TURIN – A new entry among the top managers of Stellantis. Ned Curic, current vice president of Alexa Automotive, a brand dedicated to the development of services for the four wheels of the Amazon group, will join the automotive group born from the merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Peugeot as Chief Technology Officer starting from August 30 of this year. ‘year. Curic joined the company founded by Jeff Bezos in 2017. From 2015 to 2017 he was Evp at Toyota Connected, with direct management of programmers engineers, data scientists and designers. Prior to that, he was Chief Technology Officer of Toyota Motor North America, responsible for planning and executing digital transformation strategy, innovation and advanced technology, data, digital marketing, customer lifecycle, vehicle platforms. and technologies for connected cars, business architecture and related services.
His experience in innovative services related to digital technology is recognized worldwide. The collaboration between the Stellantis group and Amazon has its roots in FCA. In the new electric 500, FCA and Amazon had strengthened the partnership by integrating the Alexa voice experience into the car, which had thus entered the services offered by the car and in the Apps. The 500 Bev can be fully controlled by voice, from the level of batteries when locking-unlocking the doors.
With Curic joining Stellantis, which will report directly to CEO Carlos Tavares and manage all technology-related resources for the group, the automaker aims to take a leap forward in innovation and digital services, setting itself new milestones. Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, underlines: “I look forward to starting to work closely with Ned who will play a fundamental and essential role in defining the strategic direction of the mobility, development and future growth of our company in order to be at the ‘at the forefront of the automotive industry. Ned joins us at the perfect time to shape Stellantis in the context of an unprecedented change in our industry. “
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