John Stenlake has 42 years of experience in technology and consults for Milligan in AI and other areas related to data and software. John’s experience includes several roles at Microsoft Corporation, including Director of AI Solutions and Director of Vehicle Innovation & Mobility for the Manufacturing and Mobility Industry in the past 5 years, and formerly Worldwide CTO for the Automotive industry. Other roles include CTO at Living PlanIT AG – during which John worked closely with Milligan Retail on leading-edge projects at London City Airport and the Mailbox, Birmingham – and Chief Architect at Ford Motor Company, as culmination of a 20 year career there.
Most known for software architecture and CTO roles, John’s career history extends from forming new organizations to managing development teams, to participating in industry standards bodies and open source communities, and to consulting, sales, marketing, product management, strategy, architecture, and software development.
Amongst other achievements, John led the architecture, design, development, and initial deployments of the award-winning PlanIT Urban Operating System, conceived of and led the development of Ford’s highly scaled eHub data sharing platform, was highly instrumental in the development of the Ford Sync in-vehicle solution in partnership with Microsoft, and developed Microsoft’s first Connected Car Strategy on the eve of the cloud era.
John is an enthusiastic guitarist and is lead singer, guitarist and songwriter with Visible Evidence, an ‘80s rock band actually from the ‘80s.