Manufacturing executives announce appointments

Posted on Thursday, July 30th, 2009 at 2:25 PM EDT.

In support of the manufacturing assembly operations of the Chrysler Group LLC, Fred Goedtel Jr., Head of Assembly Operations, announced the following appointments that are effective immediately:

Kevin Hayes was appointed Head of the Brampton (Ontario) Assembly Plant.
Kurt Kavajecz continues as Head of the Belvidere (Ill.) Assembly Plant.
Joseph Ozdowy was appointed Head of the Sterling Heights (Mich.) Assembly Plant.
Marcel Breault continues as Head of the Windsor (Ontario) Assembly Plant.
Patrick Walsh was appointed Head of the Jefferson North Assembly Plant (Detroit).
Frank Gualdoni continues as Head of the St. Louis North Assembly Plant (Fenton, Mo.).
Luis Rafael Rivas Usatorres continues as Head of the Toledo (Ohio) North Assembly Plant.
Kenneth Brune continues as Head of the Warren (Mich.) Truck Assembly Plant.
Myrlene Gelibert-Bush continues as Head of the Toledo Supplier Park Complex.
Melissa Holobach continues as Head of Viper Operations (Conner Assembly Plant) (Detroit).

Santiago Pages, Head of Mexico Operations, announced the following appointments in his organization that are effective immediately:

Enrique Hernandez continues as Head of the Saltillo (Mexico) Engine Plant.
Sergio Vazquez continues as Head of the Saltillo South Engine Plant.
Jorge Luis Lares Ortiz continues as Head of the Saltillo Assembly Plant.
Wenceslao Guerrero continues as Head of Body-In-White and Stamping at Saltillo.
Jose Luis Chaparro continues as Head of the Toluca (Mexico) Assembly Plant.
Carlos Rivera was appointed Head of Body-In-White and Stamping at Toluca.

Warren Miller, Head of Stamping Operations, announced the following appointments in his organization that are effective immediately:

Mark Battle continues as Head of Advanced Stamping Manufacturing Engineering Operations.
Robert Seabolt was appointed Head of the Sterling Stamping Plant (Sterling Heights, Mich.).
Tyree Minner continues as Head of the Twinsburg (Ohio) Stamping Plant.
Lance Schwartz was appointed Head of the Warren (Mich.) Stamping Plant.
 
Brian Harlow, Head of Powertrain Operations, announced the following appointments in his organization that are effective immediately:

James McBride was appointed Head of Central Planning and Investment Control.
To be announced – Head of the Engine Group.
Donald Dekeyser was appointed Head of the Trenton (Mich.) South Engine Plant.
Robert Varsanik continues as Head of the Trenton North Engine Plant.
Andrew Garibian was appointed Head of the Mack Avenue Engine Plants (Detroit).
Kevin Sell continues as Head of the Kenosha (Wis.) Engine Plant.
Bruce Baumbach continues as Head of the GEMA Engine Plant (Dundee, Mich.).
Jeremy Keating was appointed Head of the Detroit Axle Plant.
Bradley Clark was appointed Head of the Indiana Transmission Plants I and II (Kokomo, Ind.)
Tonya Pratnicki Young continues as Head of the Toledo (Ohio) Machining Plant.
Joseph Per continues as Head of the Kokomo (Ind.) Transmission Plant.
Brian Garrison continues as Head of the Kokomo Casting Plant.
Michael Butz continues as Head of the Etobicoke Casting Plant (Toronto, Ontario).
Susan Legault was appointed Head of Manufacturing Engineering Operations for the Transmission Group.
John Gartner was appointed Head of Manufacturing Engineering Operations for the Engine Group.
Robert Hollingsworth was placed on Special Assignment reporting to Harlow.

Jason Ryska, Head of World Class Manufacturing, announced the following appointments in his organization that are effective immediately:

Project Controling and Cost Deployment—Paul Neville
Operational Planning and Know How Development—Mary Fellows
Safety Expert—Scott Tolmie
Focused Improvement Expert—Fred Vanden Wollenberg
Autonomous Activities and Professional Maintenance Expert—Jim Brock
Logistics and Customer Service Expert—Craig Reuber
Quality Control Expert—Karen Selkirk
To be announced—Workplace Organization Expert
People Development Expert—Kim Topping
To be announced—Early Equipment and Product Management Expert
Environment Expert—Faiz Yono
Project Manager—Sarah Olson

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