2014 Automotive News Rising Stars
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Lauren Abro
Sr. engr., vehicle performance dev. division
TOYOTA MOTOR COMPANY
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John Absmeier
Dir., Delphi Labs @ Silicon Valley
DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE
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Christos Agouridis
Chief engineer for body exterior engineering
HONDA R&D AMERICAS
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Kemal Curic
Lead exterior designer, 2015 Ford Mustang
FORD MOTOR CO.
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Clemens Denks
Investor relations general manager
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA
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Robert Filipovic
General manager of product planning
JAGUAR NORTH AMERICA
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Henry Ford III
Lincoln area manager, West Market Area
FORD MOTOR CO.
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Erik Gottfried
Dir. of customer quality & dealer network dev.
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA
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James Grace
Dir. of advanced automotive engineering
PANASONIC CORP.
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Jacob Harb
Manager of electric vehicle operations & strategy
BMW OF NORTH AMERICA
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Kevin Heintz
Managing dir. of the GM business unit
JOHNSON CONTROLS
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Bruce Hopkins
Co-founder & VP of sales and business development
BT SOFTWARE
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Sona Iliffe-Moon
Manager of product launch marketing communications
TOYOTA MOTOR COMPANY
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Minyang Jiang
Brand mgr. for Transit, Transit Connect & E series
FORD MOTOR CO.
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Susann Kazunas
General manager, production engineering (stamping)
TOYOTA MOTOR COMPANY
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Melody Lee
Dir. of brand & reputation strategy, Cadillac
GENERAL MOTORS
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Julius Marchwicki
Global product manager for Sync AppLink
FORD MOTOR CO.
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Amy Meszaros
Manager, North American Cost Strategy Division
HONDA NORTH AMERICA
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Rana Mohtadi
Prn. scientist, Toyota Research Institute NA
TOYOTA MOTOR COMPANY
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Ryan Nagode
Chief designer for interiors, Ram/SRT/Fiat (N.A.)
CHRYSLER GROUP
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Adam Phelps
Sr. purchasing manager, NA interior purchasing
FORD MOTOR CO.
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Sandeep Punater
North American engr. dir. of electronic controls
DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE
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Duncan Scarry
Founder & general manager
HAYSTAK DIGITAL MARKETING
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Heiko Schmidt
Department mgr., prod. mgmt. compact cars
MERCEDES-BENZ USA
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Kim Stonehouse
Industry development manager for automotive
GOOGLE
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Ryan Vaughan
Lead interior designer for performance cars
GENERAL MOTORS
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Allyson Witherspoon
Dir. of marketing communications & media
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA
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Erin Wormald
Program manager
ARCELORMITTAL GLOBAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
