ADAS, AI, and Advancing the Autonomous Vehicle

Bob Leigh is the Senior Director of Market Development at Real-Time Innovations (RTI). Bob has been developing new markets and building technology companies for over 15 years as an entrepreneur and technology leader. He graduated from Queen’s University with a degree in Mathematics & Engineering and has used his education in control and communication systems to develop embedded solutions for a variety of industries including energy, manufacturing, and transportation. Spending his career in small companies inspired Bob to found two companies of his own. At each venture, he led the charge to create new technologies for emerging markets and disruptive applications. Bob joined RTI and spent his first 5 years developing and executing the company plan to enter the Automotive market, taking advantage of the twin disruptions of autonomous vehicles and electrification. Automotive is now RTI’s fastest growing market. As a market leader, the company is working with many of the manufacturers who are disrupting this market. Bob now leads the RTI Markets team driving the growing markets and looking for the next big disruption where RTI can apply its expertise to help solve society’s largest challenges.

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.