JJohn Ellis is the Founder & Managing Director of JTE Consulting, Inc., the global management consulting firm that serves clients in the world where transportation, consumer, connectivity, and software intersect. As a former executive at Motorola, Global Technologist at Ford Motor Company, and a consulting and startup veteran, John led or participated in teams that built many of the innovations we see today in connected vehicles on the ground and in the air. Since then, he has helped companies, governments, and organizations understand how technology is affecting the way we as a society operate our streets, sidewalks, curbs, and urban airspace, now and into the future. John is the best-selling author of The Zero Dollar Car, a former adjunct professor at University of Notre Dame, as well as a former translator in the 1992 Summer Olympics. John can be found online @ www.johntellis.com.