Dr. Devesh Upadhyay is the Technical Director and Chief Scientist for AI/ML and Autonomy at Saab-Skapa, a technology innovation and acceleration hub within Saab Inc. In this role Devesh is spearheading the digitalization efforts within Saab as the company realigns itself for delivering next generation solutions in Autonomy, Engineering and Manufacturing by leveraging AI/ML, Data and other emergent technologies. Prior to Joining Saab, Devesh was at Ford Research (Sci-Lab).  Devesh is a serial inventor and publishes regularly and is very passionate about amongst other causes, Climate, Energy, Environment, and the Responsible/Ethical use of emergent technologies.  Devesh remains actively engaged with academia and professional bodies like IEEE, ASME, SAE and ISO and in standard and rulemaking. Devesh enjoys engaging with and mentoring university and high-school students in both research and career guidance.   In his spare time Devesh likes to be outdoors, listen to music, and play sports.