Top 10 Automotive Tech CTOs - 2022

Manoj is an influential IT leader with more than 20 years of proven experience in leveraging technology to drive organizational growth, performance, profitability, and expand intellectual property capital. He acts as a change agent, capable of orchestrating trans-formative business and technology strategy through

Chris Helsel is Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Chief Technology Officer of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Mindful of the inflection point in mobility, Helsel and his team operate with duality, working to enhance Goodyear’s core tire product while innovating “beyond” tires t

Passionate about leading organizations through digital transformation that unlocks business growth, increases business productivity, and enhances agility. Highly experienced at delivering customer facing and core technology strategy, digital commerce, machine learning, agile product development, cloud transformati

Kent Helfrich was appointed vice president, Global Research and Development, chief technology officer, for General Motors and president, GM Ventures on Aug. 1, 2021. In these roles, Helfrich is responsible for innovation and technology solutions in the development of GM vehicles. Helfrich previously was GM’s

Michael Foster is the Chief Technology Officer at Allison Transmission based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Allison Transmission has long been a global leader in propulsion, supplying automatic transmissions for vehicles powered by traditional diesel and gas engines. But the commercial vehicle industry is facing multip

John Rich is passionate about developing products and finding solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges through the application of technology. With over 30 years of experience in product development, technology deployment, and manufacturing, he is honored to serve the fantastically talented teams a

Harry L. Husted has served as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for BorgWarner since 2021. In this role, Husted is responsible for maintaining and growing BorgWarner’s product and technology portfolio to meet current and future market needs for sustainable and profitable growth. Husted joined the c

A versatile R&D executive in mobile, consumer, automotive and fintech product and technology development with a proven track record of shipping innovative products in global markets. A company and industry-wide problem solver who thrives in uncharted territory to disrupt traditional bottlenecks, and create new

Peter Rawlinson serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Lucid. As CEO, Peter is responsible for all strategic and business aspects of the company. As CTO, he is responsible for the creation and delivery of all Lucid products. He brings over 30 years of automotive industry experience t

Rahul Singh is the Head of Autonomous Vehicle Software Development at Ford Motor Company. In this role, Singh focuses on software and strategy within the agile environment, creating smarter vehicles in a smarter world. Previously, he resided in Silicon Valley where he worked at ATi Graphics, acquired by AMD. Addit