Director

Henkel Mellissa Krause Senior Sales Engineer

Henkel - AAO Nick Card Key Account Director APAC OEMs

Henkel Corporation Juliane Hefel Vice President

Hinduja Tech Michael J. Lee Executive Advisor

Hinduja Tech Inc. Kartik Shah DGM - Engineering and Business Development

HK Strategies/Ford Motor Company

Donna Dickson Chief Engineer for Mustang Mach-E

HK Strategies/Ford Motor Company

David Kiley Senior Content Strategist/Narrative Editor

Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Yoichi Sugimoto* Executive Chief Engineer

Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.

Sue Bai Chief Engineer

Hoosier Energy Jeff Pipkin Economic Development Manager

Horizon Global Raj Singh Global Director, Global Head Of Applications

Howard and Howard Attorneys PLLC

Howard Burdett Attorney

Howard and Howard Attorneys PLLC

Gina Staudacher Attorney

Humanising Autonomy Maya Pindeus* Chief Executive Officer

HWA Analytics, LLC Kim Hill President

Hyundai Mobis Chris Dowd* R& Strategy and Planning

Hyundai Mobis Claire Marquardt* Regulatory Analyst

Hyundai Mobis Lon Zaback* Senior Manager, Strategy & Planning

IBM Brett Hillhouse Automotive Leader

Identity PR Mark Winter President

IEDC James Staton SVP, Chief Business Development Officer

IHS Markit Stephanie Brinley Principal Analysts, Americas

IHS Markit Michael Fiske Associate Director - North American Powertrain

IHS Markit David Petrovski Director Sales

Infineon Technologies Lars Ullrich VP Automotive Division Americas

Infoma/Wards Intelligence Glenn Sanders* Principal Analyst - Autonomous Vehicles

Informa Automotive Group Dave Zoia* Senior Director-Content

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

Rob Atkinson President

Inforum Terry Barclay President and CEO

Inforum Cindy Goodaker Vice president, signature events and communications

Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica

Lucas Robatto* Researcher

Intel Corporation Irene Petrick* Senior Director of Industrial Innovation Internet of Things Group

Intellicosting Mike Powers* Vice President Sales and Marketing

Intermex Parques Industriales Oscar Salomon

Noble CEO

International Alliance for Mobility Testing & Standardization - IAMTS

Peter Doty Secretariat

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International Trade Administration

Elizabeth Clark* Automotive Team Lead


Elizabeth Couch* International Economist


Andy Parris* International Trade Specialist


Todd Peterson* International Trade Specialist


Jeffrey Williams* International Trade Specialist

International Transportation Innovation Center

Joachim Taiber Chief Technology Officer

Intertek Ralph Buckingham Director - Transportation Technologies

Irvin Joe Finn President & CEO

ITW Eric Rask EV Powertrain Systems Engineer

ITW Air Flow Management North America

Eric Kendall* Engineering and Innovation Manager

J & N (Journals & News) Group, Ltd.

Nasim Uddin Editor-in-Chief

James L. Knight Foundation Lilian Coral* Director/National Strategy + Technology Innovation

JATCO USA Jayson Goodman Director, Sales, Marketing & Business Operations

JobsOhio Jonathan Bridges Managing Director - Automotive

JR Automation - Hitachi Group Robert Hynes Director - Digital Solutions Business Unit

JR Automation Technologies Chip Seabolt Director of Sales

Kansas Department of Commerce

Chang Lu Business Recruitment & International Trade Project Manager

KeenerVision Studios LLC Kyle Keener Owner Operator

Kensington Capital Justin Mirro* Chief Executive Officer

Kettering University Robert McMahan President

KeyBanc Capital Markets Trevor Upton Mosaic Sector Head, Mobility and Transportation

Keysight Technologies Aaron Newman Business Development

Keysight Technologies David Paul Automotive Business Mgr.

Kia Motors Sang Dae Kim* Senior Vice President

KOSTAL Harry Asher* President & CEO

L&L Products Hank Richardson Product Engineering Manager

Lacks Enterprises Mark Montone Executive Director Business Development

Lacks Enterprises Michael Suchara Director of Global Marketing & Development

LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc.

