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Software in automotive

Capgemini can empower you to rethink your business around software.

In today’s automotive industry, software is migrating from the periphery of vehicles to the driver’s seat. At the same time, the industry focus is shifting from products to services.

The concept of software-driven mobility is already redefining the global automotive industry. But that’s just the start of this software-defined transformation in automotive.

Increasingly, not only vehicles, but also organizational structures, processes, methods, and tools are being defined, designed, and operated by software.

Every stage of the end-to-end value chain is affected by software-defined transformation. And it’s also changing expectations – those of manufacturers, regulators, and end-customers.

Driving the Future podcast

In the ever-evolving world of automotive, the role of software is increasing rapidly. In this episode of Driving the Future, we turn to the Automotive News Europe podcast where, as part of their episode of the “Rising Stars Speak” series, Bosch’s Jurgen Mueller and our very own Kai Oliver Schaeffer discuss the increasing role of software in vehicles, from enhancing automated driving to redefining the driving experience.

Join us as we uncover how AI, data collection, and partnerships are shaping the future of the automotive industry.

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We enable software-defined transformation for automotive leaders

Capgemini knows how to help automotive players seize software-defined transformation’s opportunities and overcome its challenges. Utilizing our deep industry expertise across the whole value chain – spanning IT, digital, and engineering – we can empower you to develop the software platform you need, and create the mobility ecosystem of the future, with people at its heart.

Automotive companies need to attend to three broad aspects of software-defined transformation:

  • Accelerating transformation into a software company
  • Setting the foundation for software excellence
  • Establishing high standards of software efficiency

We are strongly positioned to help with all three.

    Industry platform software – automotive

    Accelerating the delivery of the Software Defined Vehicle for Software Driven Mobility by pivoting towards Automotive Software Platform.

    Software driven mobility

    Empowering you to deliver the mobility experience that users are expecting by accelerating the pivot towards a Software-centric organization.

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      Meet our experts

      Laurence Noël

      EVP, Head of Global Automotive Industry, Capgemini
      Laurence Noël is a distinguished professional with a robust background in the automotive industry. She has more than 25 years of experience, and was previously Senior Vice President of the Circular Economy Business Unit at Stellantis. Leveraging a diverse background across management of business units, strategic planning and engineering, Laurence empowers clients to shape profitable and successful strategies, achieve transformation, and meet automotive sustainability goals.
      Jean-Marie Lapeyre – Our expert

      Jean-Marie Lapeyre

      EVP and Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Global Automotive Industry
      Jean-Marie Lapeyre works with automotive clients to develop and launch actionable technology strategies to help them succeed in a data and software-driven world.

      Alexandre Audoin

      Executive Vice President, Global Head of Industries, Sales & Portfolio, Capgemini Engineering
      Alexandre Audoin has led Capgemini and Capgemini Engineering global Automotive Industry for three years. Since July 2024, Alexandre is Capgemini Engineering Global Head of Industries, Sales & Portfolio with a special focus on the creation of Intelligent Industry, helping clients master the end-to-end software-driven transformation and do business in a new way through technologies like 5G, edge computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and the internet of things (IoT).

      Jayashree Ravichandran

      VP and Software Leader – Automotive, Capgemini Engineering
      Jayashree works with Automotive Clients to accelerate software transformation, developing on-vehicle and off board solutions and integration from the car to the cloud. A Certified Architect, by training, Jayashree is a trusted advisor to internal and customer teams at all levels, working with Customer executive teams to effect transformation, and with technical teams to architect, design solutions to drive product quality and yield, and increase customer satisfaction and profitability.

      Jiani Zhang

      Executive Vice President, Chief Software Officer, Capgemini Engineering
      Jiani Zhang is Executive Vice President and Chief Software Officer of Capgemini Engineering, the Engineering and R&D Services powerhouse of Capgemini. Jiani is responsible for the leadership and growth of Capgemini’s Global Software Product Engineering Growth Platform, accelerating client outcomes by building embedded, digital, and industry software platforms.

      Eric Dalla-Vecchia

      Vice President – Intelligent Industry Accelerator
      Eric brings over two decades of invaluable experience in the automotive sector, having held key R&D management roles within both OEMs and suppliers. At Capgemini Automotive, Eric spearheads the management of portfolios, strategies, and partnerships within the Intelligent Industry Accelerator. Eric’s expertise lies in orchestrating software-based transformative journeys for industry OEMs and Tier1 software entities.

      Nicolas Rousseau

      Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Engineering & Manufacturing Officer, Capgemini Engineering
      Nicolas Rousseau, EVP and Chief Digital Engineering & Manufacturing Officer at Capgemini Engineering, drives business for “intelligent industries” by integrating product, software, data, and services. He leads a team that enables clients to innovate business models, optimize operations, and prepare for digital disruptions, enhancing customer interaction, R&D, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chains at the intersection of physical and digital worlds.

      Praveen Cherian

      EVP – Group Automotive, Capgemini
      As an Executive Vice-President within Capgemini Group Automotive, Praveen Cherian connects the technical dots to find the best and simplest solutions to complex business challenges facing automotive industry clients. Along with a strong track record in automotive engineering, he brings global leadership experience in operations, supply chain, and logistics. Praveen’s specialist knowledge spans electric vehicles, fleet operators, battery integration, connected car solutions, and more.