Effective July 1st, 2019 Simon Euringer (DE/US) was appointed Head of Development for the in-car voice assistant for the BMW Group. He also oversees the topic “Natural Interaction” meaning the multimodal interaction between speech and gestures. Before that, since October 2016 Simon Euringer was appointed Vice President of the BMW Group Technology Office USA. In this position, he was responsible for accelerating the delivery of automotive innovation to BMW customers through the evaluation, design and development of new technologies. In this role he oversaw a team of highly talented engineers specializing in Connected Car, Electromobility, Powertrain, Automated Driving and UX Design. His Silicon Valley-based team produced work that enables BMW to be the future, see the future and reimagine the future of world-class automotive engineering for individual mobility. Prior to his stay in the U.S., Euringer, was responsible for the engineering of infotainment Headunits in Munich. In this role, he was responsible for delivering the Software and Hardware of infotainment Headunits for the Brands BMW, MINI and RollsRoyce into the vehicle. Euringer began his career in 1998 as a software developer in Design Automation and Product Data Managament at PTC, a US-based Technology Provider for product creation and operation. He joined BMW Group in 2002. He holds a master degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich.Y.

Credit: Philipp Greindl 2019