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Timothy
D. Leuliette
Chairman,
President & CEO
Metaldyne
Timothy
D. Leuliette is chairman, president and chief
executive officer of Metaldyne, a Heartland
Industrial Partners company. In this role,
Mr. Leuliette oversees operation of the global
metal company, which is comprised of the former
MascoTech, Simpson Industries and Global Metal
Technologies, Inc. (GMTI) organizations. The
vision of Metaldyne is to create customer value
by being the leading global designer and supplier
of high quality, low cost metal-formed components,
assemblies and modules for the transportation
industry.
In
addition to his position at Metaldyne, Mr.
Leuliette is also a founding partner and senior
managing director of Heartland Industrial Partners,
a private equity firm focusing on select industrial
companies primarily located throughout the
Midwest region of the country. Heartland Industrial
Partners builds value by investing in well-positioned
industrial companies, whose talent, technology,
assets and market position afford them the
opportunity to be a platform for industry consolidation
and value-creation. The vision of Heartland
Industrial Partners as a long-term investor,
combining strong financial and operating acumen,
creates a uniquely positioned fund that is
consistent with the corporate operation philosophy
of industrial companies and their customers.
Mr.
Leuliette was formerly president and chief
operating officer of Penske Corporation, a
closely-held diversified transportation services
company managing businesses with annual revenues
exceeding $10 billion and more than 33,000
employees at over 200 facilities worldwide.
Prior
to joining Penske Corporation, Mr. Leuliette
was president and chief executive officer of
ITT Automotive Inc., and senior vice president
of ITT Industries, Inc. Before joining ITT,
he served as president and chief executive
officer of Siemens Automotive L.P. He also
was a member of the Siemens Automotive Managing
Board and a corporate vice president of Siemens
AG. Mr. Leuliette was the first non-German
to hold this level of authority in the 143-year
history of the electrical and electronics company.
Before
joining Siemens, Mr. Leuliette was group vice
president for the Bendix Electronics Group
of AlliedSignal Automotive. He held several
positions with the company including vice president
and general manager of Bendix Electronic Controls
Division; vice president of sales and marketing
of the Bendix Brake and Steering Division;
and group director with AlliedSignal Automotive.
Mr. Leuliette also has held various engineering
and planning positions within Ford Motor Company
and was executive director of product planning
for American Motors.
Mr.
Leuliette holds a Bachelor of Science degree
in mechanical engineering and a Master of Business
Administration from the University of Michigan.
He is a member of the Society of Automotive
Engineers; the Engineering Society of Detroit;
the Citizens Research Council of Michigan and
the Citizens Advisory Committee for the University
of Michigan-Dearborn. He is the chairman of
the board of The Detroit Branch of The Federal
Reserve Bank of Chicago and serves on numerous
other boards including the Detroit Economic
Club and Detroit Renaissance. He is dedicated
to the community and has strong affiliations
with the Leukemia Society of America, Children’s
Center, Vision 2000, Jobs for America’s
Graduates, Central Business District Association,
Hospice of Southeast Michigan, Arthritis Foundation
and Junior Achievement. He was recently honored
as “World Trader of the Year” by
the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Mr.
Leuliette works from Metaldyne's corporate
headquarters in Plymouth, Mich.
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