IAA MOBILITY Visionary Club x Dr. Karen Langona, Partner Sales Global Director, Automotive and Manufacturing at AWS

In the 10th episode, our host Sarah Harman welcomes Dr. Karen Langona, Partner Sales Global Director, Automotive and Manufacturing at Amazon Web Services (AWS).With an impressive background in both academia and industry, Karen brings extensive experience from her time as a professor specializing in computer science and research in high-speed networks and edge computing at the USP - Universidade de São Paulo and the University of Michigan. In the corporate world, Karen has driven big data and edge computing initiatives at Ericsson and advanced connected and autonomous vehicle technologies at Ford Motor Company, contributing significantly to commercial and electric vehicle growth. Together, they explore the rapid advancements in autonomous driving — from the role of software-defined vehicles and digital twins to the growing importance of cloud architectures. Dr. Langona shares how cutting-edge development processes are being accelerated by artificial intelligence, machine learning, and generative AI — and discusses the challenges and opportunities across the entire automotive value chain. One highlight: her insights into real-world use cases, her vision for collaboration within AWS’s partner ecosystem, and her outlook on the road to Level 4 and Level 5 autonomy.