Moderator/374-Fighting for Safety: Defining Good On-road Driving through Wargaming
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 12, 2023: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Rob Heilman
Executive Director, Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence, USDOT
Presentation Description
Speaker Biography
Rob has over 30 years of experience across the Department of Transportation, Department of Defense, and the commercial sector in Program Management, Research and Development Management, Science and Technology Management, Systems Engineering, Systems Integration, Test and Evaluation, and Flight Testing.
Rob’s recent technology focus has been on research and testing of Autonomous, Connected, and Cyber Systems.
Rob is currently the Director of the Highly Automated Systems Safety (HASS) Center of Excellence (COE) within the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Chief Science Officer, and Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Research and Technology (OST-R). Rob was most recently the Division Chief for the Intelligent Technologies Safety Research Division within the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Rob has a BS in Aeronautical Engineering from California Polytechnic University. He has attained the government’s highest level of professional certification in Program Management and System Engineering. Rob is married with three sons.
