Who We Are

MOBI is a global nonprofit alliance of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers, along with startups, NGOs, transit agencies, insurers, toll road providers, smart city leaders, financial institutions, and technology companies. MOBI is vendor and technology agnostic.

Our Mission

To create standards; build the Web3 infrastructure for connected ecosystems and IoT commerce; and push for an even playing field and the rights of transportation users to access seamless solutions of their choice with privacy maintained.

Our Vision

To accelerate the adoption of Self-Sovereign Digital Twins, Zero Trust, and cross-border data privacy compliance while making transportation more efficient, equitable, decentralized, and sustainable.

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Meet the MOBI Team

Akbar Khushnazarov
Akbar KhushnazarovDeveloper
Andreas Freund
Andreas FreundTechnical Advisor
Andrew Oxendine
Andrew OxendinePartnerships & Community Lead
Annabelle Sbarbatti
Annabelle SbarbattiProject Manager
Betul Kahya
Betul KahyaMobility Lead
Chris Ballinger
Chris BallingerAdvisor & Founder
Dmitry Zotov
Dmitry ZotovDeveloper
Grace Pulliam
Grace PulliamCommunications Manager
Griffin Haskins
Griffin HaskinsMobility Finance Lead
Kierra Maggs
Kierra MaggsDigital Media Associate
Klaus Schaaf
Klaus SchaafCommunity Lead - EMEA
Marguerite Watanabe
Marguerite WatanabePartnerships Advisor
Matt Shi
Matt ShiSupply Chain Lead
Parth Bhatt
Parth BhattTech Product Manager
Rajat Rajbhandari
Rajat RajbhandariHead of Standards and Certification
Robin Pilling
Robin PillingMOBI Research Institute (MRI) EU Lead
Sadia Benkirane
Sadia BenkiraneHead of Accounting
Sid Masih
Sid MasihEngineering Fellow
Tram Vo
Tram VoCEO & Founder
Umed Khudoiberdiev
Umed KhudoiberdievLead Developer
Alan Gordon
Alan GordonFord Motor Company / VID I, VID II
Anthony Salamone
Anthony SalamoneRouteOne / FSSC
Christian Koebel
Christian KoebelHonda R&D Europe / EVGI
Dominik Batz
Dominik BatzBMW Group / Supply Chain
Howard Altarescu
Howard AltarescuOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP / FSSC
Jeroen Bartelse
Jeroen BartelseAchmea / UBI
Johannes Klepsch
Johannes KlepschBMW Group / VID II
Massimiliano Melis
Massimiliano MelisGeneral Motors / EVGI
Michal Filipowski
Michal FilipowskiGeneral Motors / CMDM
Mike Fischer
Mike FischerAioi Insurance Services USA / UBI
Pramita Mitra
Pramita MitraFord Motor Company / Supply Chain
Roger Berg
Roger BergDENSO International America, Inc. / CMDM
Sebastien Henot
Sebastien HenotGroupe Renault / VID I
Tram Vo
Tram VoCEO & Founder
Chris Ballinger
Chris BallingerAdvisor & Founder
Sanshiro Fukao
Sanshiro FukaoITOCHU Research Institute
Kathleen Olstedt
Kathleen OlstedtKarma
Joan Zerkovich
Joan ZerkovichAAIS
Bhaskar-Krishnamachari
Bhaskar-KrishnamachariUSC Viterbi School of Engineering
Brian Behlendorf
Brian BehlendorfHyperledger
Jamie Burke
Jamie BurkeOutlier Ventures
Jim Adler
Jim AdlerToyota AI-Ventures
Joseph Lubin
Joseph LubinConsensys Systems
Katherine Adkins
Katherine AdkinsAffirm, Inc.
Zaki Manian
Zaki ManianTrusted IoT Alliance

MOBI Timeline

May 2023

Integrated Trust Network Value and Technical Narrative Business White Paper released

