Mikel has 20 years of experience working for the automotive sector. He worked for DANA Corporation for 8 years in the United States and in Eastern Europe in Product and Process Engineering. For the last 12 years he has been the Chief Technology Officer of ACICAE, the Automotive Cluster of the Basque Country and AIC-Automotive Intelligence Center. He is responsible for defining and implementing the Technological Agendas of both organizations and for promoting collaborative projects with strategic partners in Research, Development and Innovation. He is an active collaborator in University training programs in which he shares his knowledge of and passion for the automotive sector. Mikel holds a BSc in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering from the University of Navarra and Masterʼs Degree in Business Administration.