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Dr. Alexander Kirchner Function Development studied electrical engineering at Braunschweig University of Technology and embarked on a career at electronics manufacturer Philips in Hamburg. Two years later, the technology expert decided to do a doctorate, which involved working on an automation project for Volkswagen. Upon graduating, he joined the group’s research department and went onRead more

Managing Director, atlatec GmbH, January 2014 – Today Research Associate, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), September 2013 – June 2014 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, With Distinction, 2010 – 2013 RWTH Aachen University, Diploma Degree, Computer Science, With Distinction, 2004 – 2009  Read more

Project Lead Piloted Parking (Predevelopment), AUDI AG / Audi Electronics Venture GmbH, March 2012 – Today Mechatronics, Volkswagen of America – Electronics Research Lab, January 2011 – June 2011 Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL) – Driver Assistance Systems Team, Mechanical Engineering, Audi AG, Oktober 2009 – März 2010  Read more

Dr.-Ing. Manfred Schölzke is Engineering Group Manager for “Vehicle System Safety” within the E/E department of Adam Opel AG. Before his current assignment, he led the group responsible for “System Configuration & Release Management”. He has more than fifteen years of Systems and Software Engineering experience in the Automotive Industry. From University of Kaiserslautern heRead more

Martijn Tideman is the Product Director within TASS International. He is leading the product development department and is thereby responsible for the creation and expansion of the PreScan, MADYMO and Delft Tyre software suites and associated simulation solutions. Martijn’s team consists of more than 60 high-tech professionals including product managers, architects, software developers, test engineers,Read more

Thomas Bloor runs global business development at BlackBerry’s QNX Software Systems, where he is responsible for building, developing, and maintaining relationships with automotive OEMs around the world. Prior to joining QNX, he spent 16 years at Intel, most recently as an automotive business development director, where he worked with Fiat Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, JaguarRead more

2004: diploma from RWTH Aachen in Electrical engineering and information technology 2004- 2007: Volkswagen Group Research in Wolfsburg Germany, Electronics Research Laboratory at Palo Alto, CA, USA, member of Stanford Racing Team (winner of DARPA Grand Challenge 2005, autonomous driving) since 2008: Porsche Engineering, incl. projects in teh area of self driving cars.Read more

Hoofd Innovatiemanagement, De Lijn, September 2011 – Today Mechelen Projecten met innovatieve technologie Mobiliteitsontwikkelaar, De Lijn, January 2007 – September 2011Read more

Mohsen Sefati is currently the Technical Lead of Functional Testing for L5 Automated Driving at Daimler AG. Previoulsy he was a research associate at RWTH Aachen university. Till End of 2017, he was a team leader of the research group Autonomous Systems and responsible for the development of the Automated Special Purpose Vehicles especially inRead more

Bernd Datler studied Business Administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration from 1992 to 1998. After attending a trainee programme at Unilever, Datler worked for four years at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young as a company consultant in Austria and neighbouring countries, and the last one and a half years building upRead more