John Basso is the president and owner of Diversified Tooling Group. Diversified Tooling Group is a full service sheet metal, tool and die operation. Diversified Tooling Group has morphed its engineering and manufacturing process into the additional industries of oil,...
Mike Austin is Manufacturing and Engineering Manager for Diversified Tooling Group, a privately held company with prototype, die design, foundry pattern, full service tool and die, and low volume stamping and assembly operations, located in metro Detroit and Jackson,...
Tom Boney serves as chairman of the Aluminum Association’s Transportation Group (ATG), an industry trade group that is the voice of aluminum to the transportation industry in the United States. Mr. Boney began his career in the aluminum industry in 1987 and is...
Dr. Jay Baron is the former president and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR).Jay was a founder of the organization when CAR was formed as an independent non-profit in 2003. Under Jay’s leadership, CAR continues to be a preeminent resource of objective and...
Mitch Bainwol is chief government relations officer, Ford Motor Company, effective March 1, 2019. He also is a company officer. In this role, Bainwol leads a global team that helps shape policy and legislation to promote the company’s business objectives, including...
Kristin Dziczek is Sr. Vice President of Research at the Center for Automotive Research (CAR). Dziczek joined CAR in 2005, and has more than 25 years of experience as a researcher and policy analyst. She is globally recognized as an expert on automotive labor,...
