Aptiv PLC announced that Benjamin Lyon has been appointed senior vice president and chief technology officer. Benjamin succeeds Glen De Vos, who is transitioning to the role of senior vice president, transformation and special programs. Benjamin joins Aptiv, having served in a variety of senior engineering roles where he led the development and commercialization of numerous disruptive technologies. At Apple, he spent over two decades developing and productizing sensors, displays, high performance compute, and safety /security critical technologies for scale.

While at Apple, he cofounded their autonomous systems effort. Most recently, at Astra Space Inc. (Astra), he and his team deployed 22 satellites to low Earth orbit and successfully launched the Astra Space Engine Hall-Effect thruster product line. As Aptiv's chief technology officer, Benjamin will drive the company's long-term technology roadmap and guide Aptiv's global engineering organization to strengthen its tools and processes, enhance its skills, and recruit and develop world-class engineering talent.

About Benjamin Lyon: Most recently, Benjamin served as Chief Engineer and Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations of Astra since 2021.Previously, Benjamin served in various engineering and development capacities at Apple from 1999 to 2021. At Apple, he most recently served as Senior Director of the Special Projects Group, and previously as Director of Sensing Hardware, Senior Manager of Sensing Hardware, Electrical Engineer - Technical Lead for Trackpads and Electrical Engineer for Input and Displays. Benjamin holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.