Wallace R. Wade was chief engineer and technical fellow, Powertrain Systems Technology and Processes, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, where he served for 32 years prior to his retirement. He was responsible for the development, application, and certification...
Mr. Franz Storkenmaier is BMW Group’s Head of Lightweight Construction and Vehicle Weight. Previously, he worked as Efficient Dynamics Vehicle Manager during the conception stage of the battery electric vehicle BMW i3. Franz was employed in several fuel efficiency...
Rini Sherony is a Sr. Principal Engineer at Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) which is part of Toyota Technical Center located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is with Toyota for the past 18 years working in crash data analysis, active safety/advanced...
Dr. Manfred Sindel is a member of management within Audi Quality of Materials and Technology for the past 14 years. He is responsible for quality of lightweight materials, carbon fiber reinforced composites, adhesive bonding and non-destructive testing technologies...
At FCA’s Chrysler Technology Center since 1999, Dr. Shahwan has been holding several technical leadership positions in industry including the chairing of various pre-competitive joint collaboration activities with other OEMs, suppliers, and US-DoE (e.g., USCAR,...
emens Schmitz-Justen is the founder and President of CSJ Schmitz-Justen & Company which he started in 2009. Concurrently he was Director of International Programs in the College of Business and Behavioral Science at Clemson University from 2008-2010. He is the...
Jay Sackett is the general manager for the Body Design Engineering II division at Toyota Technical Center (TTC), located in Ann Arbor, Mich. TTC is Toyota’s North American R&D center and is a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America,...
Mike Regiec served as Manufacturing Chief and Technical Fellow for Body Manufacturing Engineering at General Motors. He established and led the Global Body Product Interface Department which is responsible for ensuring vehicles meet manufacturing requirements, achieve...
