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Dr. Jan Urbahn

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Director Risk and Safety (Legal) at Canoo
📍 Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States

Dr. Jan Urbahn is the Director of Risk and Safety at Canoo, specializing in compliance, risk, and safety within the automotive and nuclear industries. He holds a Ph. D. in Physics from Goethe University Frankfurt and has a long history in safety engineering, including 21 years at BMW where he pioneered electric car sharing.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Director Risk and Safety (Legal)
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States
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Automotive Safety
Leads risk and safety at Canoo, managing vehicle certification, NHTSA communication, and homologation. He previously led Safety Engineering for BMW in the US.
Electric Vehicles
Deeply involved in the EV space, from developing new platforms at Canoo to pioneering electric car sharing at BMW and supporting Li-Ion battery safety at Lyft.
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Career

Work history

11-2022
Director Risk and Safety (Legal)
Canoo
1-2022 - 10-2022
Senior Aftersales Compliance Manager
Canoo
Founder and CEO
Urbahn Enterprise
11-2019 - 12-2022
Member of the CERN Alumni Advisory Board
CERN
5-2019 - 5-2020
Legal, Senior Manager Safety & Compliance LBS
Lyft
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Education
1995 - 1998
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Goethe University Frankfurt
1989 - 1994
Diplom
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
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