Episode 25: Rene Te-Strote on The Future of Transport: Virtual Simulation

In this episode of Mik + One,  Mik is joined by Rene Te-Strote, Senior IT Project Lead for the BMW Group.

In this episode, Mik and Rene discuss Rene’s contributions to innovate the BMW Group by mixing hardware and software development and other key discussion points including:

• How Rene started his career in BMW, first working in a production plant and then moving to the IT department
• Some of the foundational principles Rene applied to innovate and point the organization in the right direction, such as thinking of the entire manufacturing process as a product
• How Rene accelerated the speed of innovation in an industrial context, and how simulation has become a key part of car manufacturing at BMW Group
• Where Rene’s high-performance computing clusters are at now
• Rene’s insights into the next 10 years within the automotive industry

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For more information about Rene Te-Strote, to view the full list of resources featured in this episode, and to download the episode transcript, visit:
https://projecttoproduct.org/podcast/rene-te-strote/