Ammar Ridzuan

Research & Development Engineer

Ammar brings hands-on expertise in simulation integration and workflow optimization. He focuses on bridging software capabilities with customer use cases, ensuring efficient adoption of simulation tools across diverse engineering environments.

Cédric Lorret

Chief Technical Officer

As CTO, Cédric leads the technical strategy and oversees R&D teams developing SCANeR and simulation systems. His expertise ensures the performance, scalability, and robustness of AVSimulation’s solutions, always staying ahead of industry needs in ADAS, AV, and virtual testing.

François Deudon

Chief Executive Officer

François oversees the broader strategic direction of AVSimulation, fostering partnerships and aligning business growth with innovation. François will open SCANeR Days 2025 with a keynote introduction, sharing AVSimulation’s vision for simulation as a key enabler of safer and more efficient mobility.

Grégory Rousseau

Product Owner

Grégory is specialized in scenario design, model validation, and advanced testing methodologies. He will share insights on ensuring realism in simulation campaigns and leveraging SCANeR to replicate complex traffic and environmental conditions.

Laurence Perret

Global Sales & Marketing Director

In charge of global outreach and product positioning, Laurence leads marketing, communications and go-to-market strategies. She will highlight the strategic goals behind SCANeR Days and how this event serves both our customers and our internal mission.

Thomas Nguyen That

Chief Strategy & Product Officer

With over 20 years of experience in automotive simulation and ADAS/AV validation, Thomas is responsible for AVSimulation’s product strategy and innovation roadmap. He has led numerous industrial and research programs in Europe and worldwide, driving the evolution of SCANeR as a reference platform for simulation and validation.

Valérie Dognin

Product Owner

Valérie plays a key role in aligning product features with customer needs, ensuring usability and value across simulation workflows. With strong expertise in project delivery and requirement management, she contributes to making SCANeR more accessible and effective for industrial applications.

Stephane Regnier

Expert Leader - Immersive Simulation and Virtual Reality

Stéphane Régnier received an engineer’s degree in computing science from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon, in 1990. Since his professional beginning, he’s been working on “pioneering” topics regarding graphics computing, simulation and virtual reality for the industry, being focused on innovation, software developments, simulation tools, virtual reality applications, in several departments at Renault, Research, Styling and now Engineering. He has managed several R&D teams and has a large experience in VR/AR, 3D graphics computing, as well as driving simulation. He’s currently working as “expert leader - immersive simulation and virtual reality” at Group Renault.

Javier Posselt

XR Technology & User Experience Specialist Leader and Manager of XR-InnovLab

Javier Posselt leads the XR-InnovLab at Renault Group, where he specializes in immersive simulation, visualization, and human interaction. His work focuses on exploring and industrializing innovative simulation platforms — from CAVE systems to VR headsets — to enhance user experience, ergonomic validation, and virtual testing within Renault’s simulation ecosystem.

Yue Li

CTO and Co-founder of IAE Group

Yue Li is CTO & Co-Founder at IAE Group, where she leads the development of next-generation virtual simulation and testing platforms for the automotive industry. With a strong background in immersive simulation, visualization and human-machine interface (HMI) research, she helps bridge the gap between cutting-edge technologies and industrial deployment. At IAE, Yue drives innovation in mixed-reality environments, interactive HMI displays and comprehensive verification chains, enabling OEMs and suppliers to accelerate validation and homologation of advanced driver assistance and autonomous systems.

Brieuc Pinsard

ADAS / AD Simulation Engineer

Brieuc Pinsard is a Simulation Engineer at UTAC, specializing in vehicle dynamics and ADAS/AD simulation. He currently leads Software-in-the-Loop (SiL) activities within the Simulation team, developing advanced scenarios for Euro NCAP and UNECE protocols to help manufacturers evaluate and optimize system performance.

Jérémy Vergnaud

ADAS AD Simulation Activity Manager - Simulation Expert

Jérémy Vergnaud is a Simulation & Scenario Engineer at UTAC, specializing in vehicle dynamics and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS/AD). He develops and executes comprehensive simulation scenarios — including Software-in-the-Loop (SiL), Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL), and ADAS validation protocols — to support performance evaluation and safety certification workflows.

Yohann Chalumeaux

Simulator Systems Architect

Yohann Chalumeaux is a Simulator Systems Architect at AVSimulation and leads the Embedded Electronics & Industrial Automation competence centre. He specialises in designing, developing, and integrating high-fidelity driving simulator platforms that support R&D projects across vehicle dynamics, HMI, ADAS, and motion systems.