Dr Gero Kempf, Chief Engineer - Body Strategy at Jaguar Land Rover presents at the UK Altair Technology Conference 2019. Dr Kempf is a graduate from Technical University Munich (TUM) and holds both an Engineering Doctorate in Computer Science, from the faculty of electrical engineering, and a Dipl. Phys. in Technical Physics including electrical and mechanical engineering.
Gero had a number of positions in various functional areas at BMW taking him to be Vice President Lightweight Innovation in 2014. In 2015, Gero joined Jaguar Land Rover. As well as his role in Body Engineering Strategy, Gero is involved in a number of research fields at JLR in the area of future mobility. In 2016 he was made an Industrial Professor to the Warwick Manufacturing Group of Warwick University. In addition to his commitments to Jaguar Land Rover, he also supports the development of expertise in battery production and testing, lightweight body construction in aluminium and composites, and highly automated driving.