The RoadDB leadership has decades of experience in mapping, automotive technology, and telecommunications.
Members of the RoadDB leadership led Navigation Technologies (later Navteq, now HERE) from initial concept to over 80% market share in the U.S. and European vehicle markets across all vehicle manufacturers.
The RoadDB leadership has long-term relationships with key stakeholders at vehicle manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers worldwide. The RoadDB leadership understands vehicle manufacturers’ work processes, cultures, and concerns.
Backing up the RoadDB leadership is an experienced management team and a staff of more than 100 engineers, many with master’s or doctoral degrees and significant automotive experience, as well as a core team of business and field operations professionals.
T. Russell Shields, President and CEO
Founded, grew, and profitably sold eight companies
Pioneered location-related vehicle technologies at Navteq
Founder of Ygomi (creator of RoadDB)
A leader in driving worldwide commercialization of automotive technologies
Richard E. Shuman, EVP and COO
Accomplished operations and sales executive developing new markets from infancy including Navteq ($900+ million revenue)
Extensive, enduring, worldwide network throughout the automotive industry
Paul Barnard, SVP and CTO
Technology executive who delivered leading-edge communications products for Nortel and ArrayComm, and automotive products for BMW, Ford, and Nissan
Exceptional ability to innovate while achieving commercially viable solutions
James Herbst, SVP and Chief Data Architect
Technology pioneer with accomplishments across location data engineering since the early days of Navteq
Innovator with more than 20 patents
Pragmatic data architect able to find commercially viable solutions that satisfy all stakeholders, for example Navteq’s data specification
Errol Scialom, SVP Finance and Administration and CFO
Four-decade career at Goodyear and Ygomi with focus on creating lean, profitable operations
Strong track record of negotiating and implementing joint ventures, partnerships, and acquisitions
Successful manager of large support organizations
Brian Haan, SVP IT and CIO / CSO
Strategic IT executive with 25+ years of experience exploiting new technology and designing architectures to enable business growth and agility
Manager of worldwide high-availability data center systems
CISSP security professional in standards, processes, and procedures for cybersecurity and regulatory compliance
Yuka Gomi, VP Japanese Business
Technology executive with strong knowledge of mapping
Extensive relationships with Japanese automotive executives
Recognized as an industry expert by Japanese automotive regulators
Kenneth E. Cordes, Jr., Business Development Manager
Extensive experience in business development and customer relationship management
Strong experience with vehicle manufacturers including on-site project leadership at Nissan in Japan
Project manager with PMP and Automotive SPICE certifications, and experience on Agile and waterfall teams
Ke Cao, Director Test
Strong software engineering background with expertise in communications engineering, information engineering, and technical English
Expertise in managing software quality assurance, process improvement, and strategy development
Seasoned project manager with PMP certification and experience with both Agile and waterfall methodologies
Xiaojuan Li, Director Quality Validation
Experience driving continuous quality improvement
Expertise in building, managing, and coaching teams to achieve high-performance results
Extensive certifications including SAFe SA, CSQE, CSM, and Six Sigma Black Belt
Wei Luo, Director Engineering Support
Expert in image processing
Proven skill in managing the delivery of high-quality products to international companies
Experience efficiently managing teams of engineers with diverse technical backgrounds
Xin Shao, Director Localization and Systems
Expertise in signal processing, electronic engineering, and computer science
Successful delivery of numerous complex software products
Extensive automotive experience including delivery of in-vehicle software for Nissan
Yang Tang, Director Framework
Seasoned project manager with strong engineering background who has earned credentials in PMI, Agile, and Automotive SPICE methodologies
Extensive automotive experience including delivery of in-vehicle software for Nissan
Lina Zheng, Director Core Development
Expert in large-scale mapping, and architecture design of high-concurrency and high-performance systems
Extensive experience in software development management, team building, and process improvement
Lei Zhang, Director Customer Engineering
PRINCE2-certified project professional with over a decade of experience
Seasoned manager of process, people, and technology
Deep experience as a software engineering lead with expertise in communications, image processing, and automotive technologies
