Phil Martens
Senior Vice President and President, Light Vehicle Systems
ArvinMeritor

Phil Martens is the senior vice president and president of ArvinMeritor’s Light Vehicle Systems business group. In this position, he is responsible for the overall strategic and operational management of the company’s passenger vehicle components, modules and systems business.

He joined the company in September 2006, and prior to that role, was the president and COO of Plastech Engineered Products. Martens managed the company’s operations, sales, purchasing, product development, information technology, new business development and industrial design.

Before joining Plastech in 2005, Martens spent more than 18 years in various leadership positions with Ford Motor Co., including group vice president of Product Creation; vice president of North American Product Creation; and vice president of North American Product Development. He joined Ford in 1987 and held various engineering positions until 1999, when he was named managing director of Planning, Design and Product Development of Mazda Motor Co. in Hiroshima, Japan.

Martens holds a Ph.D. in engineering from Lawrence Technical Institution, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech. He is a member of the National Advisory Council for the University of Michigan Engineering Schools, as well as a Kettering University Board of Trustees member.

ArvinMeritor, Inc. is a premier global supplier of a broad range of integrated systems, modules and components to the motor vehicle industry. The company serves light vehicle, commercial truck, trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and certain aftermarkets.

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