MathWorks Automotive Forum

Oscar Klintenberg, Global Technology Manager for Product Simulation

Volvo Group

Oscar Klintenberg is the global technology manager for product simulation at Volvo Group’s Vehicle Software Factory, where he leads initiatives to enhance system simulation capabilities for use in software development. With over 17 years at Volvo Group, Oscar has held various strategic roles, including Strategy & Operational Excellence Manager for Safe & Efficient Driving and Vehicle Motion & Energy Management. His expertise includes predictive energy management, and powertrain control. Oscar holds an M.Sc. in Mechatronics from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.

GianCarlo Pacitti, Application Engineering Manager

MathWorks

GianCarlo Pacitti is an Application Engineering Manager at MathWorks, specialising in modelling, simulation, and production code generation in Simulink. He focuses on applying Model-Based Design to transition algorithm designs to real-time implementations and meeting the relevant industry standards for production-quality code. Before joining MathWorks in 2009, GianCarlo worked in the automotive industry on hybrid vehicle control algorithm development and real-time testing. He holds a master’s degree in instrumentation and control engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Johannes Foufas, Lead Architect

Volvo Cars

Johannes Foufas is a lead architect at Volvo Cars, specializing in Zuul, Bazel and Software-in-the-Loop. He is recognized for his significant contributions in automotive software engineering, with expertise in continuous integration toolchains for embedded software development. Johannes holds an M.Sc in Biomedical engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.

Caroline Dahlgren, Senior Application Engineer

MathWorks

Caroline Dahlgren is a Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks, focusing on embedded systems and automotive applications. Since joining MathWorks in 2019 as part of the AUTOSAR Blockset team, she has supported automotive customers in deploying Model-Based Design workflows and contributed to AUTOSAR standardization efforts. Caroline holds an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Lund University and a Ph.D. in Embedded Systems from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.

Nicolas Michel, EMEA Technical Sales Engineer

Speedgoat

Nicolas is a Technical Sales Engineer at Speedgoat. In his role he works with leading companies in EMEA to support them in the field of real-time testing and simulation. With his background in engineering, Nicolas enjoys the collaboration within different industries and capacitating engineers to reach the implementation of their ideas faster as well as profit from easier and more complete testing. Nicolas holds an B.Sc. in Automotive Engineering from the Bern University of Applied Sciences.

Three parallel group discussions focused on key engineering topics, designed for peer exchange and a chance to share experiences, challenges, and best practices.

- System Simulations

- Left-Shifting Model and Code Verification

- AI in Development

Three parallel group discussions focused on key engineering topics, designed for peer exchange and a chance to share experiences, challenges, and best practices.

- System Simulations

- Left-Shifting Model and Code Verification

- AI in Development

Axel Olsson, Development Engineer

TRATON

Axel Olsson is a Development Engineer at TRATON, specializing in model development for powertrain control using SIL and HIL environments. He holds an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on computational mechanics.

Berk Varol, Vehicle Dynamics & Systems Analyst

Volvo Group

Berk Varol is a Vehicle Dynamics & Systems Analyst at Volvo Group, focusing on modelling and simulation of vehicle motion related systems. He holds an M.Eng. in Vehicle Dynamics from Hochschule Esslingen and worked with different simulation platforms for subsystem and complete vehicle modelling. He functions as support for distributed VTM models and different vehicle motion related evaluations.

Markus Niklasson, CI/CD Architect & DevOps specialist

InfiMotion Technology Europe

Markus Niklasson is a CI/CD Architect & DevOps specialist at InfiMotion Technology Europe. With over 20 years of experience across the telecom, industrial, and automotive sectors, he focuses on test automation, DevOps practices, and continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) for embedded systems. Markus has held roles such as Software Design Lead, Scrum Master, and Product Owner, with deep expertise in software architecture, real-time programming, and toolchain development. He holds an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology.

Martin Luo, Application Engineer

MathWorks

Martin Luo is an application engineer at MathWorks, where he focuses on autonomous systems and Model-Based Design. Prior to joining MathWorks, Martin worked as a flight control engineer for the civil aircraft and developed navigation systems for the drones. Martin holds a Master’s in Robotics from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and a Master’s in Guidance, Navigation and Control from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.