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Mr. Andrews has more than 30 years experience developing and managing high technology projects. His initial work was focused on microwave communications systems for space and military applications. For the last 15 years he has focused exclusively on the development and management of technologies in support of Intelligent Transportation Systems. At Toyota between 1996 and 2000 he was the project manager for Toyota’s work on the Automated Highway System (AHS) program, and served on the TravInfo steering committee. He was also a member of the US DOT Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) steering committee, and founded the Automotive Multimedia Interface Consortium out of which many of the early visions of the VII program were born. Most recently, as System Architect for the VII Consortium he developed the key architectural elements of the system, working closely with Booz Allen Hamilton to develop the end-to-end specifications and requirements. He has served as Deputy Program Manager in the VIIC POC project specifically providing direct technical management of the VIIC cost share participants. His work on VII has included the development of the mobile unit architecture, an anonymous security system concept, the refinement and improvement of DSRC standards, and refinement of the use cases.

Systems Engineering

Mr. Andrews is the Technical Partner of Cogenia Partners, LLC, a systems engineering consulting practice focused on mobile information, ITS and vehicle technologies. In this role Mr. Andrews has consulted with all of the major carmakers, and leading consumer products and services companies in support of the creation and delivery of mobile services. In his work for the VII Consortium Mr. Andrews has been responsible for defining the system architecture and leading the various technical teams performing development work. Mr. Andrews authored the technical portions of the POC Work Order proposals to the USDOT, wrote many of the system specifications, served as a key systems engineering lead on the National System Requirements and refined numerous specifications for the POC implementation. These included application specifications, security specifications, test requirements and various analytical whitepapers dealing with specific technical topics and findings during the POC. As the system has come on line, he has spearheaded the integration and test effort for the VII Proof Of Concept Test Bed, and has worked with the various suppliers to the program to bring the system online.

Global Automotive

At Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan, Mr. Andrews’ responsibilities included the conceptualization and development of multimedia and new technology products and services for Toyota's future generations of passenger vehicles in the United States and Europe. Heavy emphasis was placed on strategy for information systems, and on development of technical concepts for computing and Internet oriented systems. Working under direction of Toyota board members, he established the Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration (AMI-C), a partnership of the world's car makers to develop a uniform computing architecture for vehicle multimedia systems, and led all early technical, planning and legal work.
Past responsibilities included leading Toyota's US Automated Highway Systems program, management of technical contracts with Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Lab (Image based collision warning systems), and the development of Toyota's position on the US Intelligent Vehicle Initiative.

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, (1982) Stanford University

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, (1977) University of California, Irvine

WORK HISTORY

2001 – Present
Cogenia Partners, LLC
Technical Partner

2000 - 2001
Cogenia Partners, Inc.
Founder, CEO

1996 – 2000
Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan)
Project General Manager, R&D Management Division

1983 – 1996
TRW, Inc.
Director of System Engineering & Advanced Product Development

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
 International Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
 IEEE Standards Association
 ITS America, member
 ITS California, member

CERTIFICATIONS
 TRW Program Management
 C/SCSC: Cost/Schedule & Control System Criteria
 National Institute of Health; Protecting Human Research Participants

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