Robin van der Made is Director Product Management at Siemens Digital Industries Software for Simcenter Autonomy. He received his master degree in mechanical engineering in 2000 and shortly after moved to the USA where he became was onsite at various OEMs. International. In 2007 moved back to the Netherlands to join the Product Management team. Today, his team of product managers and application engineers serve the automotive industry with software and hardware products, knowledge, and experience to design and validate Autonomous Vehicle systems for optimal safety and comfort. He is driven in his current role to bring partners together to drive value adding solutions to customers.