Michelle Avary

As a leader in automotive technologies, Avary has been at the forefront of revolutionizing the mobility space and has devoted her career in establishing better infrastructures for automotive, autonomous, IoT, and connectivity platforms. She is passionate about improving safety and decarbonizing mobility.

A key member of Einride’s executive team in North America setting the company’s strategic direction and product vision, Mrs. Avary guides the development of key electric, autonomous, and digital products and services, leads government relations and public policy, and helps scale overall business.

Prior to joining Einride, Michelle was Global Head of Automotive and Autonomous Mobility at the World Economic Forum, was Vice President of Products and Strategy, Global Automotive Io(m)T at Aeris and spent a decade at Toyota Motor Sales leading connectivity products.

Avary co-founded Drive Time Metrics, Women in Automotive Technology an advocacy group, and has advised several AV startups. Michelle has several patents
holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Pennsylvania State University, a Masters of Art in Economics from the University of San Francisco. She is also a certified yoga instructor.