Plenary Session 2

Tim Haile is the Executive Director of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority. CCTA is Contra Costa’s designated Congestion Management Agency, responsible for putting programs in place to keep traffic levels manageable and works to plan, fund, and implement innovative transit programs that strengthen our diverse communities and improve the lives of residents. He is an award-winning transportation expert and advocate for redefining mobility. Tim has a proven track record of being a champion of change and strives to advance emerging technologies and transportation solutions that are safe, equitable, sustainable, and accessible.
His people centered mobility approach has developed award winning programs, such as Innovate 680, to connect communities providing customer focused mobility options to travelers by understanding people’s needs through travel behavior research and encourage travelers to move toward shared mobility.
Tim is a recognized industry leader in connected and autonomous vehicles through GoMentum Station, the largest autonomous vehicle testing facility in the Country, and deployments in Contra Costa County including the first shared autonomous vehicles open and free to the public in the Bay Area.
Through his leadership, CCTA created the Dynamic Personal Microtransit autonomous vehicle project, a 28-mile connected autonomous vehicle network to support public transportation being delivered through a public private partnership.
In recognition of his knowledge and outstanding leadership, Tim received the 2023 ITS Distinguished Award for Advancement of Research and Innovation from Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies. In 2021, he was nationally recognized by Government Technology publication for Innovative Leadership.

Henry L. Greenidge is a leader in mobility and urban technology, with a focus on autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and e-mobility. He currently serves as Head of Public Policy at Cruise, where he shapes policy for autonomous vehicles, & is Principal of OurMobileFuture, LLC, a consulting firm advancing urban mobility solutions. Previously, Henry was Executive Vice President at Tusk Strategies and Head of Public Affairs for REEF Technology, where he developed innovative policies related to transportation & logistics. His extensive government experience includes roles at the NYC Mayor’s Office, the NYC Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Transportation, & the White House Office of Management & Budget. Henry is passionate about creating sustainable & equitable urban mobility solutions.

Dr. Taiber is the founder and managing director international operations of IAMTS (International Alliance for Mobility Testing and Standardization, see iamts.org) which is an independent global membership-based non-profit association headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
Dr. Taiber’s complete academic training took place at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, where he acquired a masters degree in mechanical engineering and a PhD degree in technical sciences. He joined BMW Group in 1997 in Munich, Germany, to start a career in automotive during which he was tasked in 2005 to move to the US to implement the BMW Information Technology Research Center as an anchor facility of the Automotive Research Campus CUICAR (Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research) in Greenville, South Carolina. He served from 2010 to 2016 as full-time research professor at the automotive engineering faculty of Clemson University and he was subsequently appointed CTO of the International Transportation Innovation Center (ITIC) which is an advanced mobility testbed located in close proximity of CUICAR embedded in the property of the largest business park in South Carolina addressing in particular the interaction of connected, automated and electrified vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) with smart road, smart grid and high performance communication network infrastructure. In 2021 Dr. Taiber was appointed managing director of IAMTS and he led successfully the transition towards an independent Austrian-based international association which was completed in 2022. In 2024 he was appointed as Visiting Professor at the Dyson School of Design Engineering at the Imperial College London as well as Advanced Research Fellow for Automotive Mobility at the Centre for Sectoral Performance which is a joint initiative between Imperial’s Faculty of Engineering and Imperial College Business School.

Takuya Horikawa is currently a manager at Mobility Service Section of SoftBank Corp. as well as a manager at Business Development Section of BOLDLY Inc., a SoftBank-funded startup company leading the commercial deployment of autonomous driving vehicles in Japan. Prior to joining BOLDLY/SoftBank, Horikawa worked for Yamaha Motor for 10 years in charge of sales, marketing and business development in Japan, Singapore and Canada. He received his BA in Political Science from Waseda University in 2008 and his MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 2020.

Ko Miyoshi, with expertise in infrastructure projects and private equity, leads TIER IV's corporate strategy and business development for autonomous driving solutions. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a LLB from Keio University.

Hideaki has worked for decades at the intersection of transportation/travel and internet/e-commerce, including various positions at Tokyu Corporation, McKinsey & Co., Rakuten Travel, and Apple.
He holds MBA from New York University.