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Ford Motor Co.'s Darren Palmer speaks with Devon O'Reilly at the 2020 MICHauto Summit

Airspace Link, Inc.'s Michael Healander, speaks with Devon O'Reilly at the 2020 MICHauto Summit.

The promise of a smooth commute through automobility requires innovation. In this episode of Driven’s Mobility Moments podcast, our guests are Marcus Welz, CEO of Siemens Mobility Intelligent Traffic Systems and Eric Gannaway, Senior Sales Executive with Siemens Mobility in Sterling Heights. They share insight into Siemens’ commitment to Michigan and what the intelligent future holds for road users.Learn more about how the Detroit region leads in next-generation mobility at Driven: www.detroitdriven.us.

To keep ahead of the demand for ever-shifting skills in the automobility ecosystem, the Center for Advanced Automotive Technology at Macomb Community College confers frequently with industry, then creates programming to educate tomorrow’s talent. Learn how and why this relationship is so important to the Detroit region’s mobility economy from our Mobility Moments guest Ben Cruz, director of CAAT at Macomb Community College. Learn more about how the Detroit region leads in next-generation mobility at Driven: www.detroitdriven.us.

Kettering University GM Mobility Research Center (MRC) is a mobility-centered engineering proving ground on Kettering University’s campus in Flint, Michigan. Driven’s Mobility Moments Podcast host Claire Charlton visited the MRC to talk with Kettering University President Dr. Robert McMahan to learn more about this unique mobility testing asset.Visit Driven to learn how the Detroit region leads in next-generation mobility: www.detroitdriven.us.

It’s the end of 2019, and it’s been a busy year for mobility initiatives in Detroit and across Michigan. Today, on Driven’s Mobility Moments Podcast we’re checking in with Glenn Stevens, executive director at MICHauto to recap 2019...and learn more about what’s ahead in 2020. Learn how and why the Detroit region leads in next-generation mobility at Driven www.detroitdriven.us 

Detroit has a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem. And given the right support, the Detroit region can continue to see healthy growth, especially in mobility startups. Welcome to Driven’s Mobility Moments podcast, where we talk with the people building the mobility ecosystem in the Detroit region. In this episode, we talk with Emily Heintz, founder and managing director of EntryPoint. Emily shared EntryPoint’s groundbreaking research about how innovation thrives in Detroit  – what we do well, and what we need more of. Emily also says NOW is the time for Detroit to set the industry standard for diversity and inclusion in the high-tech ecosystem. Events to look out for:Michigan Venture Capital Association Annual Awards DinnerAccelerate Michigan Innovation CompetitionLearn more about how mobility works in the Detroit Region at www.detroitdriven.us

This episode of Driven’s Startup Spotlight features Ashok Sivanand, Co-Founder and CEO of Integral, a software consulting firm in Detroit focused on solving important problems in transportation and mobility. Ashok talks with Driven about what brought him to the mobility industry and to Detroit as well the work Integral is doing with some of the world's largest automotive companies.

This episode of Driven’s Startup Spotlight features Charlie Moret, President and CEO of Invest Michigan, an investment fund that invests in early-stage companies that are commercializing technology products or services. Charlie talks with Driven about his background and gives some insight into the mobility startup ecosystem growing in Detroit.Learn more about how Detroit is the region leading the world in mobility by visiting detroitdriven.us. Sign up for our newsletter while you're there.

In Southwest Detroit, young Girl Scouts are building confidence in science, technology, engineering, and math through immersive programs like robotics. In this episode of Driven’s Mobility Moments Podcast, we spend time with three young robot programmers and talk with Telva McGruder, General Motors engineer and chair of the board of directors at Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan. Learn how the Detroit region leads in next-generation mobility at www.detroitdriven.us.

This episode of Driven’s Startup Spotlight features Robert Bollinger, CEO of Bollinger Motors, a new electric vehicle manufacturer. Robert talks about his journey as an entrepreneur and what drew him to Michigan to start engineering the world's first all-electric sportutility truck and pickup truck.Learn more about how Detroit is the region leading the world in mobility by visiting detroitdriven.us. Sign up for our newsletter while you're there.

