Valeo Group | 10 Jan, 2024 | 3 min

Valeo’s Vsevolod Vovkushevsky named MotorTrend Software Defined Vehicle Innovator Awards Winner

Vsevolod Vovkushevsky, Software Products and Services Director for Valeo, was named a winner at MotorTrend’s 2024 Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) Innovator Awards in the Leader category. The award recognizes outstanding individuals leading teams that are transforming the automotive industry through software.

This is a tremendous honor, and I thank MotorTrend for the recognition,” said Vsevolod Vovkushevsky. “I am fortunate to work on innovations that are transforming mobility, and I am very happy to be part of Valeo, a company truly committed to creating amazing new automotive technology.”

In his current role, Vsevolod Vovkushevsky champions Valeo anSWer, the company’s on-demand software products and services offering that helps cars become more electric and more intelligent. Out of the 8,000 software and systems engineers working at Valeo, he directly leads a team of more than 1,000 focusing on bringing innovative software solutions for ADAS to the automotive marketplace. This includes a complete modern software architecture for ADAS systems that makes Valeo solutions future-proof, enabling launches of highly innovative technologies for several customers.

Throughout his 18 years with Valeo, Vovkushevsky has driven the company toward the creation of a dedicated software business, including a business framework for software as a product (SaaP) and platform as a service (PaaS), and making them major elements of the company’s corporate strategy. Now he and his team are focused on scaling SaaP and PaaS to further grow Valeo’s leadership in the ADAS space.