Sherin Abdelhamid

Dr. Sherin Abdelhamid is a Senior Strategy Manager at TELUS, where she drives the strategy development & implementation of connected and autonomous vehicle services. She also manages partner relationships and large-scale projects that span across major TELUS frontline and internal facing business units. Prior to joining TELUS, Sherin worked as a technical advisor and manager with the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network, where she owned and managed delivery of strategic projects in partnership with industry, government, and other ecosystem partners. She also worked as a research associate and adjunct assistant professor at the School of Computing - Queen’s University, where she received her PhD in 2014. Sherin is a subject-matter expert in connected, autonomous, and electric vehicle technologies and mobility innovation, and has been named by Automotive News Canada as one of the 2020 Canadians to Watch in the auto industry. She is also experienced in data analytics, smart city innovations, and the Internet of Things. She is an award-winning researcher with more than forty publications in many top journals, magazines, and conferences.