Engineering professionals in Electric vehicles
Electric vehicle engineering here splits between battery systems, charging and vehicle programs, with titles at General Motors, Ford Motor Company (two), Rivian, Lucid Motors, Nikola Corporation, AUDI AG, Oshkosh Corporation, LG Energy Solution and Ola Electric. A call fits decisions on battery controls and management, high voltage battery and pack design, charging hardware, thermal management or taking an EV program to launch.
Professionals to explore
Anil Paryani
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director Engineering · Ford Motor Company
Battery management, which Anil Paryani calls a specialty, fits questions on EV programs at Ford Motor Company and at AMP Auto Motive Power. Paryani has been Executive Director Engineering at Ford Motor Company since 2023, was CEO at AMP Auto Motive Power (2017–2024), and was CTO and Member of the Board at BTC Power (2010–2018) and an advisor there (2018–2020).
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Annamalai Bharathi
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, EV Engineering Design · Ola Electric
Over 20 years in vehicle engineering and platform development is how Annamalai Bharathi sums up body engineering, program and platform strategy roles at Ford Motor Company (2007–2020), Head of Engineering & Design at Expleo Group (2020–2022) and Director, EV Engineering Design at Ola Electric (2022–2026). Bharathi has been Co-Founder & Managing Director at Kalikosh Carbon India Pvt. Ltd. since 2026.
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Haewon Choi
LinkedInExperience: module engineering (VP, engineering director) · LG Energy Solution
At LG Energy Solution, Haewon Choi has held module engineering (VP, engineering director) since 2023 and module engineering (senior research fellow (VP), engineering manager) from 2020 to 2022. Choi spent 2010 to 2019 at Tesla as Sr. Mechanical Engineer and Staff Engineer and describes 15+ years in EVs, so can compare module and pack engineering at LG Energy Solution and at Tesla.
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Hong Yang
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Battery Electric Vehicle · Oshkosh Corporation
Hybrid and electric powertrain, fully integrated EVs and ADAS are the domain expertise Hong Yang names. Director of Engineering - Battery Electric Vehicle at Oshkosh Corporation since 2023, Yang was Senior Director Electric Vehicle Systems Engineering at Dana Incorporated (2020–2023), Director of Engineering at Sensata Technologies (2018–2020) and Senior Manager - Autonomous Vehicle Integration at Uber (2016–2018).
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Jamie Hawkins
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Engineering · Lucid Motors
Jamie Hawkins was Vice President of Engineering at Lucid Motors (2025), Senior Director Of Engineering (2021–2025), Director High Voltage Mechanical & Battery Group (2020–2021) and Manager High Voltage Battery Group (2017–2020) there, and has been Director of Engineering at Google DeepMind since 2026. Hawkins can speak to high voltage battery engineering from the manager to the vice president seat.
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Lihua Li
LinkedInExperience: Director, Battery Systems Controls · General Motors
Lihua Li has been Director, Battery Systems Controls at General Motors since 2023, leading a group of about 150 engineers that develops end-to-end software products. Li's other roles include Director, Electrification Controls & SW (2023) and Director, Propulsion Systems Research Lab (2020–2022) at GM and Director Global Propulsion System Engineering Operation at SAIC-General Motors-Wuling Automobile Co.,Ltd. (2017–2020).
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Matthias Bergmann
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Manager, Battery Systems · Lucid Motors; Former Director Functional Lead, Battery & Powertrain Systems · Nikola Corporation
Sr. Manager, Battery Systems at Lucid Motors since 2025, Matthias Bergmann was Director Functional Lead, Battery & Powertrain Systems at Nikola Corporation (2024–2025), with Director Functional Lead, Battery System (2023–2024) and HV Battery manager roles (2022–2023) there. Bergmann describes 17 years of engineering and program management across several industries, a fit for battery system program questions.
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Nicholas Keeling
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Charging Product Engineering · Rivian
For charging questions, Nicholas Keeling is the clearest fit here: Director, Global Charging Product Engineering at Rivian since 2022, and at Tritium Power Electronics Director (2020–2022), Head of Electronics, Power Electronics and Magnetics (2019–2020) and Lead Power Electronics Engineer (2018–2019). Keeling names high power vehicle charging, power electronics, EMC and standards compliance as areas.
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Richard Kreder
LinkedInExperience: Mustang Mach-E BEV Vehicle Engineering Manager · Ford Motor Company
Vehicle integration for a battery electric program is where Richard Kreder fits, as Mustang Mach-E BEV Vehicle Engineering Manager at Ford Motor Company since 2021 and Autonomous Vehicles - Vehicle Engineering Manager (2016–2021). Kreder's other Ford roles include Fusion MKZ Vehicle Engineering Manager (2013–2017), Lincoln Vehicle Integration Mgr (2010–2013) and Manager, Edge MKX Vehicle Engineering (2006–2011).
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Tobias Zeilinger
LinkedInExperience: Battery and thermal architecture questions suit Tobias Zeilinger, Director Architecture & Systems-Design, Simulation, XiL Thermal Management · AUDI AG
Battery and thermal architecture questions suit Tobias Zeilinger, Director Architecture & Systems-Design, Simulation, XiL Thermal Management at AUDI AG since 2025 and Sr. Eng. Manager HV-Battery & Powertrain EV Super Sports Cars there (2022–2024). Zeilinger also held Head of HV Battery at ARTEMIS GmbH (2021–2022) and Eng. Manager Battery Cell Development and Cell & Systems Testing SPG at Apple (2020–2021).
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Choose the right perspective
Battery controls and management questions fit Lihua Li and Anil Paryani, while battery and pack hardware fit Haewon Choi, Matthias Bergmann, Jamie Hawkins and Tobias Zeilinger, who also covers thermal management. Nicholas Keeling is the charging hardware specialist, Hong Yang suits electrification questions at Oshkosh Corporation, and Richard Kreder and Annamalai Bharathi cover vehicle engineering and design for EV programs.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which battery management or controls decisions most affect range, charging speed and warranty cost once vehicles are on the road?
- 02How do you validate a charging system against the many standards and charger types it will meet in the field?
- 03Where does thermal management design force tradeoffs between performance, cost and battery life on an EV program?
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