Tim VanGothem serves at Chief Product Officer for Emergency Safety Solutions. In this role, he leads the company’s product development and expansion in the emerging connected safety technologies space, led by the company’s H.E.L.P.® advanced lighting and industry-first connected vehicle safety technology. In addition to supporting ESS’ customers in the automotive OEM, commercial vehicle OEM, commercial fleet and governmental fleet segments, he will lead the company’s collaborations and M&A efforts with strategic suppliers and technology integration partners. VanGoethem has more than 30 years of product and innovation experience in the connected vehicle, in-cabin experience, and cloud-enabled solutions space. He has a strong track record of success delivering end-to-end solutions in the areas of software and hardware development, big data and analytics-based solutions, location-based services, networking and Internet technologies. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Automotive Product Management at HARMAN International, leading the company’s global automotive strategy, portfolio and product management, and introduction of new business models. VanGoethem’s previous positions with HARMAN included leadership of advanced mobility solutions and Artificial Intelligence initiatives in HARMAN X and Infotainment platform development in the Connected Car division. Prior to that, he spent 20 years at Motorola Mobility incubating new business models, products and services, creating the strategy that led to Motorola teaming up with Google as its launch partner for the Android platform, co-founding SMARTACTIONS, and acquiring and building up a multitude of software applications and cloud-based solutions.