2024 MIT x OPmobility Symposium

Laurent Favre is the CEO of OPmobility. Prior to their current position, Favre served as the managing director of Business Unit Transformers at ABB from August 2018 to November 2019. From January 2017 to August 2018, they were the CEO of Benteler Automotive and from May 2014 to January 2017, they served as the COO of Benteler Automotive. From May 2012 to April 2014, they were the Executive Vice-President BU Chassis/Modules at BENTELER Group. From July 2010 to May 2012, they served as the CEO of Sofedit and from March 2007 to July 2010, they were the CEO of ZFLS Nacam at ZF Group. Prior to that, from January 2004 to December 2006, they worked as a senior consultant at Management Engineers.

Laurent Favre received their degree in engineering from ESTACA - Ecole Supérieure des Techniques Aéronautiques et de Construction Automobile.

Alexandre Corjon - EVP, Innovation, Damien Degos - EVP, Group Purchasing Performance, and Stéphane Noël - President & CEO, Intelligent Exterior Systems report to Laurent Favre.

Félicie Burelle graduated from the ESCE Business School and holds a graduate degree in business and finance from London South Bank University, as well as an MBA from the Instituto de Empresa Business School in Madrid.

After beginning her career at the Plastic Omnium group in 2001 as accounting manager at a subsidiary of the Auto Exterior division in Madrid (Spain), Félicie Burelle moved to the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Ernst & Young Transaction Services in 2005.
In 2010, she returned to Compagnie Plastic Omnium and took over the Strategic Planning and Commercial Coordination department of the Auto Exterior division, also joining its Executive Committee.

Félicie Burelle has been a member of Burelle SA board of directors since 2013.
In 2015, she became Strategy and Development Director of Compagnie Plastic Omnium and has since been a member of its Executive Committee.
Félicie Burelle was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie Plastic Omnium on 1 January 2018 and then named Managing Director effective 1 January 2020.

Félicie Burelle graduated from the ESCE Business School and holds a graduate degree in business and finance from London South Bank University, as well as an MBA from the Instituto de Empresa Business School in Madrid.

After beginning her career at the Plastic Omnium group in 2001 as accounting manager at a subsidiary of the Auto Exterior division in Madrid (Spain), Félicie Burelle moved to the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Ernst & Young Transaction Services in 2005.
In 2010, she returned to Compagnie Plastic Omnium and took over the Strategic Planning and Commercial Coordination department of the Auto Exterior division, also joining its Executive Committee.

Félicie Burelle has been a member of Burelle SA board of directors since 2013.
In 2015, she became Strategy and Development Director of Compagnie Plastic Omnium and has since been a member of its Executive Committee.
Félicie Burelle was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie Plastic Omnium on 1 January 2018 and then named Managing Director effective 1 January 2020.

Nicolas Leseur is the Sales Director of Neural Concept. 

Bruno Monsuez is the Head of Autonomous Systems & Robotics Lab, ENSTA Paris Saclay

François Terrier leads the new CEA List program on Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence.

Terrier has a PhD in artificial intelligence and worked for 10 years in the domain of expert systems using three-valued, temporal, or fuzzy logic. Since 1994, he has conducted research on system and software engineering. He focussed on modularity, reuse, and code generation first through object-oriented technologies and now through model-based approaches for trustworthy systems. He initiated the involvement of the CEA at the OMG to push the use of high-level language such as UML for system specification and promoted profiling techniques to tune the standard to the needs of the real-time domain. Now the CEA coleads and contributes to several modeling standards (OMG MARTE, SysML, fUML & related, and AUTOSAR WG on methodology). These languages are now supported by the Eclipse open-source UML modeler, Papyrus, developed by the CEA. He has been a CEA representative in the Network of Excellence on embedded systems, ARTIST.
As head of the system and software engineering department of the LIST Institute of CEA Tech, he leads actions to build, for trustworthy software and systems, open toolchains covering the whole development cycle from requirement specification until equipment integration. Research challenges are, namely, on combining domain-oriented modeling with formal methods for high-quality, safety, or security-critical systems. Department activities are on requirement formalization and traceability, conformity assessment regarding numerous industrial standards, tools for embedded software and hardware design, software static analysis, proof and testing, electronic platform virtualization, and secure distributed systems using smart contracts and blockchain.

Sébastien Bardin is a Senior Researcher at the  Software Safety & Security Lab of CEA (Saclay, Paris Area, France). He works in the domain of formal methods and automatic program analysis. In a general way, Bardin is interested in developing methods and tools that help achieving high level of confidence in trust-sensitive, software-intensive systems.   His current interests are in the application of formal methods to software security, with a strong focus on binary-level security analyses such as vulnerability detection & assessment, reverse engineering, or malware deobfuscation. Bardin is also recently interested in quantum programming and verification. Other research interests include software testing, theorem proving, symbolic execution and static analysis. Before that, Bardin prepared my Ph.D. in the Laboratoire Spécification et Vérification (ENS Cachan, Paris Area, France).

