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David Muyres most recently held the position of Vice President, Educational Initiatives, for Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In this capacity, Muyres was responsible for developing new strategic offerings for the college. These ranged from educational programs targeted to business executives in order to demonstrate the value of creative process and design thinking, to ArtCenterPRO, a unique program in which companies, as sponsors, collaborate with Art Center students to create real-world design solutions. Muyres was also responsible for masterminding and directing the Art Center Summits, a series of unique annual events focused on sustainable mobility(http://www.artcenter.edu/summit). The summits have brought together global business, technology, design and governmental leaders to discuss the future of sustainable transportation-they explore creative new systems and business models that inspire people to think differently about how we all move around the planet.

Prior to joining Art Center in 2005, Muyres worked at Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI), where he held various functional and executive management positions within the automotive division in the United States, Europe and Asia. As Vice President of Design and Consumer Research in Germany, he helped create JCI's European Design Center. In Japan, he served as Vice President and General Manager for all Product and Business Development. During his tenure at JCI, he received six patents.

Muyres has spoken about the future of mobility at events around the world and advises for other mobility-related events and organizations such as the University of Michigan's SMART and its annual mobility conference, Opportunity Green's annual business and sustainability conference, and Pasadena Sustainable Transportation Action Committee (PASTAC), a sustainable mobility organization led by CALSTART. In December 2008, he was asked to provide testimony on the future of the automotive industry to the Congressional Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, chaired by Rep. Edward J. Markey. Muyres recently joined forces with Hunt Green LLC in Washington, DC, to further integrate sustainable mobility solutions into newly emerging national policy. He also acts as a design advisor to various start-up mobility and transportation companies and is currently assisting in the creation of the NewNorth Center for Design in Business, located in West Michigan.

Muyres has a profound interest in bringing the best and brightest minds together to re-envision the transportation industry. He strives to leverage his global industry experience, creative approach and the power of his broad network to develop solution-minded partnerships committed to creating more efficient ways of moving people and goods around the planet. Muyres grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied mechanical engineering and philosophy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, with a Bachelor of Science in Transportation Design.