ADAS, AI, and Advancing the Autonomous Vehicle

Bob Leigh brings over 15 years of experience developing new markets and building technology companies to his role as Director of Market Development at RTI. Bob graduated from Queen’s University with a degree in Mathematics and Engineering and has used his education in control and communication systems to engineer embedded solutions for a variety of industries including energy, manufacturing, and transportation. At each venture he has lead the charge to create new technologies for emerging markets and disruptive applications. Chip Downing is the Senior Market Development Director of Aerospace and Defense at Real-Time Innovations (RTI). In this position he manages RTI’s global aerospace and defense business and helps drive the RTI Connext product, now used in over 1,500 global systems, into the commercial and military aerospace market.

Caius Seiger, Product Manager , Sensor Simulation, Automated Driving & Software Solutions, dSPACE GmbH
Caius Seiger is a Product Manager for the field of Sensor Simulation at dSPACE. His goal is to create a solution that is easy to use and produces synthetic sensor data in real-time that is as close to reality as possible. For this purpose he is in contact with partners from industry and research. Caius holds a Master of Computer Science from the University of Paderborn.

Ali Osman Ors, Director, AI Strategy and Strategic Partnerships, Automotive Processing, NXP Semiconductors
With over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry specializing in processor and solution design for video, vision and machine learning applications, Ali focuses on foresight for NXP’s AI solutions for ADAS and Autonomous systems as well as bringing together the partner eco-system around these. Prior to joining NXP’s Automotive Microcontrollers and Processors unit Ali was VP of Engineering for CogniVue Corp. and in charge of the R&D teams delivering the Hardware and Software for vision SoC solutions and Cognition Processor IP cores. Ali holds an Engineering Degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada

Ali Bawangaonwala is the head of marketing for the V2X automotive segment of Qorvo’s Transport Business Unit with more than a decade of experience managing switches & filter product line at Qorvo. His 22 years of industry experience in the technology sector includes a background in electrical engineering with MSEE from Bradley University and an MBA in Strategy from Elon University. He is an expert in semiconductors for RF front-ends and represents Qorvo at 5GAA.