William (Billy) Riggs, Ph.D.
is an entrepreneur, innovator and global expert on transportation, urban technology, business and sustainable urban development. He is a professor at the University of San Francisco, the co-director of the Autonomous Vehicles and the City Initiative. Dr. Riggs has authored over 100 publications; with work featured in media outlets—including the Economist, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, PBS, TF1, the Atlantic and more. He is the author of two books; most recently, End of the Road: Reimagining the Street as the Heart of the City (2022). Dr. Riggs has been a fellow with the National Science Foundation, sits on the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Policy and Law, Committee on Emerging Technology and Law, and the Committee on the Landscape and the Built Environment.
Vipul N. Vyas
has been a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for the past 20 years. During that time, he has led multiple departments including business development, sales, and products. His teams have engaged clients on strategy, change management, operations, and metric achievement using technology and business process improvement. He values developing close relationships with clients in order to drive real and lasting change. Vipul has been responsible for creating over $4B+ in trackable benefit for his clients over his career and is named on 10 US patents. He has a BS in management information systems from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College.
is an entrepreneur, innovator and global expert on transportation, urban technology, business and sustainable urban development. He is a professor at the University of San Francisco, the co-director of the Autonomous Vehicles and the City Initiative. Dr. Riggs has authored over 100 publications; with work featured in media outlets—including the Economist, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, PBS, TF1, the Atlantic and more. He is the author of two books; most recently, End of the Road: Reimagining the Street as the Heart of the City (2022). Dr. Riggs has been a fellow with the National Science Foundation, sits on the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Policy and Law, Committee on Emerging Technology and Law, and the Committee on the Landscape and the Built Environment.
Vipul N. Vyas
has been a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for the past 20 years. During that time, he has led multiple departments including business development, sales, and products. His teams have engaged clients on strategy, change management, operations, and metric achievement using technology and business process improvement. He values developing close relationships with clients in order to drive real and lasting change. Vipul has been responsible for creating over $4B+ in trackable benefit for his clients over his career and is named on 10 US patents. He has a BS in management information systems from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College.