Ophir Gaathon is CEO and Co-founder of DUST Identity, an MIT spinoff that emerged from stealth in 2018 with backing from Lockheed Martin, Airbus Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins to revolutionize the object authentication and digital thread landscapes. The company was founded to address national security concerns related to supply chain security, data integrity, and asset availability. It has worked with government and defense entities to build resiliency and drive efficiency in complex value streams. Recently, the company announced commercial products for Luxury Retail and Sports categories with support from Amex Ventures. Ophir has a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Columbia University, has published more than 30 articles for scientific publications, and holds several patents.

As a global and inclusive leader with over 20 years of experience in high-performance operations, engineering, sales, and transformation, I have recently joined Plastic Omnium to contribute to driving a new generation of mobility.

Passionate about new technologies and people development, I strive to make mobility safer for all road users and more sustainable for future generations.

Anuraag Singh is a Fellow, MIT System Design and Management. He is a part of the MIT Work of the Future Task Force. He worked for Honda R&D Japan in Tokyo at Think Lab, which helped createlong term strategy for the company. After completing his undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi, he joined as an automotive interior designer at the Honda R&D automobile headquarters. While at Department of Science & Technology Center for Policy Research, he did innovation policy research, particularly innovation assessment and incubators, for the Government of India.

Marc Perraudin is the Executive VP, President H2-Power Business Group for OPmobility.

Dr. Ashish Kulkarni, Ph.D., is a successful innovator who has applied his expertise in chemical engineering and materials science to deliver breakthrough products and platforms in various industries. He has been researching how mature organizations can develop an innovation ecosystem to tap into the unique characteristics of start-up companies. Serving as Chairman & CEO of Kebotix , Kulkarni is committed to adopting AI/ML tools in the Chemicals, Materials and Building & Construction industries to drive sustainability & decarbonization. He has held executive positions at companies such as GAF Materials Corporation, a building materials company, Avantor, Inc., and Celanese, where he developed new innovation strategies and infrastructure to drive growth. He also has experience in global engineering and has held several patents and published articles in refereed journals. He serves on the board of directors for several companies, including Evercloak Materials, ConnectM, and Ghost Robotics.

Christian Kopp began his career at Thomson CSF and Valeo, holding management responsibilities in project management and business development.

He joined Plastic Omnium in 2007 and held several positions in the Intelligent Exterior Systems business, in the areas of programs, sales, and business development, before leading global subsidiaries, including the YFPO joint venture in China and then the Asia region for the Clean Energy Systems business.

He is President & CEO of Plastic Omnium Clean Energy Systems since January 1, 2020.
Christian Kopp graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines Paris and holds a Master's Degree from Stanford University.

Christophe Marceau is President and CEO of the Modules Division at Plastic Omnium’s Executive Committee. Marceau was previously President and CEO of the Western Europe Business Unit of Plastic Omnium’s Intelligent Exterior Systems Division.

The Modules Division was created from the HBPO joint venture between Plastic Omnium, Hella and Behr in 2004, in which Plastic Omnium acquired a 100% stake in 2022. A world leader, it supplies complex modules (front-end, cockpits, etc.) to automakers. The division is headquartered in Lippstadt.

Christophe Marceau, 55, a graduate engineer from the École d’application des hautes polymères in Strasbourg, joined Plastic Omnium in 1992, where he held various operational positions in both the technical and purchasing directions of the Intelligent Exterior Systems division, becoming Purchasing Director in 2007. In 2014, he was appointed Director of Sales and Programs for the IES division’s Western Europe Business Unit, before taking up the position of President and CEO of the same business unit in 2020.

Tomasz M. Grzegorczyk is the founder and CEO of Teranalytics, an AI and optimization MIT startup specializing in large-scale logistics operations such as routing, shipping, distribution, manufacturing, and more. His background is in electrical engineering and applied physics, he led a research group at MIT on computational electromagnetics working with graduate students, the US Government, as well as private companies. Before creating Teranalytics, he was also a Chief Scientist at BAE Systems.  Tomasz holds a PhD from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is a senior member of the IEEE.  He served as editor and board member on international peer-reviewed journals and conference, has authored more than a hundred publications and a book on metamaterials. He continues serving as mentor at MIT and Boston University.

Youssef Souiba is the Executive VP, President C-Power Business Group of OPmobility.

As Chief Technology and Cybersecurity Officer, Philippe Limantour's main mission is to lead Microsoft's strategy in France in terms of innovative technologies and cybersecurity. By virtue of his role, he is a member of the Microsoft France management committee.

In close liaison with the management committee and the various entities concerned, he represents Microsoft France on the technological level with the main government officials and major government agencies, IT departments, standardization or normalization committees as well as with the world of education and research. He is also in close liaison with Microsoft Corporation , with  Microsoft Research  and the various product groups.

