2nd online CoD (Conference of Digitalization)

■ More than 25-year automotive experiences with focus on supplier development, of which 12+ years in China (5,5 years GM VDA QMC China)
■ Main focus supplier qualification projects in China, Europe, India, USA, South Africa and Russia
■ Worked at Volkswagen Group (Germany, China, India) and supplier Delphi (Europe and USA) and several consulting companies
■ First activity in China in 1995 at SVW: Santana 2000 (Phase 2) task force launch management team
■ Head of Supplier Audits of Volkswagen Group China (VGC) in 2003-2004
■ The responsible coordinator for quality purchase parts of the new launched Brand Jetta in China in 2013-2015
■ Lead VDA QMC China (with Offices in Beijing, Shanghai & Shenyang) since 2016

■ Ralf Merettig graduated from Hasso-Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany with a Master degree in IT Systems engineering. He has more than 15 years of international work experience within the field of automotive software quality. His experience includes responsibilities from supplier, consultant and OEM point of view.
■ As an experienced assessor for Volkswagen Group Quality Assurance, he was appointed to support SAIC Volkswagen to establish A-Spice Assessment capability in 2019.
■ In this position, he conducted and supported assessments and partici-pated in several Chinese A-SPICE® related activities to contribute to the development of software assessment quality at SAIC Volkswagen.
■ In this function, he coach and train the SAIC Volkswagen internal as-sessors and qualified the first Chines based Competent assessor for Volkswagen Group in China.

Cyber security expert of KPMG, with 15 years of experience in Information Security and IT consulting. Frank has participated in the research of national cyber policies and standards, especially in the fields of China Cyber Law and MLPS, ISO27001, NIST, GDPR, TISAX, ISO21434, etc., helping enterprises to well understand and realize specific regulatory requirements. Frank is responsible for the TISAX audit and ISO21434/CSMS consulting services of KPMG, including information security governance and planning for automotive clients.

Over 10 years of functional safety related working experiences in well-known 3rd party, Now in-charge of the team management & operation for DEKRA China region for the following business domains: Automotive Functional safety (ISO 26262)，Automotive Cyber Security (ISO/SAE 21434 & CSMS), AutomotiveSPICE, SOTIF (ISO 21448) etc. Personal qualifications including Automotive Functional safety professional & AutomotiveSPICE assessor.