Dr. Ken Washington is chief technology officer, Ford Motor Company, and part of the enterprise leadership team reporting to Hau Thai-Tang, Ford’s chief product platform and operations officer. In this role, Washington leads Ford’s global research organization, overseeing the development and implementation of the company’s technology strategy. His responsibilities include Ford’s next-generation vehicle electrical architectures; sensing and computing stacks; energy, propulsion, and sustainability; advanced materials and manufacturing; and controls and automated systems. He also leads Ford’s STEM and University research programs.

Prior to joining Ford, he was vice president of the Advanced Technology Center at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and was responsible for leading a team of scientists and engineers in performing research and development in space science and related R&D.

Previously, he served as Lockheed Martin Corporation’s first chief privacy officer, a role in which he built the company’s privacy program, set the privacy strategy direction and established a team of privacy professionals to execute the strategy.

Washington also previously served as the vice president and chief technology officer for the Lockheed Martin IT organization, where he was responsible for shaping the future of the corporation’s information technology enterprise.

Prior to joining Lockheed Martin in February 2007, Washington served as chief information officer for Sandia National Laboratories, where he previously held various other technical leadership and engineering positions.

He has a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degree in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University, serves on the board of directors for McKesson Corporation, and is a fellow of the MIT Seminar XXI program on International Relations. Washington was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2020.

José Muñoz is the Global Chief Operating Officer of Hyundai Motor Company and the president and CEO of both Hyundai Motor North America and Hyundai Motor America. In this capacity, Muñoz is responsible for global operations strategies and their successful implementation, delivering profitable growth and improving the overall performance of Hyundai Motor Company.

Muñoz also oversees the entire American market, including Hyundai Motor North, Central and South America, as the head of the Hyundai Motor Americas Region. Muñoz is based in Hyundai’s U.S. headquarters in Fountain Valley, California.

Prior to joining Hyundai, Muñoz was most recently the Chief Performance Officer for Nissan Motor Corporation and the Chairman of Nissan China. He joined Nissan in 2004 and during his 15 years at the automaker led significant growth and record sales in the regions he managed. Muñoz is a native of Spain and earned his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Polytechnic University of Madrid and has an MBA from Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School in Madrid. He has also completed executive management programs from Cranfield School of Management in the U.K. and INSEAD Business School in France. He is fluent in English, Spanish and French. 

Graduate from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers and with a Master’s degree in applied mechanics, Carla Gohin began her career at PSA Peugeot Citroën in 1999 as a cost optimisation manager.

Between 2002 and 2010, she was in charge of various developments in the powertrain adaptations perimeter.

In 2010, she was given responsibility for the technical coordination of the Group’s Research & Development Department.

In 2014, Ms Gohin was appointed Executive Assistant to Carlos Tavares, Chairman of PSA Peugeot Citroen Managing Board.

Stefan Gudmundsson, Karma’s Chief Innovation Officer, is an accomplished executive from the connected automotive space. At Karma, Gudmundsson’s extensive international experience in connected car, infotainment and telematics plays a vital role in developing the company’s competitive roadmap; identifying strategic partners, innovative approaches and new product breakthroughs to help maximize Karma’s market potential.

Prior to joining Karma, Gudmundsson served as Senior Principal/Director, Global Automotive Market Development and Product Strategy at u-blox, a creator of wireless semiconductors and modules, where he brought strategic innovation to its product lines, Director of Technology & Operations at Hyundai AutoEver Telematics America, Project Management at Volvo’s WirelessCar, and Vice President, Technology at DRI Corporation.

Gudmundsson earned a Master of Science in Computer Science & Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is also a frequent connected car, telematics and M2M global speaker and writer, and holds multiple international patents in telematics.

Samir Agrawal is NIO U.S.’s Senior Director of Smart Hardware Engineering at NIO's US-based Advanced Research & Development Center within the Autonomous Driving team. His team focuses on compute, sensors, mechanical engineering, NPI, and vehicle safety. Before NIO, Samir was the Senior Hardware Design Engineer at Apple, working on schematic design, layout supervision, board bring up, and manufacturing support for various Mac platforms. Samir holds a Master’s of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland and a BTECH degree in Engineering from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in India.

Dennis Polischuk is the Chief Architect within the Autonomous Driving/Digital Systems team at NIO's US-based Advanced Research & Development Center in Silicon Valley. With over 20 years in the engineering industry, Dennis leads the firmware and ADAS development, QA activities, integration builds within the software platforms, and production software for the San Jose office.. Dennis holds a Master’s of Science in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Hartford and a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona.