IHS Automotive Spring Conference: Scenarios for an Ever-Changing World

Tim Armstrong

Senior Director, Forecasting, IHS Automotive

Armstrong is Senior Director at IHS Automotive. He is responsible for global automotive forecasting capabilities covering; light vehicle sales and production,  powertrain , components, and heavy trucks. In addition he oversees the near real-time news and analysis provided  by the World Markets automotive team. He has nearly twenty years experience in forecasting, specializing in analysis of emerging markets. Since joining DRI  in 1996 he has headed automotive  forecasting research on Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Middle East and Africa. From 1989 to 1996  he was a senior commodities analyst for Commodities Research Unit in London.

Educated in Australia, Tim has a Master of Economics from the University of Western Australia and Bachelor's degrees in economics and finance from Murdoch University and Curtin University. Languages include English and French.

Nariman Behravesh

Chief Economist, IHS

Dr. Nariman Behravesh is Chief Economist of IHS and author of Spin-Free Economics: A No-Nonsense, Nonpartisan Guide to Today's Global Economic Debates (McGraw-Hill). Directing the entire economic forecasting process at IHS, he is responsible for developing the economic outlook and risk analysis for the United States, Europe, Japan, China and other emerging markets. He oversees the work of over 400 professionals, located in North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa who cover economic, financial and political developments in over 200 countries.

Behravesh is a "Bloomberg Best" and ranked as one of Bloomberg's Top-10 economists for 2009 and 2010. MarketWatch designated IHS Global Insight "Forecaster of the Year" in 2009 and has bestowed several Forecaster of the Month accolades since. He and his team were designated #1 in USA Today's 2004 ranking of top economic forecasters, and in Reuters' 2004 survey of major currency exchange rate forecasters. In 2008, he was ranked #2 by USA Today. In The Wall Street Journal's annual ranking of US forecasters, Behravesh was ranked #3 (out of 56) for 2006 and was the only forecaster to place in the top six for 2003, 2004 and 2006. As the chief economics spokesperson at IHS, Behravesh is quoted extensively in the media on such topics as the outlook for the US and global economies, exchange rates, the budget deficit, the trade deficit, globalization, country risk and sovereign debt crises. He is cited frequently in leading business publications such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Financial Times, USA Today, Investor's Business Daily, Business Week, Newsweek, Fortune, Forbes and US News and World Report. He also regularly appears on national radio and television programs including BBC World Business Report, NBC Nightly News, CNN Headline News, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS), Fox News, CNBC, Bloomberg TV and Radio, and All Things Considered and Market Place on National Public Radio.

Behravesh was the host of the PBS television series "Inside the Global Economy." In addition to his recent book, he has authored numerous articles in such publications as European Affairs and Credit Week, co-authored two books-Economics U$A (now in its 8th edition) and Microcomputers, Corporate Planning and Decision Support Systems-and was a contributing author to a book on scenario analysis, entitled Learning From the Future. His op-ed pieces have also appeared in the Financial Times, Newsweek International, London Times and the Boston Globe.

Before joining IHS, Behravesh was chief economist for Global Insight (now an IHS company). Prior to that, he was chief international economist for Standard & Poor's. He also held a number of other positions, including president and CEO of Oxford Economics U.S.A. and Group Senior Vice President of WEFA. Early in his career Behravesh worked at the Congressional Budget Office and the Federal Reserve. He has been covering the global economy for over 35 years.

Behravesh holds PhD and MA degrees in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has lived in Europe and the Middle East and is fluent in several languages. He travels extensively to Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

John Brennan

Commercial Lead, IHS Automotive

Bio coming soon.

Charles Chesbrough

Sr. Principal Economist, IHS Automotive

Charles Chesbrough, Senior Economist, is responsible for developing and integrating macro-sales forecast scenarios and models into IHS Automotive worldwide global forecasts. Prior to joining IHS Automotive, Mr. Chesbrough was a Senior Consultant in Ford Motor Company's North American Marketing Strategy Group. In addition, Mr. Chesbrough is an expert in market research and econometric analysis through many years as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies.

Mr. Chesbrough was a Ph.D. student in economics at Michigan State University, holds an M.A. in economics from the University of Illinois, Chicago and a B.A. in economics from Michigan State University.

Mark Fulthorpe

Senior Manager, European Light Vehicle Production Forecast, IHS Automotive

Mark Fulthorpe joined the CSM Worldwide European staff in 1999 as Manager of European Forecast Services. At IHS Automotive he is responsible for global light vehicle production forecasting, future product program intelligence, platform strategies and market analysis. Before joining CSM, Mr. Fulthorpe spent three years as a Business Analyst with Capita Business Services where he was part of a business development team responsible for the supply of data and data services to UK-based vehicle manufacturers and importers.

