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Jorge González
Sr. Director, Product Innovation and Engineering
As Sr. Director, Product Innovation and Engineering Jorge Gonzalez is responsible for the global technological foot print of GST AutoLeather. Jorge leads GST’s Innovation Center in Livonia, MI and the R&D teams in Mexico and China.
Previous to his current position, Mr. Gonzalez was Director, Supply Chain and Production Planning and logistics for GST Mexico; Vice President, Sales and Marketing, with CUINBA, a GST-affiliated company in Mexico, from 2004 to 2006. As such, Mr. Gonzalez worked on the development of CUINBA’ global sales strategy for China and Europe, Director, Marketing & Business Development, 1999 to 2004; Manager, Technical Sales/Program Management, 1997 to 1999; General Manager & Cutting Plant Manager, 1995 to 1997; and Manager, Quality Department, 1994.
Mr Gonzalez holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering with an emphasis in Production and Computer Information Systems from Universidad de Monterrey, in Mexico. He has also completed post graduate courses in Quality Control and Industrial Engineering in Kitakyushu and Tokyo Japan (JICA, 1992) and has attended to several executive programs that includes Management System (San Diego State University, 1995); Innovation Technology Management (ITESM, 1996), International business certificate (Portland State University, 1997), Strategic marketing planning (University of Michigan 1999); Business Model Innovation (Harvard University, 2003).
Mr Gonzalez was co founder of the Quality board of the State of Guanajuato from 1994 - 1997 (Mexico) and advisor of the Quality prize GTO 2000 in 1996.