Karla is the Innovation Lead for Connected Transport, part of the Land & Maritime Transport Team at Innovate UK (UKRI). A thought leader working in a modal agnostic area covering all aspects from active travel to highways, geospatial solutions to intelligent transport systems, Karla focuses on supporting a variety of different types of organisations to work together to find innovative transport solutions. She is also the Vice-Chair of ITS(UK), a member of the Highways Sector Council and a lead stakeholder for the Transport Technology Forum. Prior to Innovate UK, she worked for 15 years at a large automotive company as a Design Quality Engineer.