March 2023

Citopia MaaS pilot completed

February 2023

Vehicle and Parts Maintenance & Repair Track-and-Trace standard released

February 2023

Electric Vehicle Battery State of Health (SOH) Value Chain Map released

February 2023

MOBI and members demonstrate privacy-preserving vehicle location technology

November 2022

The Springer Handbook on Blockchain released, featuring a chapter on the New Economy of Movement

November 2022

EU Blockchain releases ‘Blockchain Applications in the Automotive Sector’ report, featuring joint pilot with Citopia and the ITN

August 2022

Final Report of the Exploratory Research Project, Blockchain for Transport (BC4T) released

July 2022

The Rechargeable Battery Identification Number (BIN) Standard is released

June 2022

MOBI and members demonstrate EV Battery Track-and-Trace Pilot

31 May 2022

The Battery State of Health (SOH) Standard is released

12 May 2022

EVGI II Working Group is officially launched

5 May 2022

MOBI Battery Initiative is announced

April 2022

The ITN is incorporated

10 February 2022

mobiNET renamed to Integrated Trust Network

8 February 2022

Citopia Maas/Multimodal — Transit IDEA Award Announced

25 January 2022

Citopia vinTRAK — Use Case: Dealer Floorplan Audit Announced

11 January 2022

mobiNET Decentralized Identity Scalability Pilot for 280 Million Vehicles Announced

January 2022

ITN Decentralized Identity Scalability Pilot for 280 Million Vehicles completed

14 December 2021

Citopia partsTRAK — Use Case: EV Battery Track and Trace for Vehicle Manufacturers, Suppliers, Dealers, and Vehicle Owners Announced

9 November 2021

Citopia — Use Case: EV Charging/Payment & Battery State of Health (SOH) Reporting/Tracking Completed

26 October 2021

MOBI Trusted Trip Standard Released

20 July 2021

The DRIVES (Distributed Registry for Intelligent Vehicle Ecosystem & Sustainability) Program is announced

14 June 2021

Release of the Supply Chain (SC) Standards

8 June 2021

Release of the Finance, Securitization, and Smart Contracts (FSSC) Standards

April 2021

mobiNET is announced as the new name for the Open Mobility Network (OMN)

2 March 2021

Release of the Connected Mobility Data Marketplace (CMDM) Standards

19 January 2021

Release of the Vehicle Identity II  (VID II) Standards

September 2020

Release of First Electric Vehicle Grid Integration (EVGI) Blockchain-Based Standard

June 2020

Open Mobility Network (OMN) is Launched to Connect MOBI Vehicle Identity (VID) to a network

February 2020

Launch of Supply Chain (SC) and Finance, Securitization, and Smart Contracts (FSSC) Working Groups

18 February 2020

MoCo Berlin

12 - 13 November 2019

MoCo Los Angeles

Announcement of MOBI Grand Challenge Phase II Winners

1 October 2019

Launch of the Connected Mobility Data Marketplace (CMDM) Working Group

9 September 2019

Launch of MOBI Vehicle Identity (VID) Pilot

17 July 2019

Released First Vehicle Identity (VID) Blockchain-Based Standard

23 May 2019

MoCo New Delhi

Launch of MOBI Grand Challenge Phase II: Citopia

1 May 2019

Launch of Electric Vehicle Grid Integration (EVGI) Working Group

17 April 2019

MoCo Shanghai

14 - 15 February 2019

MoCo Munich

Announcement of MOBI Grand Challenge Phase I Winners

25 January 2019

MoCo San Francisco

11 January 2019

End of MOBI Grand Challenge Phase I

12 October 2018

MoCo New Mexico

Launch of the MOBI Grand Challenge (MGC)

11 September 2018

MoCo London

July 2018

Launch of Vehicle Identity (VID) and Usage-Based Mobility and Insurance (UBMI) Working Groups

2 May 2018

MOBI Launches as a Nonprofit Organization

Late 2017 – Early 2018

Meetings at MIT and in Silicon Valley

2017

First Community Meetings at Toyota Research Institute (Silicon Valley)

2016

Multi-party Proof of Concepts (PoCs)

2015

Early Discussion of Blockchain Use Cases in Mobility and the Minimum Viable Community