Thomas Bloor is Director of Automotive at Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the industry leader in DDS-based communication software for automotive and other mission-critical systems. With over 25 years’ experience in the technology sector, Thomas started his automotive career n business development at Intel, where he built the foundations for Intel's automotive business working with major OEMs in North America and Europe. Subsequently he worked as the Head of Global Business Development for BlackBerry QNX, and then as Director of Sales and Business Development for BlackBerry QNX in the Americas, where he worked extensively with startups and traditional OEMs across North America. As the Director of Automotive at RTI, Thomas manages the automotive business and strategy to accelerate the transition to software-defined architectures. Thomas holds a BEng(Hons) in Materials Engineering from Birmingham University.