Denise Gray President

Liebherr Gear Technology and Automation

Gary Chatell President

LIFT/ALMMII Nigel Francis CEO & Executive Director

Lincoln International Robert Satow* Managing Director

LMC Automotive David Franklin Manager, Marketing

LMC Automotive Jeff Schuster President, Global Forecasting

Lordstown Motor Corp. Darren Post VP, Chief Engineer

Magna Bea Lozinski* Vice President, Talent

Magna Brian Pospy* Sr. Business Development Manager

Magna International Tracy Fuerst Vice President, Corporate Communications and PR

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Magna International Hayley Heath Government Affairs Coordinator

Magna International Swamy Kotagiri Chief Executive Officer

MAHLE Industries, Inc. Scott Ferriman President

MAHLE Industries, Inc. Michael Monroe Head of Sales Controlling & Sales Project Management

MAHLE Industries, Inc. Jeff Trent Director, Marketing

Mann and Hummel USA Inc Charles Vaillant CTO/CDO

MANN+HUMMEL Mike Ternes VP- OEM BU Americas

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH Harald Spaeth President & General Manager Original Equipment

Martinrea Robert Fairchild Executive Vice President, Business Development and Automotive Strategy

Martinrea Darrin Hotts Executive Director of Business Development

MBE Group Frank Buscemi CEO

MBRDNA Neil Armstrong VP

Mechanical Simulation - CarSim, TruckSim

Robert McGinnis Senior Account Manager

Meridian Lightweight Tech. Jon Weiler* Manager of Core Technology

Merx Communications Katie Merx CEO

MetalForming Magazine Lou Kren* Senior Editor

Method Park America William Bolander Principle Consultant

MICHauto Carolyn Sauer Senior Director

MICHauto Glenn Stevens Executive Director

Michelin Ryan Bobbie* Global Original Equipment Technical Leader

Michelin Jonathan Cooke* Business Planning Manager

Michelin Betsy Dalton* Marketing

Michelin North America, Inc Khanh Le* Innovation Business Development and Deployment

Michelin North America, Inc Mike Marchand Director, Partnerships, Sustainable Development & Mobility

Michigan Business Network Chris Holman CEO/Founder Host 'Michigan Business Beat'

Michigan Business Network Jeffrey Mosher Operations Director/Co-Host 'Michigan Business Beat'

Michigan Department of Transportation

Paul Ajegba Director

Michigan Economic Development Corporation

Drew Coleman Director, US & Foreign Direct Investment


Amiee Evans CoS


Michelle Grinnell Director of Communications & Partnerships


Joshua Hundt Executive Vice President and Chief Business Development Officer


Ryan Hundt Regional Director


Lindsay Kirchinger Chief of Protocol & Director of Events


Bob Metzger Strategic Engagement Director


Christine Roeder SVP, Growth and Development


Eric Shreffler VP Market Development


Nicole Thomson Regional Director

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Michigan Manufacturers Association

Mike Johnston VP of Government Affairs

Michigan Small Business Development Center

Clay Phillips Mobility Technology Lead / Advisor to SRI International

Michigan Technological University

Cody Kangas Director, Corporate Relations

Michigan's University Research Corridor

Britany Affolter-Caine Executive Director

Microsoft Mindy Doerr National Industry Executive Automotive

Missouri Partnerhsip Dennis Pruitt VP, Business Development

MIT AgeLab Bryan Reimer* Research Scientist

MIT Lincoln Laboratory Denise Fitzgerald Group Leader

Mitsubishi Electric Michael Horani Sr Mgr. Advanced Engineering

Mitsubishi Electric Mark Rakoski VP Advanced Engineering

Montgomery Area Chamber Ellen McNair* Senior VP

MOREY Ryne DeBoer President

Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA)

Brian Daugherty Chief Technology Officer

Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA)

