Richard Schram, MSc, studied at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. After finishing his Master Thesis on Car-to-Truck compatibility, Richard continued working at TNO Automotive in 2005, where he got involved in vehicle crash safety research and development in both passive and active safety fields.

Since 2010, Richard works for the European New Car Assessment Program where he is Technical Director and amongst other activities, the technical lead for Active Safety and Automated Driving.