Since summer 2023, Prashant Swadia has been responsible for global logistics purchasing across operations at GM. He has worked more than 25 years at the carmaker in procurement across a wide range of commodities and services, including in India and Asia Pacific in programme planning, interiors and exterior purchasing, and indirect purchasing in areas including logistics, customs and back-office operations. Prashant Swadia has been based in the Detroit area since 2016 in global purchasing roles that include supplier relations, training and compliance, chassis and body structures. From late 2020, he led strategy and governance across the purchasing organisation, which included oversight of systems, data analytics, training and compliance, as well as supply chain resiliency strategies. He was also responsible for developing socially responsible supply chain and ethical sourcing programmes.

Steven Jernigan is Senior Director Supply Chain, a position to which he was appointed in April 2021. Steven joined Nissan in 2010 in the Purchasing Service and Support area as Regional Supplier Performance Manager of Supply Chain Services. In 2014 Steven took over as Director of Purchasing with various responsibilities over the last six years in Service and Support as well as Bought out Parts. Most recently, we was previously Director for Finished Vehicle Logistics responsible for Finished Vehicles, Exports and SCM Strategy. Prior to joining Nissan Steven worked for Dell Inc and Fedex Ground with various increasing levels of responsibilities within Manufacturing, Materials, Six Sigma, Project management, Inventory Control, Supply Chain Management and Procurement. Steven holds degrees in Business Administration from University of Tennessee, Chattanooga and a Masters of Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University.

In his role in purchasing logistics, Jeremy Johnson is responsible for overseeing commercial activities for all production parts and finished vehicle distribution in the US, Canada, and Mexico for Nissan. He was appointed to this position in April 2023, and has been with Nissan since 2014 in a variety of purchasing roles across logistics and manufacturing. Most recently, he was senior manager of purchasing vendor tooling in the US for Nissan, where he was responsible for vendor tooling audit, tooling refurbishment, and budget forecasting and reporting. In 2018, Jeremy Johnson was appointed purchasing manager of finished vehicle logistics for North America, and prior to that served as a buyer on the Logistics Purchasing team. He holds a bachelor's degree from Maryville College and a Master of Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University.

Since 2023, Ron Stach has led global service and aftersales at EV maker Lucid Motors, including responsibility for PDI and vehicle quality from factory to dealer delivery, and collaboration across logistics teams, logistics providers and port facilities to deliver electric vehicles. Ron Stach is an accomplished automotive executive with nearly 30 years’ experience in sales planning, network strategy, product development, regional operations, aftersales and retail. He has held senior roles in sales and service operations across Mazda, Volkswagen Group, Renault Nissan Mitsubishi and at VinFast, where he led service operations and network strategy.

Anthony Butler is a seasoned Product Leader with extensive experience in AI/ML and IoT solutions for business problems. He has a decade-long track record of driving innovation and results in high-growth organizations. As the Director of Product at Cognosos, he plays a key role in providing Location Intelligence solutions to automotive manufacturers, facilitating asset tracking and operational optimization so that Cognosos's clients are able to do more with less and see increased efficiencies and profits. 

Patrick Manzi is NADA’s Chief Economist. In this role, Patrick works with both NADA as well the American Truck Dealers (ATD), a division of NADA. Patrick regularly speaks to various audiences about the auto industry and is responsible for many of the association’s monthly and annual economic reports including NADA Data and ATD Data. Prior to joining NADA Patrick was a graduate research assistant at the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research where he co-authored several economic impact reports for public and private clients in West Virginia and the surrounding regions. A native West Virginian, Patrick received both his undergraduate and doctorate degrees in Economics from West Virginia University. Patrick currently resides in Falls Church, VA.

Bart Schuster serves as Autosled's Senior Vice President of OEM and Government Relations. He most recently served as Vice President of Sales for Autosled. Currently, Bart not only manages Autosled’s sales division, but also expands Autosled’s strategic OEM partnerships, along with a focused expansion of the company’s government services division. Prior to joining Autosled, Bart worked for over a decade in retail automotive with experience that includes running retail auto dealerships. He also had a successful career working for OEMs with roles in sales, market development, logistics and regional management. His tenure across both retail dealerships and manufacturers makes him uniquely qualified for this position. Bart is an ultra endurance triathlete and lives with his family in Ashburn, VA.