André Weimerskirch is an Associate Research Scientist at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). André is co-founder and former CEO of the embedded systems security company ESCRYPT which was sold to Bosch in 2012. André is a main designer of the vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication security and privacy system that is the leading candidate for deployment in the US. André is active in all areas of automotive and transportation as well as embedded systems cyber security and privacy.