Bryan Reimer, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist in the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and MIT AgeLab. Bryan’s research seeks to develop theoretical and applied insight into driver behavior. His work aims to find solutions to the next generation of human factors challenges associated with driver attention management, distraction, automation and the use of advanced driver assistance systems to maximize mobility and safety. His work leverages laboratory experimentation, driving simulation, field testing, and naturalistic driving studies to develop a comprehensive understanding of visual, physiological, behavioral, and overall performance characteristics associated with how drivers respond to the increasing complexity of the modern operating environment. His research is multidisciplinary, drawing together traditional psychological methods with big data analytics in computer vision, deep learning, and predictive modeling. He is an author on over 250 technical contributions informing technology development, business strategy, and public policy.

He founded and leads three academic partnerships with industry. The Advanced Human Factors Evaluator for Attentional Demand (AHEAD) consortium, aims to develop the next generation of driver attention measurement tools. The Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT) consortium, seeks to understand how drivers use emerging, commercially available vehicle technologies including advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving systems. Finally, the Clear Information Presentation (Clear-IP) consortium explores the impact of typography and other design features on usability in glance-based environments such as during driving or while using smartphones.

Recent work includes proposing deep generative models to synthesize novel high-performance designs, creating the first provably optimal algorithm for the diverse matching problem, and building computationally efficient ways for combining physics with human expert knowledge to design new products.

Blade is an innovation and user-experience expert, Sr. Lecturer at MIT on Design-Thinking and Innovation, and provides consulting service in Design-Thinking,  Blade’s consulting services helps top brands to innovate radically on their product and services, and teaches corporate teams how to create solutions that customers love. 

Prior to that, Blade led the Advanced Concept Lab at Sonos where he defined the future experience that will fill your home with music. Prior to joining Sonos, Blade was the VP Design & Consumer Experience at Jibo, Inc. where he was in charge of the industrial-design, human-factors, user-interface, brand, packaging, web experience supporting Jibo, the world’s first social robot for the home. Blade has also designed a variety of technologies including ones at Rapid7, an enterprise security-software company,  StorytellingMachines, a software firm enabling anyone to make high-impact movies, Endeca Technologies, a search and information access software technology company, Edify and SpeechWorks, companies that provided speech-recognition solutions to the Fortune 1000.

Blade wrote the book on speech-recognition interface design (Addison Wesley, 2003), The Art and Business of Speech Recognition: Creating the Noble Voice and his work and thoughts have been featured in publications including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and on media including TechTV, NPR, and the BBC.

Since 2003, Blade has taught courses on design-thinking. He's a frequent guest lecturer at Stanford University and Harvard University, and holds a Bachelors of Science in Human-Factors Engineering from Tufts University and a Master of Science in Engineering and Management from MIT.

Alexandre Corjon is the Group Executive Vice-President of Innovation of Plastic Omnium. A graduate of ISAE Poitiers with a PhD from SupAero, Alexandre spent many years in the aeronautics and space industry, primarily with Airbus, before moving to the automotive industry. He created and led the Electric, Electronic, and Systems division at the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, splitting his time between France and Japan from 2014 to 2020. Before joining Plastic Omnium, he was a Digital Operations Partner with PwC France. Alexandre joined Plastic Omnium in 2021 as Group Executive Vice-President of Innovation. He is leading Plastic Omnium’s innovation strategy and accelerates its leadership in sustainable and connected mobility.

Laurent Favre is the CEO of OPmobility. Prior to their current position, Favre served as the managing director of Business Unit Transformers at ABB from August 2018 to November 2019. From January 2017 to August 2018, they were the CEO of Benteler Automotive and from May 2014 to January 2017, they served as the COO of Benteler Automotive. From May 2012 to April 2014, they were the Executive Vice-President BU Chassis/Modules at BENTELER Group. From July 2010 to May 2012, they served as the CEO of Sofedit and from March 2007 to July 2010, they were the CEO of ZFLS Nacam at ZF Group. Prior to that, from January 2004 to December 2006, they worked as a senior consultant at Management Engineers.

Laurent Favre received their degree in engineering from ESTACA - Ecole Supérieure des Techniques Aéronautiques et de Construction Automobile.

Alexandre Corjon - EVP, Innovation, Damien Degos - EVP, Group Purchasing Performance, and Stéphane Noël - President & CEO, Intelligent Exterior Systems report to Laurent Favre.

Félicie Burelle graduated from the ESCE Business School and holds a graduate degree in business and finance from London South Bank University, as well as an MBA from the Instituto de Empresa Business School in Madrid.

After beginning her career at the Plastic Omnium group in 2001 as accounting manager at a subsidiary of the Auto Exterior division in Madrid (Spain), Félicie Burelle moved to the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Ernst & Young Transaction Services in 2005.
In 2010, she returned to Compagnie Plastic Omnium and took over the Strategic Planning and Commercial Coordination department of the Auto Exterior division, also joining its Executive Committee.

Félicie Burelle has been a member of Burelle SA board of directors since 2013.
In 2015, she became Strategy and Development Director of Compagnie Plastic Omnium and has since been a member of its Executive Committee.
Félicie Burelle was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie Plastic Omnium on 1 January 2018 and then named Managing Director effective 1 January 2020.