Dr Corina Apachiţe heads the department for Artificial Intelligence within Holistic Engineering and Technologies, which is part of Continental Automotive. In this role, she is responsible for the overall technical strategy and operational implementation, in close cooperation with the business areas and central functions. With her team, she contributes significantly to company’s vision of an “AI empowered company” and “AI empowered employee”. Her team is distributed worldwide and works in close cooperation with partners from industry and academia.

Before joining Continental in January 2018, Dr Apachiţe held a similar position at Robert Bosch GmbH, where she was responsible for technical strategy for artificial intelligence and big data. Dr. Apachiţe gained several years of experience as chief product owner in the agile software development of virtualization solutions during her time at ETAS GmbH in Stuttgart.

Dr Corina Apachiţe holds a doctorate in computer science (hybrid systems verification).