#7: John Tintinalli X Simon Engelke | LIVE from IAA MOBILITY 2023

VISIONARY CLUB SPECIAL. This special episode, hosted by Sarah Harman, was recorded live at IAA MOBILITY 2023. Our visionaries this episode are John Tintinalli and Dr Simon Engelke. As General Manager of SAE Europe, John Tintinalli is responsible for the strategy and operations supporting the mission of SAE International as it relates to its European constituency. A native of Detroit, he has spent much of his career in automotive and now lives in the Netherlands. John spent much of his career in software engineering, creating the first SaaS logistics management system for the automotive industry and developing the production parts tracking system used by BMW’s Spartanburg factory supply chain. John holds a B.S. in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In his spare time, he enjoys fixing and making things. Dr. Simon Engelke is the Founder & Chair of Battery Associates. Simon completed his Ph.D. on Lithium-ion batteries at the University of Cambridge. He is the recipient of multiple awards including the Trinity Bradfield Prize and Cambridge University Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He is a member of the Global Shapers Community and World.Minds. Simon has been invited to speak at various events including the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25), IAA MOBILITY, FT Future of the Car Summit, and Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. He served as Co-Curator of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Strategic Intelligence for Future of Energy and Batteries and as Fellow of the WEF Global Future Council on Energy Technologies. Together they discuss the risks, opportunities and impacts of battery technology in the automotive industry. This episode's topics: - Electrification - EV Battery Technologies - Battery Passports - Regulations - Supply Chain