Sandra Roksić is a systems engineer on the high voltage battery team at Lucid Motors with experience in designing and validating automotive systems. Her career has been focused on emerging automotive technologies such as infotainment systems, autonomous vehicles, and most recently electrification. 

Her current role is centered around: optimizing the charging experience, electric vehicle serviceability, and battery system safety and reliability. Sandra is passionate about creating innovative solutions that make a difference in the world and strives to make leading transportation technologies accessible to the broader community. She believes that the EV industry is the opportunity to achieve this and works on defining the intersection between technology and society and how emerging technologies can be used to improve people’s lives.

She holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. 


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Annie started her career in UX and Machine Learning at Robert Bosch's Silicon Valley research center. During this time at Bosch Annie also moonlighted on the weekends as Team Leader of Team AnnieWay for DARPA Urban Challenge 2007, where AnnieWay was an “underdog” team with very little money, manpower, resources and time, and against all odds, successfully qualified as a Finalist for the DARPA race. Thereafter, at VW Group’s Silicon Valley innovation lab, Annie co-created and led companywide initiatives on USA Product, PR, Legal, and Governmental Affairs for Audi Autonomous Driving. After Audi/VW Annie spent 6+ years in the startup world of innovative solutions for self-driving cars and robotics automation; advised/consulted entrepreneurs, investors, auto OEMs, suppliers and other entities on autonomous driving; joined Toyota’s Silicon Valley lab; and briefly co-led Hexagon’s Autonomous Solutions group. Today, Annie is excited about her current journey as Deputy CEO at VinAI.

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Tilly Chang is the Executive Director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority which plans, funds, and delivers improvements for San Francisco’s multi-operator transportation system. She developed San Francisco’s 30-year transportation investment blueprint known as the San Francisco Transportation Plan. 

She is Chair of the Self-Help Counties Coalition, Vice-Chair of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority's Peninsula Rail Program Executive Steering Committee, and serves on the boards of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, UC CONNECT Advisory Committee, and Self-Help for the Elderly.



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Selika Josiah Talbott is a leading industry voice for the adoption of New Mobility: Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric vehicles. The Founder of Autonomous Vehicle Consulting, LLC and Solutions 4 New Mobility Education, LLC., she provides strategic advice to companies and organizations in the mobility space and educational materials for youth and adults on new mobility. 

She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California and Co-Directs the UC Davis Institute for Transportation Studies' Environmental Justice Fellowship. Selika has extensively published on Forbes.com and is considered a go-to expert media source as well as a highly sought-after speaker. 

Selika has had a Distinguished career in public service at the federal, state, and local levels. She served at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and State of New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and held policy positions in County and Township public entities. As an attorney, she practiced product liability defense representing franchises, taught continuing legal education, and authored several papers on insurance and product liability defense. 

Selika has a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law, a B.A from SUNY Stony Brook with a Political Science Major, and a Minor in Socio-legal studies. She also holds Certifications in Executive Leadership from American University, and Diversity Equity and Inclusion from Cornell University and Corporate Board Readiness from Santa Clara University.

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Amy Jones Satrom is Head of Operations at Nuro, where she oversees on-road operations, software quality and mapping operations, and operations product. She leads teams across the US, most notably in Houston, TX, Scottsdale, AZ, Los Angeles, and Mountain View, CA. Prior to joining Nuro, Amy led operations at 23andMe where she was responsible for overseeing supply chain, lab operations, logistics, and operating systems. Previously, she held various leadership roles at Amazon, across both operations and the company’s retail businesses. Amy started her career as a nuclear engineer in the US Navy. Amy received her Master of Philosophy in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge where she was a Gates Scholar and her B.S. in Oceanography from the United States Naval Academy. 

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Tune in to get to know Imogen Pierce.
 
She was Head of City Engagement and Integration at Arrival where she worked with cities to develop their mobility solutions. Before Arrival, Imogen worked as an aerodynamicist at Jaguar Land Rover. Since we spoke to Imogen she has become an ambassador for sustainable transportation at Fully Charged the largest Clean Energy & Electric Vehicle consumer channel.


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Tune in to our discussion with Sohaila Ouffata, Director of Platform, BMW iVentures.  She is the ultimate Tech-Evangelista and a passionate tech Venture Capital investor. She believes in the long-term opportunities through backing purpose-driven tech startups tackling the biggest problems in the transportation industry. Sohaila is also the founder of The African Tech Vision. 

Hannah Kain is President, Founder, and CEO of Alom, a global supply chain company supporting its Fortune 500 customers in the technology, automotive, medical, financial, and energy sectors.

Hannah was born in Denmark. In addition to a business and political career, she taught at Copenhagen Business School and Hannah holds three university degrees.

Hannah is a board member of the National Association of Manufacturers, board chair of How Women Lead–Silicon Valley, serves on the WBENC Forum Leadership Team. She has received numerous industry and leadership awards. 

Our guest today is Beth Hill, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Head of Privacy at FordDirect. Beth’s experience in technology, privacy, and cybersecurity, law and policy focuses on how data continues to transform the automotive industry and consumer experience. Prior to joining FordDirect Beth was Senior Counsel and Enterprise Privacy Counsel for Chrysler Group/FCA. 

 Listen to  Laura Merling from Google talk about innovation, transformation and convergence of trends and industries within the broadly understood transportation space. 

Laura is currently responsible for all things automotive at Google Cloud. In the past, Laura has held roles in sales, marketing, business development, and product management at Fortune 500 companies and start-ups including Ford, AT&T, Mashery, Sybase, McKinsey, and more. She has been responsible for ecosystem development and platform solutions at AT&T Business Solutions. She has shaped autonomous vehicle strategy and global digital services strategy at Ford. Laura has been instrumental in the technology, transportation, and industrial sectors, leading digital transformation initiatives throughout her career. She has earned a coveted SDForum Visionary Award and is a regular speaker at industry events.