JEFF BOYER
GM Vice President
Global Vehicle Safety
Jeff Boyer was named General Motors vice president, Global Vehicle Safety, in March 2014. In this newly created role, Boyer has global responsibility for the safety development of GM vehicles and systems; confirmation and validation of safety performance; and post-sale safety activities including recalls.
Boyer’s appointment integrates GM’s safety organization under a single point of leadership, and will set a new standard for customer safety with more rigorous accountability. He will provide direct and ongoing access to leadership on critical customer safety issues, including frequent updates to Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra, the Global Product Development teams and GM’s Board of Directors.
Boyer reports to John Calabrese, vice president, Global Vehicle Engineering, and is a member of the Global Product Development staff led by Executive Vice President Mark Reuss.
Since June 2011, Boyer was executive director, Engineering Operations and System Development, where he led business operations, metrics, global virtual design process, program content management, engineering systems development and productivity initiatives.
Previously, he was executive director for Global Interior Engineering and Safety Performance. He also was GM North America executive director for Vehicle Structure and Safety Integration, where he was responsible for the performance and certification of vehicle safety and crashworthiness systems.
During his nearly 40-year GM career, Boyer has held a wide range of engineering, safety and leadership positions in regional and global programs, with experience in vehicle systems and vehicle program management. He also spent two years in GM’s purchasing organization as an executive director, Advance Purchasing.
He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and was GM’s representative to the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers as Vehicle Safety and Harmonization Policy Committee Chair for 2009.
Boyer joined GM in 1975 as a co-op student in Warren, Ohio. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University in 1979 and an MBA from Michigan State University in 1993. He and his wife, Dianne, have three sons.
March 2014
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