Ann Wilson Senior Vice President, Government Affairs

Muncie-Delaware County Economic Development Alliance

Traci Lutton Vice President

Nagase Anthony Kellum* Senior Manager

Nemak Matt Boddy Head of Sales

Nemak Edwin Boven Sales Planning & Process Manager NA

Nemak Olivia Wardle Marketing Leader North America

NewCarNews Bob Giles* Publisher

Nexperia Semiconductors Michael Herr Automotive GKAM

NI Chad Chesney Vice President and General Manager of Transportation Business

NI Kevin Lapham Vice President, TBU Offering Management

Nikola Corporation Mike Chaffins Global Head of Supply Chain

Nissan Corporation David Johnson Vice President, Production Engineering and Quality

Nissan North America Carol Jean Milner Director of Supplier Diversity, Service and Support Purchasing

NNG North America, Inc. Damon Mark VP

NNG, LLC Jack Little Business Development Manager

Norfolk Southern Railway Dayne Tate Industrial Development Manager

Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership

Chad Ruston COO/Senior Vice President Business Development

Nuro Greg Rogers Public Policy

Oakland County Economic Development

Jeanne Broad Manager, Domestic and International Attraction

Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME)

Trevor Pawl Chief Mobility Officer

Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME)

Kathryn Snorrason Managing Director

Ohio State University David Emerling Industry Collaboration Director

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OmniQuest Wayne Johnson* Director, Sales Enablement and Operations.

OmniQuest Stewart Skomra CEO

On Automotive/Autoline After Hours

Gary Vasilash Editor-in-Chief

Optimus Ride Sean Harrington Chief Executive Officer

Optimus Ride Kelly Shaffer Head of Marketing

Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA)

Julie Fream President and CEO


Steven Horaney* Vice President


Mike Jackson Executive Director, Strategy and Research

Pajarito Powder, LLC Thomas Stephenson CEO

Paslin Co David Taylor* CEO

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Mark Kopko* Transformational Technology Director

Peracchio & Company, LLC John Peracchio* Managing Member

Phoenix Contact Mike Brooks* Industry Manager - US Automotive

Piston Group Robyn Healey* Marketing Director

Plante & Moran, PLLC Daron Gifford Partner

Plante Moran Ted Morgan Partner

Plastic Omnium Sandrine Lepesqueux* Business Analyst

Plastics News, Crain Communications

Sarah Kominek* Reporter

Plex Systems Joe Loridas Sales

Plug and Play Tech Center Logan Azelton Head of Detroit Corporate Partnerships

PMA Michael Vohland Publisher

Polaris Industries Inc Josh Stevens Business Dev Mgr.

Polaris Industries Inc Patrick Weldon Director

PPG Industries Andrew Carroll Vice President, Americas - Automotive OEM Coatings

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Michael Davidson Manager

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Ramesh Telang Partner

Pridgeon & Clay David Norris CFO

Pridgeon & Clay Inc. Mike Kozal* VP of Engineering

PTC Robert Brincheck Business Development Director

PwC Kristin Ritter Director

PwC Akshay Singh Partner

PwC/Strategy& Paul Carrannanto Principal

PwC/Strategy& Dietmar Ostermann Principal

QAD, Inc. Andreas Bareid Global Account Manager

QAD, Inc. Kelly Byam Global Account Manager

QAD, Inc. Kaitlyn Clark Marketing Specialist

QAD, Inc. Mary Dreslinski Marketing Manager

QAD, Inc. Charles Eggerding Senior Vice President

QAD, Inc. Terry Onica Director, Automotive

QAD, Inc. Thomas Roberts Vice President, Automotive and Mobility

QAD, Inc. Tracy Turnbull Global Accounts - Strategic Business Segment

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Qlik Larry Bossman Territory Account Manager

Qlik Grant Faulkner Sales Director

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. Mark Peters Director Automotive Business Development

