EcoCAR EV Challenge Year 4 Competition

Bill Kozlowski joined GM in 2016 as part of the Fusion team in the active safety area located at the Milford Proving Ground.  He spent 6 years leading a team of engineers interfacing active safety features with the vehicle HMI systems.  He is currently the program manager for ADAS... Read More →

Chris has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2011. Starting as a student in EcoCAR 2 and moving to dSPACE and supporting the competition as a sponsor. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over the years. Chris has worked as an Application Engineer and... Read More →

I serve as the Sales Manager at Dataspeed Inc., where I lead business development efforts and strategic customer engagement across our autonomous vehicle and drive-by-wire (DBW) platforms. My role is centered on identifying new opportunities, building long-term partnerships... Read More →

16+ years of experience working in the field of Embedded Systems.12+ years of experience working in automotive domain developing applications, control systems, hardware drivers and infrastructure software.4+ year of experience working as SW Project Manager for Driveline Module8+ ... Read More →

Tom is currently working as a Systems Application Engineering with Infineon Technologies in Livonia, Michigan. Over the past 35 years, Tom has worked at several levels of the automotive electronics "food chain" (OEM, T1, and T2) with a specific focus on automotive sensors and RF/wireless... Read More →

Chris Meagher is a retired General Motors executive with 42 years of experience in the propulsion system area of engineering. After joining GM in 1979, he held positions as an engine development engineer, design release engineer, and global chief engineer & program manager of 4-cylinder... Read More →

Connell D’Souza has worked at MathWorks since 2016 and is a Manager of Education Programs focusing on Students. In this role he manages a team of engineers that help students adopt MATLAB, Simulink and Model-Based Design practices for Aerospace, Data Science, Automotive and Autonomous... Read More →

Don McGady is the Program Manager for Enterprise Project at Argonne National Laboratory. This team manages projects in 4 strategic portfolios- Operational Excellence, Talent, Enterprise Systems Advancement, and Laboratory Research Initiatives.

Don has been with Argonne since 2020 and has led efforts to mature the use of project management principles in a variety of settings within the Argonne enterprise. Prior to 2020, he served Argonne in an advisory consulting capacity, advising on the development of a variety of organizational... Read More →

Oversee pre-acquisition planning and application of acquisition tools  Coordinate with internal teams (Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, etc.) Participate in audits Prepare and negotiate quotations and commercial proposals Developing, Monitoring, and adapting project plans through... Read More →

Matthew has been involved in the EcoCAR competition since 2014. Starting in technical training as a sponsor in EcoCAR 2 and moving to a mentor role and eventually judging, supporting the competition for the past 10 years. He has conducted trainings and judged competition events over... Read More →

Melissa Findlay is a Lead Project Manager at Bosch within the Vehicle Motion (VM) division, specializing in the technical execution of automotive active safety, braking and steering systems. With 20 years of experience across the automotive and aerospace sectors—including 11 ye... Read More →

Rita Arnold is a Lead Engineering Project Manager at AAM in their Electrification Division. In this position, Rita has led many cross-functional teams in developing systems and subsystems of AAM’s innovative Electric Drive Unit (EDU) business. Rita began her career at AAM in 2015... Read More →

Sim Gill is a Staff Program Manager at General Motors. She joined GM in 2011 as a Manufacturing Controls Engineer and has since held positions such as Powertrain Resident Manager, Suspension and Structure DRE, N&V-Vehicle Performance Engineer, Software Engineering Business Manager... Read More →

Steven Gullerud is the Technical Director at Judd Wire, and leads the Design & Development Engineering teams for Automotive, Aerospace, and Electronics markets. Steve has a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Stanford University and has over twenty years of experience in specialty wire... Read More →

Amy Hortop is an Instructional Design Engineer in Sustainable Transportation Education and Partnerships (STEP) Department at Argonne National Laboratory supporting education and workforce development programs. She is an engineering and design educator with over 15 years’ experience... Read More →

Colin Kellett is an Integration and Calibration Engineer with over 2 years of automotive industry experience. He holds an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University (WVU), and has completed partial coursework towards a Master’s degree in Mechanical... Read More →

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Ed leads team development and new product innovation, keeping customer satisfaction and product performance at the center of his work. He is especially proud of leading the Enhanced QP21 and growing the capability and capacity of the engineering team, guided by his mantra: “The... Read More →

Kristen is the Department Director for Strategic Transportation Education & Partnerships (STEP) at Argonne National Laboratory where she manages a portfolio of advanced mobility research, education, and workforce development programs. She also leads Advanced Energy Workforce for Argonne's... Read More →

Mariah Stanley is an accomplished Technology Integration Project Specialist and Program Manager with over a decade of experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver pioneering technology and clean energy transportation solutions. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Trinity... Read More →

MaryAnn Beebe – EcoCAR 2025

MaryAnn Beebe is the Program Engineering Manager for the Accessibility Center of Excellence at General Motors. With over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry, she collaborates across the GM enterprise to advance the development of accessible vehicles and features. MaryAnn’s... Read More →

Sabrina Ridenour is a graduate of West Virginia University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and minor in vocal performance.  She also holds her M.Eng. in energy systems engineering from the University of Michigan and is pursuing her MBA through Indiana University.  Ridenour... Read More →