Apurva S. Meher
Senior Engineering Director (AI, Data, Software),
Ford Motor Company

Apurva S. Meher is Senior Engineering Director (AI, Data, Software) at Ford Motor Company, where he leads an organization of around 150 people across the US, Europe, and India covering manufacturing execution systems, plant quality, industrial IoT, and data and innovation for Ford's vehicle and powertrain manufacturing operations, worldwide. He is currently leading Ford's effort to bring agentic AI to the plant floor, aiming for autonomous operation in high-complexity manufacturing processes. Before Ford, he delivered machine learning systems at Apple and Meta, drawing on a career of more than twenty years in software engineering and engineering leadership.