Quantum Corporation Graham Cousens Regional Sales Manager

Quantum Corporation Don Rogers Pre Sales System Engineer

QuantumScape Asim Hussain* Chief Marketing Officer

RACER Trust Patricia Spitzley Deputy Redevelopment Manager

Rassini Brent Collyer VP Engineering

Rassini Suspensiones Reyes Baeza Rubio Gerente de Manufactura Compuestos

REDI Cincinnati Kurt Fullbeck Director, Business Development

REDI Cincinnati Wade Williams Vice President, Global Business Development

Regional Growth Partnership Chase Eikenbary Senior Project Manager

Regional Growth Partnership Gary Thompson Executive Vice President

Retired Bill Hampton Founder, AutoBeat Daily

Reuters Paul Lienert Future Transportation/Technology Correspondent

RGBSI Prakash Sathe Senior VP, Business Development

Ricardo Inc. Robert Hughes Director of Business Development

Ricardo Inc. Jeffrey Nichols Vice President

Rivian Chris Nevers Senior Director, Policy

Robar PR Colleen Robar President

Robert Bosch LLC Kevin Mull Director - Business Development

Robert Bosch LLC Beth Silver Chief of Staff

Rocky Mountain Institute Britta Gross Managing Director

Royal Power Solutions Randy Ross President & CEO

Rudolph Libbe Ben Eisel General Manager

Rudolph Libbe Brian Mears Director, Site Management

Rudolph Libbe Philip Rudolph Jr. Vice President of Business Development

SAE International William Visnic Editorial Director

SAE ITC Edward Straub Vice President of Land-based Systems at SAE ITC and Executive Director of the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium

Saginaw Future Inc. JoAnn Crary* President

Saginaw Future Inc. Steve Jonas Executive Vice President

Sandia National Laboratories Christopher Moen* Senior Manager

SAP Andy Ciupak Delivery Services

SAP Marco Gollarza Automotive Head of Industry

SAP Thomas Madonna Industry Executive Adviser

SAP Bill Newman Industry Executive Advisor

SAP Jackson Nicholson Industry Account Executive

Schwartz Machine Company Kim Ziomek Director - Business Development

Seraph Thomas Kowal VP Business Development

SFC Koenig Heather Allen Sales Account Manager

SGF North America Inc. Cornel Ureche Director North America

SGL Carbon Dan Gillig NA Technical Sales Lead

Shape Corp. Mark White President and CEO

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Shiloh Industries Steve Lin Global Director of Product Engineering

Shively Bros. Inc Chris Clarambeau President

Sigma International Christopher Naidoo CEO

Siili Auto Jim Crawley Executive Vice President of Sales

Smart Columbus Mandy Bishop* Program Manager

Softtek Cindy Swiantek Vice President

South Carolina Department of Commerce

Julius Weathers Project Manager

Square One Education Network Barb Land Executive Director

SRI International Peter Marcotullio Vice President, Commercial R&D

Stratacomm Angela Bianchi Vice President

Strategy and Innovation Acceleration

Christopher Thomas Managing Director

Sundberg-Ferar Grey Parker CEO

Sundberg-Ferar Product Innovation Studio

Lynnaea Haggard* Marketing Manager

Symphony Industrial AI Digital Manufacturing

Alan Taracuk Director Strategic Accounts

Terbine David Knight Founder & CEO

The Auto Channel Bob Gordon President and Co-publisher

The Flying Car Charlie Vogelheim Host - Pilot

The Hill and Griffith Company - Cincinnati, OH

Mike Lawry Dir/ VP Operations

The ITB Group Joel Kopinsky Managing Director

The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc.

Sheri Bokros Vice President Business Development

The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc.

