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Bernd Reichert has a 25-year proven track record in the automotive electronics business (Infotainment, ADAS) at global Tier 1 suppliers. Previous to AEye, he was Vice President of Sales and Business Development (Global Driving Assistance) at VALEO, where he was responsible for components, sensors, domain controllers, systems and functions, autonomous parking and driving, and more,Read more

Amit Mehta is Head of Innovation at North American Lighing, Inc. where he has been working in various positions since 2014. Besides his focus on Business Development, he has several years of experience in product engineering, 4 years in design engineering, and 4 years in benchmarking in terms of cost, performance and technical and brandRead more

Gonen Barkan is currently leading the Radar development for retail-autonomy programs at GM, spanning teams in Israel and the USA. At this role, Gonen is responsible for all aspects of Radar technology development, Radar product development and Radar integration into GM vehicles – focusing on next-gen technologies for autonomous driving at the retail market (L2-L4)Read more

Sama provides accurate data for ambitious AI. The company’s high-quality training data platform is trusted by the world’s most ambitious organizations to develop accurate machine learning models. Trusted by leading technology companies such as Walmart, Google and Nvidia, Sama specializes in image, video and sensor data annotation and validation for machine learning algorithms in industriesRead more

Matthias Schulze is Vice President, Europe and Asia at Algolux. Schulze, an ADAS veteran with over 25 years of management experience, most recently served as VP, Technology Management and Head of ADAS at Visteon. Prior to that, he spent over 29 years at Daimler AG holding various positions in ADAS and Autonomous Driving research andRead more

Apeksha is Gatik’s Chief Engineer and has expertise in building full-stack solutions for self-driving cars. Her research areas include deep learning, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, AI and remote sensing. Prior to this, Apeksha was the Head of Perception at Ford Motor Company’s self-driving car unit. Her research focus was on using deep learning algorithmsRead more

Erich has over 20 years of experience working with remote sensing, high precision navigation, and mobile safety systems in the aerospace, meteorological, automotive and mining industries. He has worked for Teledyne, Trimble, and Leica Geosystems and joined Velodyne LiDAR in 2015 to lead operations in Europe.Read more

Michael leads the Autonomy team at Level 5, Lyft’s self-driving division. At Level 5, he helped build and grow the Autonomy team from the ground up. Prior to Lyft, Michael was a VP of Engineering responsible for leading the AI, Machine Learning, and Apps teams at Rocket Fuel, an ad tech company that participates inRead more

Arjun is the co-founder and CTO at Gatik, a Palo Alto-based startup developing autonomous light/medium trucks and vans for B2B short-haul logistics. Gatik’s autonomous vehicles have been operating on public roads across North America since 2019 with multiple Fortune 500 retail partners including Walmart. These partnerships are a first in the AV industry: this kindRead more

Nikhil Gupta has been with Magna for more than a decade and is currently responsible for all the ADAS feature development activities within Magna. While being an integral part of Magna’s growth into Mobility and Autonomy, he has also been responsible for the setup and leadership of the various development teams in the Bay area,Read more