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.
2024 Academy Recipients
Carla Bailo
President and CEO
ECOS Consulting
United States
Michael Bly
Senior Vice President – Head of Global Propulsion Systems
Stellantis
Amsterdam (Holland)
Lisa Drake
Vice President, EV Programs and Energy Supply Chain
Ford Motor Company
United States
Uwe Dieter Grebe
Head of Institute, Institute of Powertrains and Automotive Technology
TU Wien
Austria
Matthias Klauda
Executive Vice President Engineering (XC/EE)
Robert Bosch GmbH
Germany
Yannick Raynaud
Scientific Director
OP Mobility
France
Prasad Venkatesh
Senior Vice President of Research and Chief Innovation Officer
Center for Automotive Research (CAR)
United States
Mitsumasa Yamagata
President, Hydrogen Factory
Toyota Motor Company
Japan
Grace Zang
Head of NIO Corporate Quality & Sustainability Department
NIO
China
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.