Speaker

Frans de Rooij

Regional Director Product Management, Autonomous Driving, TomTom

Frans De Rooij is regional director product management for TomTom Autonomous Driving. He is based on TomTom’s Michigan office and responsible for building collaborations with OEMs, Tier 1s and other partners to deploy TomTom HD map products in self-driving vehicles, and for taking the market requirements back into TomTom product development roadmaps.

In previous roles at TomTom, Frans was director product marketing for TomTom Automotive and product manager for TomTom Traffic. Prior to TomTom, he worked as strategy consultant at Arthur D. Little and in several product management and sales & marketing roles. He holds an MSc from TU Eindhoven (NL), a PhD from Cambridge University (UK) and an MBA from the University of Warwick (UK).

Company

TomTom

TomTom is the leading independent location technology specialist, shaping mobility with highly accurate maps, navigation software, real-time traffic information and services. To achieve our vision of a safer world, free of congestion and emissions, we create innovative technologies that keep the world moving. By combining our extensive experience with leading business and technology partners, we power connected vehicles, smart mobility and, ultimately, autonomous driving. Headquartered in Amsterdam with offices in 30 countries, TomTom's technologies are trusted by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.