The Garage by Sonatus

Mar 13 2025 31 ep. 22 mins 1
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The Garage Podcast from Sonatus brings you conversations with thought leaders from around the vehicle technology space discussing far-reaching topics about software innovation in vehicles. These episodes will include industry experts, whether from Sonatus, or from our amazing partners across the industry, all of whom will share their Ideas and their outlook for the most important topics in vehicle technology. Episodes span from more technical topics, to business evolution, and market trends. Join us and learn about the future of vehicle in The Garage.

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Martin Krantz of Smart Eye | S3 Ep5

Mar 13 2025 26 mins  
Martin Krantz, CEO and Co-founder of Smart Eye talks with host John Heinlein, Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer of Sonatus about their incredible occupant monitoring system. Martin explains how their technology has evolved with new computational capabilities and the growth of AI to discern distraction, fatigue, intoxication, but in the future mood, stress and intent. Recorded live at

Francis Chow of Red Hat | S3 Ep4

Feb 25 2025 20 mins  
Francis Chow, VP & GM, In-Vehicle Operating System and Edge, Red Hat speaks with host John Heinlein Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer, Sonatus about the many changes in software-defined vehicles, with a particular focus on vehicle operating systems. The conversation explains Red Hat’s journey towards a safety-certified Linux, and shares many of the opportunities SDV can bring to

James Roberts and Ronaldo Castillo of LHP | S3 Ep3

Feb 11 2025 15 mins  
James Roberts, President of IOT and Analytics and Ronaldo Castillo, Software Engineering Manager, both of LHP, talk with host John Heinlein, Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer of Sonatus. A special focus of this episode is functional safety and safety certification. Sonatus recently achieved ISO26262 ASIL-D functional safety rating for our Automator Safety Interlock module, which was d

Moritz Neukirchner of Elektrobit | S3 Ep2

Jan 28 2025 28 mins  
Dr. Moritz Neukirchner, Sr. Director Strategic Product Management, SDV, Elektrobit, joins host Dr. John Heinlein, Chief Marketing Officer from Sonatus, to discuss his valuable perspective on the shift to software-defined vehicles. Moritz is well-known in the automotive industry and explains critical technical infrastructure, including how Elektrobit is advancing Linux for vehicles,

Collin Shaw of MEMA Original Equipment Suppliers | S3 Ep1

Jan 15 2025 20 mins  
Recorded live at the Sonatus booth at CES 2025, Collin Shaw, President, MEMA Original Equipment Suppliers spoke with host John Heinlein, Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer from Sonatus about the important opportunities and challenges that software offers to vehicle manufacturers spanning passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles and more. MEMA represents about 500 original equipment manu

Rich Nass of Open Systems Media | S2 Ep16

Oct 30 2024 29 mins  
In this episode of The Garage we talk with Rich Nass, famed journalist who is Executive Vice President with Open Systems Media following his long career at storied electronics periodicals. Rich talks with John Heinlein, Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer at Sonatus and shares his perspective from talking with leaders across the industry about vehicle innovation ranging from architectur

Vidya Rajagopalan of Rivian | S2 Ep15

Oct 15 2024 33 mins  
In this episode, Vidya Rajagopalan, Senior Vice President of Electrical Hardware Engineering at Rivian joins host John Heinlein, Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer from Sonatus to discuss the electrical and software architecture for Rivian vehicles ranging from the R1, the R1 second generation, and the newly announced R2. This conversation covers topics including domain architecture vs

Nadim Maluf of Qnovo | S2 Ep14

Aug 22 2024 32 mins  
In this episode of The Garage we talk about vehicle batteries, battery technology and battery management, all critical topics for the shift to EV’s. Our guest is Nadim Maluf, founder and CEO of Qnovo, a leader in battery software, who joins Sonatus CEO Dr. John Heinlein.

Matt Harden of AT&T | S2 Ep13

Aug 06 2024 15 mins  
Matt Harden, AVP Business Development, Connected Car, from AT&T joins host John Heinlein, Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer from Sonatus, to talk about connected cars, networking, the transition to 5G, and software defined vehicles. Recorded live at AutoTech: Detroit 2024.

Jason Masker of Upstream | S2 Ep12

Jul 24 2024 21 mins  
We talk vehicle cybersecurity with Jason Masker, Director of Solutions Architecture for Upstream talks who joins host John Heinlein, Ph.D., Chief Marketing Officer of Sonatus. This discussion highlights the evolving (and challenging!) landscape of vehicle cyber threats. Jason explains what Upstream is doing about that threat, empowering OEMS with solutions and how collaboration wit