Barath Kumar is a Business Development Manager for dSPACE GmbH, responsible for the autonomous driving and virtual validation international business markets. He has more than 12 years of experience working in the automotive, robotics and factory automation domains, with extensive experience in software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop simulation technology. He has been with dSPACE since 2014.

dSPACE is the world's leading provider of hardware and software tools for developing and testing sophisticated electronic control systems. For over 30 years, dSPACE's high-quality, off-the-shelf software and hardware tools have empowered engineers to design and innovate, while dramatically reducing development time and cost. dSPACE's pioneering products such as the MicroAutoBox rapid prototyping systems, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulators, and the automatic production code generator TargetLink have become de facto standards for developing automotive electronics. dSPACE technology also has a great impact on aerospace, medical engineering, industrial automation, electric drives technology and other industries. Academia also uses this technology to nurture engineering talent. dSPACE Inc. is the North American company of dSPACE GmbH, headquartered in Paderborn, Germany.