Sean Kelley Senior Vice President

The Millerschin Group John Millerschin The Millerschin Group

The PLUM Catalyst Tammy Meehan Russell* President & Chief Catalyst

The Timken Corporation Mike Marcelli Director - LVS Sales

The Wall Street Journal Ben Foldy Reporter

The Wall Street Journal Nora Naughton Reporter

The Wall Street Journal Christina Rogers Autos Editor/Detroit Bureau Chief

TheDetroitBureau Paul Eisenstein* Publisher, Editor

Theis Communications, Inc. Ron Theis Automotive Editor

TI Fluid Systems William Kozyra President & CEO

Tirekicking Today James Flammang* Editor

TNECD - Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development

Chassen Haynes Director of Business Development

Town of Brownsburg Debra Cook* Economic Development Director

Town of Ingersoll Curtis Tighe* Economic Development Officer

Toyota Motor North America Dante Boutell* Vice President

Toyota Motor North America Jordan Choby* Vice President

Toyota Motor North America Kazunori Irifune* Senior Executive Engineer

Toyota Motor North America Karen Johnston Director of Government Affairs

Toyota Motor North America Stephen Lewis* General Manager, Diversity + Inclusion

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Toyota Motor North America Wataru Ozawa* Group Vice President

Toyota Motor North America R&D

JP Flaharty Executive Project Manager

Transportation Research Center Inc.

Brett Roubinek President & CEO

Traverse City Record-Eagle Dan Nielsen Business Editor

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Bill Charmley* Director

UAW Jeff Faber Advanced Manufacturing Analyst

UAW Josh Nassar* Legislative Director

UAW Steve Zimmerla Executive Administrative Assistant to the UAW Vice President

Ubisense Fernando A. Garcia Director of Sales – Americas

Ubisense Scott Mullarkey VP, Worldwide Sales

Umicore Greg Garr Director, Market Creation and Technical Center

Umicore Robert Privette* Bus Dev

Umicore Electrical Materials USA Inc

Martin Boarder Managing Director

United States International Trade Commission

David Coffin* International Trade Analyst

United States International Trade Commission

Jeffrey Horowitz* International Trade Analyst

United States Steel Marcos Corradin Director of Marketing and Strategy

United States Steel Bernhard Hoffmann Vice President

University of Michigan A. Harvey Bell Professor of Engineering Practice

University of Michigan Bernie DeGroat Associate News Director

University of Michigan Huei Peng* Professor

University of Michigan/Office of Tech Transfer

Anne Partington Director - MTRAC Advanced Transportation Commercialization Hub

University of Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research

Ross McKenzie* WatCAR Managing Director

USDOC ITA Commercial Service East Michigan

Eve Lerman* Senior International Trade Specialist

Verizon Michael Kozak Sales Manager

Verizon Jay Suarez Sales Manager

VI-grade Gary Newton Jr Director of Vehicle Dynamic and NVH Simulator Sales - North America

VI-grade Dean Streck Director North America

Vitesco Technologies Sandy Stojkovski CEO North America

Vitesco Technologies Mike Stoller Head of Communications, North America

Vitro Automotive Glass Antonio Julian Sr. VP - Sales

Vitro Automotive Glass Salvador Minarro* President

Volkswagen Group of America Frank Weith Director, Connected and Mobility Services

Voltaiq Eli Leland CTO

Voltaiq Tal Sholklapper CEO and Co-Founder

Wards Steven Finlay* Writer

Wards Jim Henry* Freelance Reporter

Wards Brian Priestley Manager

Wards Intelligence Christie Schweinsberg Electrification Analyst

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Wards Intelligence/Informa Tech

Drew Winter* Principal Analyst/Conference Producer

WardsAuto Jim Irwin* Editor

WardsAuto Thomas Murphy Managing Editor

WardsAuto Joseph Szczesny* Writer/Producer

WardsAuto-Informa Dyanna Hurley Sr Account Manager

Warner Norcross + Judd LLP Thomas Manganello Partner and Co-Chair of the Automotive Industry Group

Warner Norcross + Judd LLP Elaine Taylor Business Development Executive

Washtenaw Community College Michael Galea Professional Faculty - Computer Science and Information Technology

Washtenaw Community College Alan Lecz Director- Advanced Transportation Center

Washtenaw Community College Cyndi Millns Professional Faculty - Computer Science and Information Technology

Washtenaw Community College Justin Morningstar Faculty

Washtenaw Community College Brandon Tucker Associate Vice President of Workforce and Community Development

