COVER STORY INTRODUCING 2021 SAE International President Jeff Hemphill Protecting and advancing SAE's 'key role' in the mobility innovation ecosystem will be a priority for the inventor and automotive industry veteran. A " tremendous honor " is how Jeff Hemphill describes his sentiment about serving as SAE International President during this time of rapid innovation in the mobility sectors that the organization serves. " This is really a transformative time in the industry, " said Hemphill, Chief Technical Officer of Schaeffler America and holder of more than 70 patents (filed or issued). " SAE has an important role to play in supporting the innovation ecosystem. It's one of those organizations that really supports an industrywide ecosystem through everything from getting people together to network over the challenges we're facing to providing a massive technical library of papers and training courses that 10 February 2021 2021 SAE International President Jeff Hemphill is CTO at Schaeffler Americas. UPDATE