2019 Automotive News Rising Stars
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Ashwini Balasubramanian
Engineering mgr. – customer app. for ZF’s GM bus.
ZF
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Christopher Baranick
Tax dir.
INT. AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GRP. NA.
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Tricia Batoha
Head of research in portfolio planning
FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES
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Joseph Conley
Transmission & driveline global component mgr.
FORD MOTOR CO.
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Andrew Franceschini
Sr. grp. mgr., corporate strategy & mkt. research
HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA
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Mark Gursky
Dir. of the Procurement Center of Excellence
MERITOR INC.
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Jessica LaFond
Vehicle line executive for future large SUVs
FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES
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Jill Phillips Ortega
General assembly dir., Lansing Delta Twp. Assembly
GENERAL MOTORS
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Shilpa Patel
Regional purchasing dir.
FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS OF NORTH AMERICA
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Sonia Rief
VP of prgm. mgmt. office & veh. connected services
NISSAN GROUP
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Nick Sitarski
Group manager of integrated vehicle systems
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA
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Terri Von Lehmden
VP for transformation & strategy
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA
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Jacklyn Watt
Dir., North America interior purchasing
FORD MOTOR CO.
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Sven Zimmermann
Engineering dir., automated driving
ROBERT BOSCH LLC