The FISITA Academy of Technical Leadership has been established in order to create a unique status within the automotive and mobility systems engineering community, through which outstanding achievers can be acknowledged and recognised for their commitment and contribution to the technology of mobility.
The FISITA Academy endorsement delivers FISITA recognition and status for the world’s leading technology experts, as hand-picked on an annual basis by the FISITA President and an international team of advisors.
This unique status launches at a time of significant technological advancement as the traditional automobile industry rapidly evolves. Technology and technologists are leading this evolution, with the technology of mobility creating a high demand for the engineering capability required to progress the connected, autonomous, smart, clean and safe mobility solutions of today and tomorrow.
The FISITA Academy of Technical Leadership places its recipients within an exclusive group of international technologists, with exclusivity ensured through a strict review and selection process, identifying no more than twenty outstanding achievers to the Academy each year.
Ensuring that only those contributing significant leadership to the international automotive and mobility systems engineering community will be acknowledged through appointment to the FISITA Academy of Technical Leadership.
We are delighted to announce the inaugural recipients of this prestigious status and unique recognition, awarded to each of the following individuals during FISITA’s by-invitation technical leadership event, the FISITA World Mobility Summit in November 2019.
Mr. Vincent Braibant
VP Simulation & Test Solutions
Siemens
France
Mr. Nakul Duggal
Sr. Vice President & GM, Automotive
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
United States
Mr. Flavio Farroni
CEO & Co-Founder
MegaRide
Italy
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günther Prokop
Professor, Automotive Engineering
TU Dresden
Germany
Ing. Martin Hrdlička, Ph.D., MBA
Head of Chassis and Powertrain Development
SKODA AUTO
Czech Republic
Mr. Yoshufumi Kato
CTO and Head of Advanced Devices Business Group
DENSO
Japan
Dr. Deborah Mielewski
Technical Fellow of Sustainability
Ford Motor Company
United States
Prof. Kyoungdoug Min
Professor and Director of the Institute of Advance Machines and Design
Seoul National University (SNU)
Korea, Republic of
Ms. Carmen Munoz-Dormoy
Downstream R&D Director
EDF
France
Mr. Hiroaki Okuchi
Fellow of Advanced R&D and Engineering
Toyota Motor Corporation
Japan
Ms. Moran Price
CoFounder & CEO
IRP Systems
Israel
Mr. Alain Raposo
EVP Electrified Propulsion Tech Unit, R&D Division
Hyundai Motor Group
Korea, Republic of
Dr. Feng Shen
Executive Vice President & Chairman of Global Quality Management Committee
NIO
China
2022 Academy Recipients
Mr. Fu Yuwu
Honorary President of China SAE
China
Mr. Toshihiro Mibe
President Representative Director
Honda Motor
Japan
Mr. Ted Robertson