WayPoint Marketing Communications

Shelly Otenbaker President

We Predict Mark Gordon SVP Business Development

Wejo Bret Scott Vice President of Partnerships

Wells Fargo Colin Langan Automotive and Mobility Analyst

White House Council of Economic Advisers

Susan Helper* Senior Economist

Wieland Steve Van Hoose Technical Marketing Manager

Wieland Rolled Products Kathy Smith Regional Sales Manager

WJR Link Bessert Director of Business Development

WJR Radio Ann Thomas Executive Producer

WL Gore & Associates Mark Weier Global Automotive Market Segment Leader

WOOD Radio / iHeartMedia Phil Biggs Industry Analyst

Worthington Specialty Processing

Jim Mortensen Vice President Sales

WWJ Newsradio 950 Jeff Gilbert Auto Reporter

Yahoo Finance Rick Newman Senior Columnist

Yanfeng Jeffrey Stout Executive Director - Global Innovation

Yazaki North America, Inc. Manish Mehta* Vice President

Yazaki North America, Inc. David Scheffler* Vice President

ZEON Brian Cail VP, Sales & Marketing

Zeon Chemicals LP Patrick Herman Automotive Market Manager

Zoox Mark Rosekind* Chief Safety Innovation Officer

ZoZo Go Michael Dunne Chief Executive Officer

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Students@MBS Program: School

First Name

Last Name

Major

College for Creative Studies Sergio Gasca Solorio Transportation Design, MFA

College for Creative Studies Jordan Thomas Transportation Design, BFA

Eastern Michigan University Brandon Ostrom Mechanical Engineering

Ferris State University Megan Walker Business Administration

Focus: HOPE Chondria Anthony Manufacturing Engineering

Focus: HOPE Nathaniel Cato CNC Machinist

Focus: HOPE Ronald Gregory N/A

Focus: HOPE Gregory Harrison Manufacturing Engineering

Focus: HOPE Reginald Robinson Industrial Machine CNC Robotics

Focus: HOPE Julius Vanner Manufacturing Engineering

Focus: HOPE Jamar Warren N/A

Focus: HOPE LaBreya Wright Engineering

Kettering University Christos Batsakis Mechanical Engineering

Kettering University William Wakefield Computer Science

Macomb Community College Chase Duncan Automotive Technology

Macomb Community College Richard Heydt General Motors Automotive Service Educational Program (GM ASEP)

Oakland University Muhammad Faran

Babar Computer Science

Taylor University Joshua Meleski Computer Engineering

Taylor University Calvin Ochs Computer Engineering

University of Florida Caylynne Teem Mechanical Engineering

University of Michigan Meet Ganghi Mechanical Engineering

University of Michigan - Dearborn

Nico Bokhari Software Engineering

University of Michigan - Dearborn

Miguel Flores Computer Engineering

Washtenaw Community College Tristan Buffington Cybersecurity

Washtenaw Community College Anya Inman Cybersecurity

Washtenaw Community College Alexander Spencer Automotive Testing

Wayne State University Alicia Hollers Electrical Engineering Technology

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Center for Automotive Research Carla Bailo President & Chief Executive Officer

Center for Automotive Research Sara Bozer Marketing & Client Relations Coordinator

Center for Automotive Research Kristin Dziczek Vice President, Industry, Labor & Economics Group

Center for Automotive Research Edgar Faler Senior Industry Analyst

Center for Automotive Research Terni Fiorelli Industry Analyst, Industry, Labor & Economics Group

Center for Automotive Research Sydney Merkle Event Assistant

Center for Automotive Research Katie Ramsburgh Director, Affiliates Program & Director, Integrated Marketing Communications

Center for Automotive Research Brett Smith Director, Technology

Center for Automotive Research Bernard Swiecki Director, Research andDirector, Automotive Communities Partnership

Center for Automotive Research Shaun Whitehouse Global Industry Liaison, Marketing and Development Lead

Center for Automotive Research Denise Zilch Manager, Administration and Events

2004 management briefing seminars

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