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Addressing the functional safety and compliance in its vehicles, General Motors announced it will split its Global Engineering organization. In order to wash away the sins of the faulty ignition switch recall saga, GM will form two new divisions: Global Product Integrity and Global Vehicle Components and Subsystems.
The Global Product Integrity organization, which is effective immediately, will build on specific actions GM has taken in recent years to lead the industry in vehicle dynamics. Ken Morris, the current executive director of Global Chassis Engineering, has been named vice president of the Global Product Integrity division. The newly created organization will use advanced analysis tools and processes to flag and prevent issues during the development process.
As for the Global Vehicle Components and Subsystems division, the current vice president of GM Europe Powertrain engineering has been named head of the organization. Ken Kelzer will oversee engineering operations, components development, advanced vehicle development and other related initiatives.
“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.
With the restructuring, John Calabrese, vice president of Global Vehicle Engineering, "has elected to retire" after more than 33 years with General Motors. “Under John’s leadership, GM has developed industry-leading vehicles in practically every segment in which we compete,” Reuss said. “He raised the bar in Engineering and has us well-positioned for the future. We thank John for his many contributions – and I thank him for his friendship – and wish him the best."
Fingers crossed the newly-created organizations will do their jobs better than the former Global Engineering division, which is partly to blame for the massive ignition switch recall you've been hearing about lately.
As for the Global Vehicle Components and Subsystems division, the current vice president of GM Europe Powertrain engineering has been named head of the organization. Ken Kelzer will oversee engineering operations, components development, advanced vehicle development and other related initiatives.
“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.
With the restructuring, John Calabrese, vice president of Global Vehicle Engineering, "has elected to retire" after more than 33 years with General Motors. “Under John’s leadership, GM has developed industry-leading vehicles in practically every segment in which we compete,” Reuss said. “He raised the bar in Engineering and has us well-positioned for the future. We thank John for his many contributions – and I thank him for his friendship – and wish him the best."
Fingers crossed the newly-created organizations will do their jobs better than the former Global Engineering division, which is partly to blame for the massive ignition switch recall you've been hearing about lately.
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