Mark has spent most of his career in the automotive sector. Prior to Capita, he worked as a Senior Associate within the DRI/McGraw-Hill Global Automotive Group, initially in component and powertrain research, and later within the forecasting group working on light vehicle forecasts covering the former Soviet Union. He also spent time as a Research Executive with MIL Motoring Research (NOP Automotive) where he ran a Customer Satisfaction program across Western Europe on behalf of Jaguar Cars. He began his career at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), reporting UK sales and registration data.

Mark holds an honours degree in English Literature from the University of London, Goldsmiths College.

Tom De Vleesschauwer

Senior Manager, Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, IHS Automotive

De Vleesschauwer is Associate Director and Senior Consultant in the Automotive Consulting practice. He is responsible for both business and technical consulting projects in the automotive industry in Europe. He has more than 13 years' experience in the international automotive industry and has contributed to many special projects, including the 42 Volts study (1999), Future Powertrain Technologies (2000), Diesel Particulate Filter (2001), Future Powertrain Technologies (2000, 2004, 2007), Automotive Sourcing Strategies (2002), and Niche Vehicle Market (2003). More recently his work included areas such as biofuels market potential, CO2 forecasting evaluations, and future mobility outlooks.

De Vleesschauwer has an MBA from the Cardiff Business School at the University of Wales.

Mike Jackson

Senior Manager, North American Production Forecast, IHS Automotive

Mike Jackson directs the North American Vehicle Production forecasting practice at IHS Automotive. Jackson is a global product planning and strategy expert in the automotive space and conducts extensive executive consultation at all levels of the supply chain with a deep knowledge of the industry and global markets. Jackson assists a diverse client base of manufacturers, suppliers, financial firms and others to anticipate market dynamics to optimize planning, mitigate risk and achieve growth objectives.

Jackson  is a highly sought after public speaker, regularly presenting to executive leadership teams and industry conferences throughout North America and around the world in Japan, Korea and Western Europe. Jackson also serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the consulting team, making crucial contributions to client engagements involving future product assessments and advanced technologies. He is frequently quoted by leading print, radio and television media on the industry and the light vehicle production environment.      

Prior to IHS Automotive (CSM Worldwide), Jackson was Lead Marketing Strategist for the North American operations of electrical system supplier Alcoa Fujikura, Ltd. (AFL) and had served as Marketing Strategist for French-based automotive interior supplier, Faurecia. Jackson gained vital international experience, living and working in Germany for two years learning to speak the language. 

Jackson holds a degree in management strategy from Eastern Michigan University and also earned his M.B.A. in international marketing from Wayne State University.       

Egil Juliussen

Director and Principal Analyst, Infotainment, IHS Automotive

Egil has more than 30 years experience in the computer, communications, Internet and telematics industries. In the last decade he has focused on connected car technology, auto infotainment, driver assist technologies and mobile devices used in the car. He has extensive experience in technology forecasting, competitive analysis and market forecasting. Egil was co-founder of Telematics Research Group (TRG), which was acquired by iSuppli in July 2008. IHS acquired iSuppli in November 2010.

Prior to this Egil was president and editor of Computer Industry Almanac, which published eight Computer and Internet Industry Almanac reference books. Dr. Juliussen was Chairman and Co-founder of Future Computing, an information service company that was the leading market research and product testing company for the PC industry. Future Computing was sold to McGraw-Hill. He remained president of the company's StoreBoard unit for several years following a private placement. StoreBoard tracked the sales of PC products through com¬puter dealers. StoreBoard was sold to Ziff-Davis, and was later acquired by NPD.

Previously, Dr. Juliussen was with Texas Instruments Inc. where he was a strategic and product planner for microprocessors, minicomputers and PCs. Dr. Juliussen was also employed by Norden, a division of United Technologies, where he designed graphics systems.

He has written columns and papers for computer publications and makes presentations, seminars and lectures in the USA, Asia and Europe. Dr. Juliussen has made over 500 papers, reports and conference presentations in the last 30 years. He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University. Egil is a native of Norway and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Jeff Jowett

Analyst

Jeff Jowett is responsible for North and South American powertrain production forecasting, future product program intelligence and market analysis. Prior to joining IHS Automotive, Jowett spent 14 years at Ford Motor Company as a cylinder-block and head-casting process engineer and, most recently, worked in the powertrain competitive analysis and strategy group. Jowett holds a BS in Metallurgical Engineering from Western Michigan University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

George Magliano

Senior Principal Economist

Magliano is Senior Principal Economist, where he is responsible for overseeing the impact of the U.S. and global economies on the North American automotive industry, including sales and production forecasts, trends and analyses. He has more than 20 years' experience as an automotive analyst and holds an MBA from Fordham University.