Stephen Zoepf

Dr. Stephen Zoepf is the co-founder of a stealth startup and former Acting Director of the Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence and Chief Analyst for the USDOT Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology. He holds a Ph.D., M.Sc. and B.Sc. from MIT and has two decades of experience in transportation and mobility. Stephen previously led the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford as Executive Director, helped the U.S. Department of Transportation efforts to integrate confidential data into national vehicle energy policy modeling, and worked as an engineer and product manager at BMW and Ford.  He was an ENI Energy Initiative Fellow, a Martin Energy Fellow, and a recipient of the Barry McNutt award from the Transportation Research Board and the Infinite Mile award from MIT. His research has been covered in numerous popular press articles, initiated two Congressional probes, and has been lampooned in The Onion.