DENNIS VIRAG

Dennis has provided consulting assistance to global automotive suppliers, OEMs, and service companies for over 30 years. Earlier, he was Vice President and General Manager of Ward’s Automotive Research, Vice President and General Manager of AirWay Products, and Manager of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering with NL Industries, Fabricated Products Div. His experience includes three operational turnarounds and four new business launches. Dennis is widely quoted in various business publications and is frequent speaker at industry, government and professional groups. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Dennis has a BSIE from the University of Dayton and attended Golden Gate University, Graduate School of Business.

 

BOB BELAUSTEGUI

Bob has over 35 years of automotive industry experience at both the OEM and consulting levels.  Prior to joining ACG, he served as Director, Worldwide Product Planning at Ford Motor Company.  While at Ford, he served in various engineering and product planning roles in the US, UK and Germany. At ACG, Bob assists clients with strategic business, market and technology planning initiatives.  He has managed and participated in numerous projects addressing technology issues, material changes, regulatory mandates, and the changing structure of the automotive industry.  He has been deeply involved in automotive supplier issues, including new product development, OEM-supplier relations, cost reduction initiatives, and supplier partnering. Bob holds a Doctorate in Physics.

 

DAVE GAMRET

Dave spent 35 years with Ford Motor Company where he served in various engineering and quality management positions. Dave spent 5 years in Japan where he managed Mazda’s total quality management system, At Ford, he managed chassis engineering on a number of new vehicle programs, including design, development and testing. He was instrumental in introducing the Mazda product development and quality systems to Ford North America. At ACG, Dave is involved in various technical and engineering related project involving quality, vehicle dynamics and testing.

 

HIRO MORI

Hiro has 25 years experience in automotive parts design, manufacturing, and management. At Denso Corp (formerly Nippondenso) in Japan, he was Assistant Chief Research Engineer where he worked on advanced materials applications and led joint research projects. His consulting projects include major global automotive OEMs and Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers.  He was project leader of an annual survey of business performance of auto suppliers. He received a Master of Chemical Engineering from Kyoto University and a Master of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird).

 

JOHN KEILLY

John spent 25 years at Ford Motor Company where he held a variety of positions in marketing and product planning. He served as Marketing Manager for the Lincoln/Mercury and Product Planning Manager for the Mercury brand. In addition, he held a variety of field positions working with the Lincoln/Mercury dealer network. Prior to Ford, he worked as at Grumman Aircraft Company in an engineering capacity. John holds a BSME from Manhattan College and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

 

WILLIAM CLAPP

Bill was previously Executive Vice President of Chatham Technologies, a global  roll-up company in the contract electronic enclosure and assembly industry. As President of Mayville Metal Products, a multi-plant manufacturer of electronic enclosures for the telecom and computer industries, he led a financial turnaround and tripled sales. He received a Wisconsin state award for creating a High Performance Workplace. Prior experience includes VP at Kipp Lubrication Systems, and Director of New Ventures at Allen-Bradley where he led joint venture manufacturing in Japan. He held technical positions with Cutler-Hammer and RCA. He is a member of the Turnaround Management Association. Bill received BSEE and MSEE degrees from the University of Michigan.

 

MIKE BROSE

Mike was previously a Division General Manager at CTS Automotive and was also CEO of Kipp Lubrication Systems. At both firms he achieved turnarounds by developing new strategies that accelerated revenue growth. He was also a division General Manager with Walbro Automotive (now TI Group). At Texas Instruments, he held marketing, field sales, and new venture management positions. Earlier, at Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics, he worked on the Polaris missile submarine program. Recently, he served as Interim COO of an industrial equipment company. He is a member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers). Mike received a BS from MIT and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School.