Javier Ibanez-Guzman is Technical Lead Research & Advanced Engineering at the Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Level-4 SAE section of Renault and responsible for the corporate network of specialists (Decision-Making, Machine Perception, World Modelling, Validation). Javier is also a member of the Alliance Venture Capital investments (Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi) for Autonomous Driving technologies and has additional responsibilities for the industry & academic activities of SivaLab (UTC Compiègne, CNRS): Renault Engineers, Academic Staff, Post-Docs, PhDs candidates.

Groupe Renault has been making cars since 1898. Today it is an international multi-brand group, selling close to 3.76 million vehicles in 127 countries in 2017, with 36 manufacturing sites, 12,700 points of sales and employing more than 120,000 people. To meet the major technological challenges of the future and continue its strategy of profitable growth, the Group is harnessing its international growth and the complementary fit of its five brands, Renault, Dacia and Renault Samsung Motors, Alpine and LADA, together with electric vehicles and the unique Alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi. With a new team in Formula 1 and a strong commitment to Formula E, Renault sees motorsport as a vector of innovation and brand awareness.