Mobility SCOTT LYONS | FORD Business & Partner Management, Connected Vehicle & Services SPEAKER BIO Scott Lyons leads the SYNC AppLink European Business and Partner Development initiative within the Ford Connected Vehicle and Services Organisation. Based in Berlin, Germany, Lyons is responsible for creating awareness and ultimately initiating partnerships with the app developer community in order to ensure their experiences are enabled to work with SYNC AppLink, which enable drivers to voice control smartphone apps. Lyons joined Ford in February 2013 from Motorola Mobility where he was Director of International Market Development KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Dearborn, Michigan USA Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Michigan, manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 194,000 employees Office Locations Worldwide and 66 plants worldwide, the company’s automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. Substantially all of Founded 1904 the company’s vehicles, parts, and accessories are sold through distributors and dealers (collectively, ‘dealerships’), the substantial majority of which are independently owned. In No of Employees 194k+ addition to the products the company sells to its dealerships for retail sale, the company also sells vehicles to its dealerships for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet Active Markets Worldwide customers,daily rental car companies, and governments Business Overview Automobile manufacturer KPI#1 6.4m vehicles sold globally in 2014 Market Cap 60.7bn Key Financials Achieved $135.8bn of revenue Key Shareholders Evercore, Vanguard, Blackrock and others Website ford.com 92
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