What to expect
- Unique perspectives from featured VP/C-suite products executives
- Webinar Format: Enjoy our Speaker Presentation followed by Q&A Session
As AI and automation take the world by storm, many wonder how automation will define the workforce. A massive shift is underway in which humans are beginning to work hand-in-hand with AI. How can we define humans as part of the product design system with the rise of AI and automation? In this webinar, Teledyne FLIR Defense Systems Product VP Dr. Rochlis discusses the role of humans as a system in product design & development with the rise of AI and automation. She will speak to examples from her time at NASA working in human spaceflight, as well as her current product portfolio of crewed and uncrewed robotic systems.
About the speaker
Dr. Jennifer Rochlis is currently the Vice President of Products and Solution Architecture for Teledyne FLIR Defense Systems. In this role she is responsible for the unmanned aerial, unmanned ground, and integrated detection portfolio family of products and solutions. She joined the company in 2019 and prior to that she was the Chief of the Human Systems Engineering & Integration Division at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. In her almost 20 years at NASA, she worked in the Human Health and Performance Directorate, Engineering Directorate, and Human Resources. She received her B.A. in Physics at Mount Holyoke College, her M.S. and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and she has a Certificate in Human Systems Integration from the Naval Postgraduate School. She has authored publications and book chapters in the areas of human factors engineering, human-machine interfaces, telerobotics, bioastronautics, and human systems integration - including the NASA Human Systems Integration Practitioner’s Guide. She received a Director’s Innovation award, a Director’s Commendation Award, and a NASA Agency Honor Award for her efforts in human systems integration research and development. Dr. Rochlis is also a certified coach, and board-certified Holistic Health Practitioner and Alternative Medical Practitioner.