| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JANUARY 15, 2001 ISSUE | |||||
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| INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS
The New Crew Running Chrysler Dieter Zetsche President and CEO, 47 Chief protagonist. Savior of Freightliner and marketing wiz for Mercedes has to work magic with an inexperienced Chrysler team. If successful, he's a shoo-in to be DaimlerChrysler's next CEO. Richard O. Schaum Head of Product Development & Quality, 54 A 34-year Chrysler veteran, Schaum must find cost-saving synergies among Mercedes, Chrysler, Mitsubishi, and Hyundai. Gary L. Henson Manufacturing Chief, 58 Flexible manufacturing guru. Henson, who came to Chrysler in 1994 after 32 years at GM, is trying to improve Chrysler's ability to change its production quickly to adapt to fluid markets. Wolfgang Bernhard Chief Operating Officer, 40 Cost-cutting maverick. The confident Bernhard brings a history of making tough choices from his days slashing Mercedes' supplier costs and launching a new S-Class. James D. Donlon Corporate Controller, 54 Credited with exposing the depth of problems at Chrysler that contributed to the firing of former CEO James Holden, Donlon has the confidence of executives in Stuttgart. He's expected to play a key role in trimming costs. Gary C. Valade Global Procurement & Supply Chief, DaimlerChrysler, 58 The old guard. Former Chrysler CFO Valade was instrumental in sealing the DaimlerChrysler merger. Now he is playing a pivotal role in helping to salvage Chrysler. With Sidlik, Valade is one of only two Americans on the DaimlerChrysler management board. Thomas W. Sidlik Procurement & Supply, Chrysler, 51 The quiet studier. A survivor who has worked his way up through the financial side of Chrysler. Now he's leading an aggressive effort to force suppliers to cut prices. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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