Bill Russo is the Shanghai-based founder and CEO of Automobility Limited, a strategy and investment advisory firm helping its clients to create the future of mobility. His over 35 years of experience include 15 years as an automotive executive in China and Asia and nearly 12 years in the electronics and information technology industries. 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 the chair of the Automotive Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. In his current role, Bill advises startups, corporations and investors on how to maximize their participation in China’s Automobility Revolution. Bill was previously the regional head of Chrysler in North East Asia.

John Yang has been leading new business and innovation programs in the tech, software, data, and connectivity spaces throughout his career. Prior to his past 13 years in China, he worked and studied in Silicon Valley and grew up in Virginia.

Currently John is the General Manager for Ford’s Smart Mobility business unit which is responsible for customer-facing digital products as well as developing and incubating future mobility services and businesses. His mission is to leverage new digital and UX trends to increase customer engagement and loyalty in the present while at the same time building a path to the future by designing and deploying new business models and partnerships.

Prior to joining Ford, John lead the connectivity, digital and big data program at Cummins China and was the general manager of a technology joint venture. Back in the San Francisco Bay Area, joined worked as a consultant at Mckinsey & Co. where he focused on enterprise software, as well at Charles Schwab where he worked in strategy and online product management.

John graduated with a bachelors and masters from Stanford University. His hobbies include sailing, reading about applied neuroscience and history, and integrating business and personal into broader truths of life.

Ryan Flynn is an internationally accomplished Executive with a career spanning over 25 years, where he has led large organizations and multinational businesses in various industries in a cross-cultural environment.

He is currently the President for ITT in Asia-Pacific with businesses in Automotive, Railways, Aerospace, Chemical and Industrial sectors where speed to market, customer intimacy and product development are key success factors.

Formerly Ryan was globally responsible for Konecranes’ EUR 1.2 billion Equipment business, where he demonstrated business leadership, governance, acquisitions, joint ventures and licenses across a global geographic landscape.

Ryan was earlier Vice President, Strategy & Business Development at BlueScope Steel and formerly also with Konecranes from 2005-2013 where he was Asia-Pacific President and earlier Director for Port Cranes & Lifttrucks businesses in Asia.