AUTOSAR Chairperson Team 2024 handed over to the Chairperson Team 2025.
AUTOSAR appointed a new Chairperson Team for 2025. Thomas Rüping is appointed as AUTOSAR Chairperson, being deputized by Deputy Chairperson Ralf Schneider. The Chairperson Team is completed by Carmine De Iesu, who will remain in the position of AUTOSAR Project Leader Team Speaker. Their term in office will run from January to December 2025.
The role of AUTOSAR Chairperson will be taken over by Thomas Rüping, who is an active member of the AUTOSAR Steering Committee representing Robert Bosch GmbH and was, among others, in the role of Chairperson in 2023 and Deputy in 2024. After completing his studies in Electrical Engineering with Technical Informatics as a special focus in 1988, Thomas began his career at Robert Bosch GmbH and is currently Project Director of AUTOSAR in the sector Mobility Solutions. Looking back to 15 years working with AUTOSAR and 10 years as part of the AUTOSAR Steering Committee, Thomas aims to enhance the AUTOSAR organization and standard to continue the great success story of AUTOSAR in the Software Defined Vehicle era.
The duties of the AUTOSAR Deputy Chairperson will be taken over by Ralf Schneider, an active member of the AUTOSAR Steering Committee representing Mercedes-Benz AG. Ralf joined Mercedes-Benz AG in 2011 after completing his master’s degree in Mechatronics at the University of Reutlingen. He has held various positions as a Development Engineer for Standard Software based on AUTOSAR. In 2021, he took over the lead of AUTOSAR development at Mercedes. Since 2023, Ralf has been an active member of the Steering Committee.
The duties of the Speaker of the AUTOSAR Project Leader Team will remain with Carmine De Iesu, an active member of the AUTOSAR Project Leader Team representing Stellantis. Carmine received his master’s degree from the University of Pisa in Telecommunication Engineering. After 5 years in Aerospace/Railway fields, in 2013 Carmine joined the Automotive world working for an Italian Tier 1 company, which began his contact with AUTOSAR. He was first a SW Developer for Infotainment projects and then SW Project Leader for Instrument Panels and Electrification ECU projects working with the most important OEMs. In 2023 Carmine joined Stellantis and at the same time the AUTOSAR Project Leader Team and is aiming to support AUTOSAR during its transition to the new SW era in his role as Project Leader Team Speaker.
The new Chairperson Team took up their responsibilities at the beginning of 2025 and is looking forward to a successful year full of perspectives and continuous growth as a standard and as an organization.
With this announcement, AUTOSAR extends its heartfelt thanks to the former Chairperson Team, led by Michael Niklas-Höret as Chairperson, for their hard work. The 2024 Chairperson Team consistently prioritized the interests of the AUTOSAR organization and drove many fundamental developments in an innovative, collaborative, and dedicated manner.