Daisy Wall, Director of Government Business, May Mobility

Daisy Wall is Director of Government Business for May Mobility, Inc. She joined the organization in the spring of 2022 and works closely with transit agencies, cities, Departments of Transportation and other public entities to build and execute on the vision for safe, sustainable, accessible and equitable transportation for everyone. Wall serves on the board of the Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association (AVIA), and holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.P. in social and political sciences from the University of Cambridge. 

May Mobility, established in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2017, is building the world’s best autonomy system. Their proprietary Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) system is at the core of their mission to help make cities safer, greener and more accessible. MPDM’s proven track record has delivered more than 300,000 autonomy-enabled rides to date in several public transit applications across the U.S. and Japan. With key strategic partnerships including some of the world’s most innovative automotive and transportation companies, such as Toyota Motor Corporation, May Mobility aims to achieve the highest standard in rider safety, sustainability and transportation equity. For more information, visit www.maymobility.com. 

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Mukesh Chatter is the Co-Founder and CEO of Alsym Energy, a battery technology company developing a new generation of high-performance, low-cost, non-flammable batteries to enable a zero-carbon electrified future for all. He is a successful serial entrepreneur with a track record of developing advanced technology products and leading startups from launch to success. Mukesh co-founded Nexabit Networks, a terabit switch/router company, and led the company as CEO until its acquisition by Lucent Technologies. After the acquisition, Mukesh served as the Vice President and General Manager of IP Products at Lucent. Mukesh also co-managed NeoNet Capital LLC, an investment firm focused on funding out-of-the-box, innovative ideas.

Mukesh was named one of the Top 10 Entrepreneurs of the Year by Red Herring Magazine in 1999, and was named Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year in 2001.

In addition to his role at Alsym Energy, Mukesh serves on the board of MarvelBiome, Inc., a developer of innovative therapeutics to address neuro diseases. He is also on the governing board of the Center of Indic Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Mukesh has previously served on Georgetown University’s Parent Advisory Council and the Johns Hopkins University Parents Round Table.

Mukesh and his wife Priti are deeply passionate about developing affordable solutions to global problems and they have endowed two chaired professorships at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to support clean water and energy research and development.

Mukesh received his Master's degree in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

Alsym™ Energy is a leading developer of advanced low-cost, high-performance rechargeable batteries made from readily available materials that are inherently non-flammable and non-toxic, providing an economically viable alternative to lithium-based technologies. The company is focused on commercial development and mass production of batteries for use in applications including passenger electric vehicles and two-wheelers, marine shipping, and stationary energy storage to enable a zero-carbon future. To learn more, please visit www.alsym.com

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About Sandra
Sandra Phillips is a Shared Mobility Architect and Principal of movmi, an award-winning women-owned agency focused on Shared Mobility. movmi builds healthier communities co-creating innovative mobility solutions that increase transportation options, yet reduce dependency on private car ownership.

Sandra has been involved in over 70 on-demand shared mobility projects worldwide. Her work spans across Mobility-as-a-Service programs, microtransit for rural island communities, as well as numerous micromobility and carshare services, including Superpedestrian, Velib, Bykko, car2go, BMW ReachNow and Evo. Sandra’s approach is rooted in her work experience in Senior Management and Executive roles with Fortune 500 companies, as well as being a board advisor for the past 12 years.

She is an advocate not only for shared mobility but also for more diversification of the workforce in personal transportation: she is a mentor and jury member of the C40 Women for Climate network, a Coralus Activator and launched the EmpowerWiSM award - an award that recognises female founders in transportation and shared mobility. 
 
She is a TED talk speaker emeritus, a Clean50 honouree and won the 2021 Change Maker Award by BCBusiness for her work in Metro Vancouver. Sandra is a certified Project Management Professional, holds a MA in Computation Linguistics from University of Zurich, and has been granted an MBA by TrustForte Corporation in NY.

About movmi

movmi is an agency focused on Shared Mobility, from micromobility, carsharing to Mobility-as-a-Service. They build healthier communities by co-creating innovative mobility solutions that increase transportation options, while reducing dependency on private car ownership. Their services include research, education and the co-creation of new shared mobility services. They specialize in Shared Mobility Architecture: the design, planning and launch of new shared mobility services.

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Scott Shepard, Chief Product & Marketing Officer, Asistobe

As an advocate for #CitiesFirst and an expert in the intersection of cities, movement and tech, Scott Shepard leverages his professional training as an urban planner & designer to deliver value in mobility innovation, startup advisory, entrepreneurship, and thought leadership.

