Battery Executive Webinar: Stronger Together

Dominique Scheider is the Transportation Industry Strategy & Marketing Manager in EMEA. In this role, he is responsible for defining Rockwell Automation strategy for the transportation industry in EMEA, including automotive and tire, aerospace, marine and infrastructure business. He brings with him more than 15 years of Rockwell Automation experience, leading relationships with automotive and tire accounts, car manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers. Prior to taking on this position, Dominique held the role of Automotive and Tire Industry Manager in EMEA. He joined Rockwell Automation in 2006 as the Strategic Account Manager Automotive. Before that, Dominique had extensive experiences in international sales, project management, business development, operations, and account management. He spent 15 years working for two multi-national companies: Groupe Gorgé FR and Groupo Bongioanni IT, in the domain of robotics integration for heavy industries.

Uwe Küppers has been in the manufacturing industry for over 25 years. He has served in an advisory capacity on multiple projects for global companies, gaining excellent expertise in the fields of analytics, IoT, and manufacturing enterprise software (MES). Uwe has been the EMEA Chairman of MESA since 2014.

Claude Chanson is General Manager of the Recharge association. He has an engineering degree from Bordeaux Graduate School of Chemistry and Physics and a PhD in electrochemistry from the University of Bordeaux 1. He joined the Saft Group in 1986 initially as an engineer in research and development and as project manager in the telecommunications and e-mobility sectors, before taking the posts of Division Technical Manager and Director for Li-ion technology. He has been with Recharge for eight years, representing the rechargeable battery industry’s interests at European bodies and international transport organisations, such as UNECE and ICAO.

Matthieu joined Michelin in 1995, with a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering a Master in a Business School. He started his career in Industry as an industrial engineer then a quality process engineer position, first in a Ontario (Canada) then in Vendée (France). In 2000, he took responsibility of Automotive racing activities for Michelin until 2009, where he supervised Tire Development and Operations teams for Endurance, Grand Touring, Touring Car and later Rally segments. In 2010 he moved to the US based Michelin research center where he led the Advanced Research and Predevelopment team designing North American Passenger Car and Light truck tirelines. In 2016 he became Program Director of the 1st Movin’On Sustainability Summit, gathering at Montreal wordwide private and public organizations stakeholders committed to sustainability.