Chris Barker

Chris is the founder and CEO for CBC, a global transportation and technology consulting firm focused on helping cities, companies, universities, and governments around the world to advance autonomous transportation and other new mobility services. Chris has more than 25 years of experience in deploying aerospace, autonomous transportation, cybersecurity, and smart city innovations for companies such as Boeing, Cisco, Honeywell, Lucent, Microsoft, Raytheon, Real Networks, and the Volvo Group. Chris is currently a transportation/smart cities advisor for the Cities Today Institute helping cities around the world with transportation infrastructure and autonomous surface transportation planning. His CBC team has also developed and deployed self-driving car simulators for State DOTs/DMVs, universities, museums and other public facilities – to teach the public about self-driving vehicles. Previously, Chris was the Vice President of New Mobility at Keolis Group and helped launch the first open road #autonomous #shuttle service in North America. Chris is a national Board Member for the Association for Commuter Transportation. He’s also a global keynote speaker on topics ranging from smart cities and new mobility services to cybersecurity, alternative energy options and advancements in artificial intelligence.