Scott is a sought-after global public speaker at events including TRB, ITS World Congress, MOVE, NCDOT Transportation Summit, IATR, AUTONOMY, IET, Smart Mobility Congress, ISOCARP Congress, ITS European Congress, Micromobility Expo & Urbanism Next Europe. He has been a guest lecturer at Dartmouth University, UC San Diego & Coventry University, is an advisor to think tanks Urban AI, Fraunhofer and 2b AHEAD, publishes the popular "The #CitiesFirst Newsletter" and hosts "The #CitiesFirst Podcast".

About Asistobe
Asistobe develops a software suite to increase ridership and optimize cost in public transport. Asistobe uses BigData analysis of passenger movement to build a strategic network design tool where cities, public transport authorities and operators may get insight on how their whole public transport network operates according to their own defined KPIs.

As is: we visualize the real movements of both your existing passengers and those who chose not to use public transport

To be: we use BigData/AI/ML and Deep Math to improve your system/network, decreasing cost and increasing ridership.

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Michele Pierog, Chief Strategy Officer, ParkMyFleet

Michele has over 20 years of experience in the Automotive Industry. Michele serves as ParkMyFleet’s Chief Strategy Officer and provides vision, expansion and strategic direction on their path to becoming the leader in the mobility space. Michele’s extensive and diverse relationships have unearthed and created business cases in several verticals in the auto industry and identified growth opportunities to support systematic and logical scalability.

Prior to PMF, Michele joined the team at IAA, one of the largest global Total Loss Auctions, in 2018 and contributed to their growth into the commercial space. Michele was instrumental in IAA’s trajectory making introductions and building relationships in the Commercial, Charity, VPS and Government vertical as well as bringing ideas to the table and championing IAA’s innovations and technologic advances.

Earlier in her career, Michele registering dealers to purchase vehicles at the local independent auto auction. It was in this role that Michele realized her love and talent of wholesale automotive and she quickly moved up the ladder to direct a team that grew the business both physically and financially over the next 17 years. Michele served at the Director of Sales and Marketing and then the Director of National Sales where she increased revenue through relationships with Fleet Management Companies and Finance Companies nationwide.

About ParkMyFleet

ParkMyFleet is building eMobility Hubs across the nation to park, protect and power the growth of Mobility and Logistics. PMF provides lifecycle support and fleet managed services for last-mile, mid-mile, car-share, ride-share and fractional ownership models in an ecosystem that needs support for physical assets to grow digital platforms.

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Fast Facts and Mentions

• TIME names Detroit one of the greatest places in the world.
• Startup Genome names Detroit #1 emerging startup ecosystem. 
• Michigan Central Innovation District is attracting startups with NewLab.
• Electreon to build a first-of-its-kind wireless electric vehicle charging roadway.
• Cavnue developing a first-of-its-kind connected corridor in Michigan.
• KUHMUTE’s multi-modal charging infrastructure.
• State of Michigan and National Parks Service announce partnership.
• The NEVI program: National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program

About Ryan
Ryan Michael is a senior executive with Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility (OFME) and Electrification. In this role, Michael is responsible for working with key stakeholder groups to strengthen and grow the mobility and electrification ecosystem in the state of Michigan. Michael’s time is dedicated to capturing federal opportunities, collaborating with close partners, and providing executive direction of OFME operations. The OFME functions as a mission-critical effort across the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy; and the Michigan Department of Transportation. 

Prior to this, Michael served as vice president of Growth and Development at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) where he led statewide business attraction and retention teams to uncover new opportunities for business expansion and job creation. Michael oversaw a staff covering all 83 Michigan counties, all 50 states, and seven global markets. Michael also previously served as director of Pure Michigan Business Connect leading procurement and business development activities that included making new corporate connections, overseeing new partner recruitment and facilitating business-to-business matchmaking initiatives. Under his leadership, the program has supported thousands of Michigan companies and facilitated billions in contracts to qualified Michigan businesses. These contracts, in turn, have created or retained tens of thousands of Michigan jobs. 

Michael holds multiple degrees from the University of Michigan and has extensively studied community and economic development.

About OFME

Michigan's Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME) works across state government, academia and private industry to enhance Michigan’s mobility ecosystem, includ

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Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric, from trucking to transit –– and everything in-between. We’re here to explore the intersection of transportation and technology. 

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