CEO, Aupeo
David Taylor is CEO of Aupeo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Panasonic Corp. of North America that provides connected audio content solutions with a primary focus on the automotive market. He is also the director of connected services for Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America (PASA). Aupeo is a leading technology platform and service provider for audio-content streaming with a global distribution that serves both business-to-consumer and business-to-business customers. It currently has music and talk content and streaming music licenses in more than 50 countries and works with eight of the top 10 global automakers. Taylor leads the Aupeo team dedicated to providing software and service solutions to the global automotive industry. He brings more than 20 years of experience in the automotive software and services industry to his current role, having previously held positions at PASA as group manager of engineering and also as director of engineering for its Farmington Hills, MI location. His accomplishments include directing PASA’s efforts in automotive radio and navigation platform development along with advanced technology and audio engineering strategies.