Location Detroit, Michigan, United States Regions Greater Detroit Area, Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Female
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Ms. Barb J. Samardzich is a Member of the Board of Directors of Adient plc and Bombardier Recreational Products.
She was the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Ford of Europe Gmbh from November 1, 2013, to September 2016. Ms. Samardzich served as Vice President of Product Development for Ford of Europe Gmbh from September 1, 2011, to
November 1, 2013. She was responsible for all Product Development activities in the European region and lead Ford's Global Vehicle Engineering, Noise Vibration, and Harshness, and Global Vehicle Evaluation and Verification teams. She served as a Vice President of Global Product Programs at Ford Of Europe GmbH, since January 2011. Ms. Samardzich served as a Vice President of Powertrain Engineering at Ford Of Europe GmbH until December 31, 2010. She served as Vice President of Powertrain Operations - Americas Division of Ford Of Europe GmbH. since October 2005. Ms. Samardzich served as an Executive Director of Lifestyles/Youth Vehicles of Ford Of Europe GmbH ('Ford') since October 2002. She served as Chief Engineer for the Automatic Transmission Engineering Operations of Ford from January 2000 to October 2002. She served as Quality Director for the Small and Medium Vehicle Center of the European operations of Ford from March 1999 to January 2000. She served in various positions in the Powertrain division of Ford from September 1990 to December 1998. Prior to Ford, she served in various engineering, sales, and marketing positions in the Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation from 1981 to 1990. Ms. Samardzich has been a Director of MTS Systems Corporation since 2001.
