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Gary Convis is chief executive officer of Dana Holding Corporation, an $8.7 billion supplier to the global automotive, commercial vehicle, and off-highway markets. He was appointed to Dana’s Board of Directors in January 2008 and was named CEO in April 2008.
Mr. Convis comes to Dana after more than four decades spent at Toyota, General Motors Corporation, and Ford Motor Company. He became the first American president of Toyota’s largest plant outside Japan, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky (TMMK), in 2001. He was named chairman of TMMK in 2006 and retired in 2007. Prior to this, in 2003, he was the first American manufacturing executive appointed by Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) to be a managing officer of TMC, as well as executive vice president of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Prior to serving in these roles, Mr. Convis spent 16 years at New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc., a joint venture between GM and Toyota. Previously, he spent more than 20 years in various roles with GM and Ford Motor Company.
Mr. Convis is a board member of Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. and Compass Automotive Group, Inc. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics with a minor in physics from Michigan State University.
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