In this episode of Driven’s Mobility Moments Podcast, we’re chatting with Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) about the Michigan Auto Caucus, her own design background in the automotive industry, and how she’s working to boost the national narrative about Michigan’s role in the future of automobility. Discover what Sen. McMorrow learned first-hand by owning her own plug-in electric vehicle. Find out more about how the Detroit region leads in next-generation mobility at Driven: www.detroitdriven.us.

This episode of Driven’s Startup Spotlight features Kelly Kang, Program Manager of Techstars Detroit, a startup accelerator focused on building transformational businesses across mobility, automotive, transportation, logistics, city infrastructure, manufacturing, IoT, and travel industries. Kelly joins Driven to talk about the new 2019 Techstars Detroit class. Learn more about how Detroit is the region leading the world in mobility by visiting detroitdriven.us. Sign up for our newsletter while you're there.

When Detroit hosts automobility industry conferences, people from all over the world engage have critical conversations about safety, standards, and the future. But what standards are important? What impact will decisions made today have on the future of the infrastructure needed for autonomous vehicles? And who is missing from these conversations? This episode of Driven’s Mobility Moments Podcast is a panel discussion from AutoSens, the conference for the vision and sensor industry. Claire Charlton talked with Shawn Brovold, market development manager with 3M Connected Roads Transportation Safety Division; Abhay Rai, vice president of product marketing with Visteon Corporation; and Ana Dalsnes Storsaeter, senior engineer and project leader with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. Listen, then visit www.detroitdriven.us to learn more about how the Detroit region leads in next-generation mobility.

This episode of Driven’s Startup Spotlight features Michael Healander, President and CEO of Airspace Link, a drone and air logistic company supporting regulated state and local government airspace management.Learn more about how Detroit is the region leading the world in mobility by visiting detroitdriven.us. Sign up for our newsletter while you're there..

Mobility entrepreneurship is weaved into the fabric of Michigan industry. Tackling the autonomous vehicle frontier, Alisyn Malek will share her journey as an engineer turned COO and co-founder of May Mobility, an Ann Arbor-based startup transforming transportation through self-driving vehicles and other unique services. Malek will bring her unparalleled understanding of how the convergence of the automotive and technology industries foster next-generation mobility.Watch Malek's full Mackinac Moment on multimodal transportation and transforming mobility with self-driving vehicles on Driven.Learn more about how Detroit is the region leading the world in mobility by visiting detroitdriven.us. Sign up for our newsletter while you're there..This podcast is sponsored by MICHauto—an economic development initiative of the Detroit Regional Chamber and Michigan’s only automotive cluster association, dedicated to promoting, retaining and growing the automotive and mobility industry with in the state. For more informatio

Join Driven’s Mobility Moments Podcast as our guest Damian Porcari, director of the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office in Detroit talks about the patent’s role in U.S. history, about women inventors, and, of course, about patents for mobility innovations. Driven’s Mobility Moments Podcast is where we talk with the people building the mobility ecosystem in the Detroit region. www.detroitdriven.us

Spring in Michigan kicks off several mobility-focused events and for this episode of Driven’s Mobility Moments Podcast, we’re talking with Rob Stead, managing director with Sense Media about AutoSens, an automobility sensor-related conference happening in May, 2019 at the Michigan Science Center in Detroit. Listen and learn about a unique AV Hackathon for kids and a convening of the IEEE Standards Association P2020 working group, all happening beginning May 11, 2019.Learn more:May 11-12, 2019: Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Adventure Kids’ Hackathon at Lawrence Technological University, Southfield. (Kids 12-17) davg.tech/events/2019May 13-14, 2019: IEEE Standards Association P2020 Working Group, Advanced Transportation Center at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor. sites.ieee.org/sagroups-2020/meetings/May 14-16, 2019: AutoSens at Michigan Science Center, Detroit. auto-sens.com/autosens-detroit/Learn more about how Detroit is the region leading the world in mobility by visiting detroitdriven.us. Sign up for ou

Michigan's mobility footprint at South By Southwest 2019 was huge. If you were at the Austin, Texas festival this year, you probably crossed paths with one of my guests for this edition of Driven's Mobility Moments podcast. I'm riding the wave of South by excitement with Seun Philips, director at PlanetM, Komal Doshi, director of mobility programs at Ann Arbor SPARK and Justin Robinson, vice president of business attraction at the Detroit Regional Partnership. Learn more about how Detroit is the region leading the world in mobility by visiting detroitdriven.us. Sign up for our newsletter while you're there.