Bill Russo is the Shanghai-based Founder and CEO of Automobility Limited, a strategy and investment advisory firm helping its clients to build and profit from the future of mobility. His over 40 years of industry experience includes 15 years as an automotive executive with Chrysler, including 21 years of experience in China and Asia. He has also worked for nearly 12 years in the electronics and information technology industries with IBM and Harman. He has worked as an advisor and consultant for numerous multinational and local Chinese firms in the formulation and implementation of their global market and product strategies. Bill is also currently serving as a Board Director for AGP Group, one of the world’s leading automotive glazing suppliers. Bill is also the Chairman of the Automotive Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.
In his current role, Bill advises start-ups, corporations, and investors on how to maximize their participation in China’s Smart Mobility Revolution. To achieve success, he believes they must expand their focus from the product (the automobile) to the utility derived from the product (“automobility”) and create a business model and digital ecosystem optimized to provide digitally enabled solutions for both car owners and mobility services users.
Bill was previously the regional head of Chrysler in Northeast Asia, where he successfully negotiated agreements with partners and obtained required approvals from the Chinese government to bring six new vehicle programs to the market in a three-year period, while concurrently establishing an infrastructure for local sourcing and sales distribution.
Mr. Russo has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University in New York, and a Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Mr. Russo is a highly sought-after opinion leader on the development of the China market and the automotive industry.
Bill is a contributing author to the book Selling to China: Stories of Success, Failure, and Constant Change (2023), where he describes how China has become the most commercially innovative place to do business in the world’s auto industry - and why those hoping to compete globally must continue to be in the market.

Mr. Mathias Reimann has served as the Vice President of Bosch Cross-Domain Computing Solutions China since October 2021. And is now responsible for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)
in China.
Mr. Mathias Reimann graduated from the University of Stuttgart and majored in Electrical Engineering (semiconductor technology) with special rewards. He joined Bosch Group in 2000 as a researcher for MEMS in Radar application. Before his current position, in his career, he served successively as head of Bosch micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) design, Vice President of Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) solutions for automated driving in Germany. He holds 10+ patents in MEMS and semiconductor technology and has published several scientific papers.