Speakers

Scott Brierley is Manager of Corporate Development at Nissan North America focusing on "LEAF-To-Home" and vehicle-to-grid commercialization activities.

 

Prior to joining Nissan, Scott worked in both the automotive and aerospace industries. His 10 years with General Motors involved developing and commercializing various GM electric vehicles, including the GM EV1, the Equinox fuel cell, the Chevrolet Volt, and the EN-V autonomous vehicle.

 

Scott's aerospace background includes supporting US and Russian spacewalk activities at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and at Star City outside of Moscow, Russia. More recently, he was involved with developing a hydrogen fuel cell system for commercial aircraft.

 

Scott has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from San Diego State University and an MBA from Texas A&M University

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Japan's second-largest automotive company, is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, and is part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Operating with more than 244,500 employees globally, Nissan sold 5.32 million vehicles and generated revenue of 11.38 trillion yen (USD 103.6 billion) in fiscal 2014. Nissan delivers a comprehensive range of more than 60 models under the Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun brands. Nissan leads the world in zero-emission mobility, dominated by sales of the LEAF, the first mass-market, pure-electric vehicle. It is the best-selling EV in history with almost 50% share of the zero-emission vehicle segment.