New appointments at GM engineering, US
Date: 23 Apr 2014
General Motors has announced the
restructuring of its Global Vehicle Engineering organisation. John Calabrese,
Vice President of Global Vehicle
Engineering has elected to retire and in his place Ken Kelzer has been
appointed as his successor. The company has also appointed Ken Morris as vice
president of Global Product Integrity as Supplier Quality is now a part of the
new Global Product Integrity organisation
“A vehicle is a collection of 30,000
individual parts. Fully integrating those parts into cohesive systems with
industry-leading quality and safety is key in this customer-driven business,”
said Mark Reuss, executive vice president of Global Product Development,
Purchasing and Supply Chain.
Global Vehicle Engineering is being
restructured to form two new organisations: Global Product Integrity and Global
Vehicle Components and Subsystems.
The Global Product Integrity organisation,
which is effective immediately, will build on specific actions GM has taken in
recent years to lead the industry in vehicle dynamics including ride and
handling, steering and braking. GM is applying the same approach to overall
quality and safety performance and ensure the highest levels of execution
across all its vehicles.
Ken Morris, currently executive
director, Global Chassis Engineering, has been named vice president, Global
Product Integrity. The newly created role and organisation will include
vehicle, powertrain and electrical systems engineering as well as vehicle performance,
industrial engineering and validation. It also includes the recently formed Global Vehicle Safety
organisation led by Jeff Boyer, who is overseeing the addition of 35 product
investigators. Supplier Quality will now become part of the new Global Product
Integrity organization.
Ken Kelzer, currently vice president, GM
Europe Powertrain Engineering, has been named vice president, Global Vehicle
Components and Subsystems. His new role and organisation includes engineering
operations, components development, advanced vehicle development and other
engineering business initiatives.
Source:
General Motors, US